Word: islamicizing
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Many Arabs were still convinced that their prime enemies are the U.S. and Britain-along with Israel. Al Ahram, Nasser's favorite newspaper, charged that the CIA goaded Israel to attack, and that just before the war the Pentagon shipped Israel 450 warplanes, 400 tanks and 1,000 pilots...
The success of the fraternity points to the fact that the ecumenical dialogue between Christians and Jews is now inviting participation from Moslems. The trend received much of its impetus from the Second Vatican Council's declaration "On Non-Christian Religions," which approvingly cited the common bonds of Islam...
Protestants are also stepping up the dialogue with Mecca. The World Council of Churches supports a continuing program of grass-roots-level contact with Moslems. It recently conducted an interfaith conference in Ceylon that was attended by Moslems; in Africa the Council helps finance seven minister-scholars who are specifically...
Divorced. By Achmed Sukarno, 65, recently ousted President of Indonesia; Haryati Sumantri, 27, one of his four official wives allowed by Islamic law; on grounds of disinterest (as is permitted in Islam, he simply wrote her a note telling her she was out); after four years of marriage, no children...
Because Indian art tried to provide a very individual experience, and because the artists -- who were not monks themselves -- made highly subjective interpretations of the religion, no generalized art theory can explain each individual Indian work. The situation is not made any clearer by the strong influence of other religions...