Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wave of anti-American violence continued to sweep through the Muslim world. Two weeks ago, there were mob attacks on American outposts from Turkey to Bangladesh and the burning of the U.S. embassy in Pakistan. Last week there were more demonstrations, in Thailand, the Philippines and Kuwait; on Sunday, 2,000 rioting Libyans assaulted the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, but there were no American casualties...
John Paul's quiet reception among the Islamic populace contrasted with his tumultuous tours in Mexico, Poland, Ireland and the U.S. Security was tight during his three days in Turkey. A courtesy call on Premier Süleyman Demirel in Ankara stirred virulent press attacks on the papacy. The Pope mildly urged Turkey's oppressed Christian minority to esteem Islam for its shared moral and religious values. Dimitrios, in a pointed reference to events in Iran, deplored the "tragedy" of rising "religious fanaticism" and the "self-destruction of men and their faith, always in the name...
...Ecumenical Patriarchate is anxious to pursue unity in part because of its own precarious existence and dwindling flock in Turkey, which has dropped from 80,000 in 1955 to 6,000 today. The situation was poignantly clear when only 250 people (including reporters) attended last week's historic Eucharist. But Dimitrios' effort could be frustrated by Orthodoxy's largest branch, the Church of Russia, which rivals the Ecumenical Patriarchate's authority and is inhibited in any pursuit of Christian unity by the wishes of the Soviet state. To the Kremlin, Catholicism is an alien influence that...
Given the tense state of the world, there is much to be gained simply by the pursuit of ecumenism, however long the road may eventually be. Before his trip to Turkey, John Paul told Catholic ecumenists from 59 nations that Christian divisions "impair the credibility of Christ himself and hinder the spread of the Gospel. He has also insisted that Christians must act together, not merely striving for doctrinal harmony but bearing joint witness in defense of human rights, the pursuit of social justice and peace, and on questions of public morality. "The moral life and the life of faith...
News of the incident set off a wave of anger and hysteria throughout the Muslim world. There were outrageous rumors, later spread by no less a figure than Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, that the U.S. and Israel were behind the attack. Enraged mobs from Turkey to Bangladesh attacked American diplomatic missions and staged anti-American demonstrations. Most serious was the rioting in Pakistan, where two American servicemen were killed in the burning of the U.S. embassy in Islamabad. The attack on the Sacred Mosque probably had no direct connection with the recent events in Iran...