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Ataturk II?: Pakistan's Musharraf has a chance to be a great man.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf is every inch a professional soldier. On October 12, 1999, he was army chief of staff in Pakistan and flying home from a visit to Sri Lanka. He had recently fired a senior officer for meeting the Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif without permission. Musharraf was pleased with himself; but Sharif felt insulted. A power struggle was underway.
Calculating that Musharraf couldn't do much about it in mid-air, Sharif fired him. Wrong. Landing at Karachi airport, Musharraf arranged a coup, put Sharif on trial, and sent him into exile in Saudi Arabia. Musharraf installed himself in Sharif's place. That's the way politics are conducted pretty ...
- U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia a sensitive issue for Muslims.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Montgomery, Rick February 27, 2003 700+ words
...withdrawal from Saudi Arabia, Muslim experts dispute...the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding...Washington, D.C. Muslims, he said, are...S. forces in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain than...force against Muslim Iraq or by "a...
- Backstory: What it means to be Muslim; They went to the same school in Saudi...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 16, 2006 700+ words
...conservative Muslims don't want...ground: Saudi Arabia. But "never...him (the Muslim man with...Progressive Muslim Union of...images. "Saudi Arabia is the reason...quickly. "Saudi Arabia is the reason...not about Muslims' ability...monolithic ...
- Playing for both teams: base camp for the clash between extremist Muslims and...
- Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder September 1, 2006 700+ words
...the] security of Saudi Arabia is vital--basically...out of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia was the main staging...Many conservative Muslims found the presence...who have been in Saudi Arabia ever since the...trying to dominate Muslim lands. They accused...
- Saudi Arabia urges Muslim nations, other countries to extend support to Lebanon...
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh July 26, 2006 700+ words
...July 26 (UNB) - Saudi Arabia starts a fund raising...Palestine, urging all Muslim nations and other...the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is conscious that...from all Arabs, Muslims and honourable people...towards the Arab and Muslim nations. 'With...
- Family of Muslim American detained in Saudi Arabia files suit.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) July 28, 2004 700+ words
...Abu Ali's arrest in Saudi Arabia so that he could not...subjected to interrogation in Saudi Arabia, a country that the...petition asserts that Saudi Arabia has told both the family...executive director of the Muslim American Society's...
- Saudi Arabia will deny a request by the Vatican to build that Muslim country's...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century April 22, 2008 700+ words
Saudi Arabia will deny a request...Vatican to build that Muslim country's first...the same day that Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah...interreligious event in Saudi Arabia, which forbids...a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics...
- SAUDI ARABIA - The Changing Muslim Parties - Part 14.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map February 5, 2001 700+ words
...secularisation and regards Saudi Arabia as a holy land never...Militant activities in Saudi Arabia are of a different type...Islamic guidelines like Saudi Arabia in line with the Sharia...holiest shrines of the Muslim World, at Mecca and...
- Mecca for Non-Muslims?(Saudi Arabia wants to welcome tourists)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Futurist September 1, 2001 700+ words
Saudi Arabia is putting new emphasis on tourism...kingdom. While millions of Muslims each year flock to the holy mosques, Saudi Arabia has not been considered a top destination among non-Muslims. Now, a new commission is...
