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It is a phenomenon that has become startlingly visible over the past year in Cairo. Along the city's crowded sidewalks, on university campuses and in offices, young Egyptian women who once wore the latest in Western fashion are turning to Islamic dress. Many of them cover their heads...
Males could increasingly be seen in flowing robes called gallabiya-that is, until the robes were forbidden by President Sadat last week. Devout young Muslims also favor trim beards, which some men were hastily shaving to escape detection in the roundup of religious dissidents. By adopting these modes of traditional...
Many of the young opponents of Sadat belong to a loose network of Islamic societies known as El Gamaa El Islamia, which have become the predominant social and political force at the country's universities. The dissidents are angered by their bleak job prospects after graduation and the fact...
Ironically, it was Sadat who first encouraged the formation of the Islamic groups back in the early 1970s to counter the influence of Marxists and other leftists on the campuses. Since then, however, the Islamic students have repeatedly clashed with his regime, notably over Egypt's peace treaty with...
Sometime on the night of Sept. 4, a contingent of heavily armed Islamic guards arrived at Evin Prison in northwest Tehran in a caravan of largely empty Jeeps and minibuses. As sleepy-and astonished-prison guards watched, the intruders rounded up some 150 prisoners, many of whom had recently been...