Word: islamicizing
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Even more serious for Israel are the implications the incident could have for its domestic policy. Israeli officials have always pointed proudly to their record in protecting Islamic holy places as a justification for their control of East Jerusalem. This calm has grown increasingly tense, especially since there are reports...
Of all the conflicts between Jews and Arabs, that over Jerusalem is the most complex and intractable. It is so deeply rooted in centuries of political and religious strife that each side is passionately determined to have its way. As long as there is no settlement, every terrorist bomb on...
Hama is well known as a bastion of the Muslim Brotherhood, a militant Islamic organization that is dedicated to overthrowing Assad. Still, the government was hardly prepared for the ferocious rebellion that was touched off when security forces swept through the city looking for rebel hideouts. Brotherhood leaders suddenly decided...
To compound Saddam's problems, Iran has set unrealistic conditions for a ceasefire: Baghdad's unconditional withdrawal, payment of massive reparations and unqualified United Nations condemnation of Iraq as the aggressor. In effect, they are a demand for Saddam's political suicide. Efforts to mediate a cease...
Even more threatening, from the point of view of such conservative gulf states as Saudi Arabia, are Iran's stepped-up efforts to export its particular brand of Islamic revolution. There is abundant evidence that Tehran believes that the war with Iraq offers a unique opportunity for fomenting fundamentalist...