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When it came to economic matters, the ulema found themselves bedeviled by subtle problems of distinction that would have tried the ingenuity of the prophet himself, who lived in a less complex fiscal age. In general, Islamic scholars have agreed that government-sponsored pension systems, social-welfare payments, and the...
Chain Mail & Battle-Axes. What the book proves in pictures is that, while in the clash of two peoples both may lose, in the clash of two cultures both may gain. When 12,000 Arab troops landed at Gibraltar in A.D. 711, the invaders brought along with their scimitars a...
Many shadow school courses concentrate on the kind of thing that is likely to crop up in afterhours student talk, such as psychedelic drugs. Others, however, attempt to fill a genuine gap in the official university curriculum. At Cornell, where there is no religion department, undergraduates plan to offer a...
Saudi Arabia's government-controlled newspapers call the rulers of Egypt "butchers," and Cairo's press summons all good Arabs to "a battle of destiny" against Feisal, the King himself preaches Islamic brotherhood and cooperation. "President Nasser is one of our great Moslem leaders," says Feisal, "and it...
Arab history: much coffee and lengthy but inconclusive talk. Should Feisal ever get his Islamic summit, it might prove just the cooling-off conclave the Middle East requires.