Word: arabization
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...shocked to see you assert [June 24] that Kemal Ataturk "publicly described Islam as 'this theology of an immoral Arab.' " Ataturk never made such a statement-publicly or privately. Two biographies, which you must have used as your source material, can in no way be considered concrete, authoritative evidence. Ataturk achieved many great reforms, among which was the secularization of the Turkish state, but he never said, or even implied, that this separation of the state from religion was in favor of atheism or irreverence for Islam. Ataturk personally believed in the teachings of Islam...
Isolated Man. Still loyal to his throttled dreams of dominating the Arab world, Strongman Nasser was seeking them now in a new direction. He was trying to win himself back in the good graces of Britain, while his Voice of the Arabs radio turned on an unprecedented campaign of hatred against the U.S., which had saved his neck during the Anglo-French invasion but was now effectively curbing his ambitions under the Eisenhower Doctrine...
...Middle East, Egypt has been forced to look to Soviet Russia for encouragement. Russian trade with Egypt in the first months of this year quadrupled 1956's figures-but Russia is proving itself an exacting, suspicious and unprofitable partner, and Nasser's Moscow commitments have roused the Arab world's three Kings (Saud, Hussein and Feisal...
...most exotic of the newer festivals, organized chiefly to show off the picturesque little town near Beirut, Lebanon, which boasts some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in existence. At festival time, Baalbek's streets are emptied of the sheep and goats usually being driven to market by Arab tribesmen, are filled instead with foreign cars. This year's highlights: Rome's Santa Cecilia orchestra, two nights of Lebanese dances and village songs. More dramatic than the music are the floodlit temples of Jupiter and Bacchus, which form a backdrop for the performers. Last season there were...
...years older than Nuri, and an affable, intelligent and wealthy politico, Ali Jawdat, 70, is Nuri's longtime comrade in arms. Like Nuri, he was trained by the Turks in the Ottoman military college at Istanbul, fought in the Camel Corps against the Turks in the Arab revolt in World War I. He has been Premier twice before (in 1934 and 1949). One of his sons is a close friend of young King Feisal, and helps him care for his sports cars; the other is Iraqi agent for Westinghouse air conditioners...