Word: sunni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holiness, of getting closer to God." With the compliments out of the way, the Shah devoted special attention during the next few days to the Moslem tie that binds the Aryans of Iran, most of whom are members of the Shi'a sect, to the Arabs of the Sunni sect, who inhabit Saudi Arabia. The Shah prayed at the Prophet's mosque in the holy city of Medina, and in Mecca he performed the umra, the little pilgrimage, walking seven times around the Kaaba, toward which Moslems turn when they pray...
...elections. He chose his own Premiers, who were responsible only to him. But he was hailed as the man who'se stubborn resistance wrested Moroccan independence from the French, widely admired as a de voted family man, revered by the devout as the spiritual head of the Malikite Sunni Moslems...