Word: ulema
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Privately, many Moroccans wonder if the monarchy can survive Mohammed. His elder son, 29-year-old Moulay Hassan, is Crown Prince, although Moroccan kings traditionally have been chosen by a college of ulema. or religious judges. He is French-educated, intelligent, can exude kilowatts of charm. As commander in chief of the royal army fighting the rebels in the Rif (TIME, Dec. 22) and around Fez, he takes his job seriously, works hard. But Morocco's young nationalists do not hide their dislike for the prince and his way of life. Only a few weeks ago a Berlin businessman...
...Egypt does not want a war." So says Egypt's Premier Abdel Nasser, leading statesman of the Arab world. But the supreme spiritual voice of all Islam in effect denies that protestation. From Cairo's 1,000-year-old Al Azhar University, the Committee of Senior Ulema* solemnly confirmed a jihad (holy war) against Israel...
...stating that robbed objects should be returned to their rightful owners." Furthermore, Mohammed himself has said: "He who dies in defense of his property is a martyr; he who dies in defense of his honor is a martyr." When Mohammed and his followers were driven out of Mecca, the Ulema recalled, Allah ordered his Prophet: "Drive them from where they have driven you" and "Attack who attacked you in the same way." That, said the Ulema, is again the duty of all the faithful...
Moreover, Islamic states should not join those military alliances advocated by "imperialist powers trying hard to divide Moslems." Concluded the Ulema: any peace with Israel that includes recognition of its existence as a state in Palestine "is against faith." Moslems, "whatever their language, race or color should all cooperate to restore this land to its people . . . They should help fighters in the jihad with weapons and various resources...
...country's hungry pride. The new constitution backs his latest bid for Arab-bloc leadership by proclaiming Egypt "an integral part of the Arab nation," which ethnically it is not. It also declares that "Islam is the religion of the State," but gives no say to the Ulema (see above) as to how the country shall...