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Factsheet: Indonesia's Election

June 7th, 1999 by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on June 4, 1999. On the eve of Indonesia's first free parliamentary election since 1955, 48 political parties are jockeying for position…

Sudan Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Sudan Index: People History Economy Defense Foreign Relations PEOPLE Sudan's population is one of the most diverse on the African continent. There…

Israeli Druze

With the outbreak of civil war in Syria, more Druze turn to Israel for citizenship. By Jennie Wood Related Links Conflict from 1948 through 2000 Recent…

Brewer's: Islamite

(3 syl.). A follower of Mahomet or beliver in Islam. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Island of SaintsIslam A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Abdul Rahman, 2006 News

Afghan man, faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam, a move considered apostasy and punishable by death under Islamic law. International leaders urged Afghan…

Amin Lawal, 2002 News

Nigerian mother, was sentenced to death by stoning in March after an Islamic court convicted her of adultery. An Islamic appeals court upheld the decision in August. Lawal, 30, was arrested…

Hassan Nasrallah

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has been the secretary-general of the Lebanese group Hezbollah (or "Party of God") since 2012. Hezbollah is a Shi'ite Muslim military and political group, formed after Israel…

Baha’u’llah

Name at birth: Mirza Husayn-'Ali-i-NuriIn 1844, Syyid Ali-Muhammad broke from mainstream Islam, called himself the Bab ("the gate") and prophesied the coming of a man who would be the "Manifestation…