Word: muslims
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nationalist inroads are most pronounced in predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan. The Popular Front, formed by a group of intellectuals less than a year ago, was initially considered a fringe group by the local Communist leadership. But then the front began to stage stunning demonstrations of grass-roots support, including a rally in the capital of Baku that drew some 300,000 protesters and a crippling rail blockade of neighboring Armenia. Finally Azerbaijan's Communist leaders officially recognized the nationalist political organization, and acceded to virtually its entire agenda. In a special session of the republic's supreme soviet three weeks...
...will sponsor a first ever Conference of Temple Research to discuss whether contemporary Jews are obligated to rebuild. However, several small organizations in Jerusalem . believe the question is settled. They are zealously making preparations for the new Temple in spite of the doctrinal obstacles and the certainty of provoking Muslim fury...
These groups eschew violence but offer no explanation of what should be done about the Muslim shrines that now occupy the holy ground. They point out that animal sacrifices and other aspects of Temple worship are so ingrained in Judaism that they take up a third of the 613 biblical commandments, plus major portions of the Talmud and the daily ritual. Temple restoration is also a fixation for literal-minded Protestants, who deem a new Temple the precondition for Christ's Second Coming...
...Defying Muslim threats, Orthodox zealots are preparing for the day when the holy edifice will rise again. -- A jury swiftly nails fallen evangelist Jim Bakker for fraud...
...have occupied Beirut for the past three years. The session's goal: to enact political reforms called for in an Arab League peace plan that produced a cease-fire two weeks ago in the six-month-old civil war pitting Lebanon's Christians against the Syrians and their Muslim allies. The meeting will continue, said one member, "however long that takes...