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One of the most popular pastimes is chewing kat, small leaves from a mildly narcotic and addictive plant. Strict laws forbid the sale except on two-day weekends of the so-called Yemeni vodka, which has a disastrous effect on productivity. Women are free from most Islamic restrictions, able to...
Still another possibility was that Islamic extremists linked to Iran were involved. In London an anonymous caller to the Associated Press claimed that the Pan Am plane had been attacked in retaliation for the shooting down of an Iranian Airbus last July by the U.S. Navy cruiser Vincennes, which mistook...
The report claims the killings began in early August, when alleged supporters of the People's Mujahedin, a dissident Iranian group, were rounded up and hanged in public. Since then, factions vying for control of the regime appear to have increasingly used executions as a political weapon. "Do you think...
Despite such statistics, Christians have already become a minority in places where they traditionally predominated. Bethlehem, for instance, a Christian stronghold from the very earliest days of the faith, now has a Muslim majority as a result of high Islamic birthrates and an influx from refugee camps. The growing influence...
It is uncertain how much of a dent Bhutto can make in these problems. Not only is her majority in Parliament paper-thin, her power is diluted by the fact that the Senate is dominated by the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance, as is the government of Punjab, the most populous...