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29. Mohammed Heikal, The Return of the Ayatollah, pp. 39-40. The Shah eagerly
accepted Stalin's deal... until he found out that it entailed hosting a small army of
Soviet advisors and technicians.
30. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. I, p. 640 gives the figure of 10,000.
British author David Pryce-Jones says the death toll was actually "several tens of
thousands." (David Pryce-Jones, "Self-Determination, Arab Style," Commentary,
January, 1989, p. 43.) Twenty thousand is the most commonly used estimate.
31. "The Tale of the Recalcitrant Imam," The New York Times, July 25, 1982, p.
12. In early 1989, shortly after he gained a new reputation as a man of peace,
Arafat made it clear that he still felt disputes between Mohammedans should be
settled with bullets. In an interview with Radio Monte Carlo about the Arab uprising
in Israel, Arafat said, "Whoever thinks of stopping the intifada before it achieves its
goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest." ("Arafat unmasked--by his own
words," New York Post, January 23, 1989, p. 22.)
32. Said Mohammed, "I have bequeathed to you that which will always be a guide
to you, if you will take hold of it; the Book of God and the practices of my life." This
saying and its implications have been critical in the development of Islam.
(Mohammed Heikal, The Return of the Ayatollah, p. 80.)
33.
"I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their
necks and smite all their finger-tips off them. The Qu'ran, downloaded from America
Online's "Islam Library," original upload 1996, "Al-Anfal"--sura 12.
"...And slay them wherever ye catch them...." The Qu'ran, "Al-Baqara"--sura
191. In a petition sent to Atlantic Monthly Press objecting to this chapter, the
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee points out that many Moslems feel
that these are the words of God, not of Mohammed, who was merely Allah's
conduit. The true speaker, they wish to point out, is "God Almighty - not Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him...." ("Human Rights Petition For: Civil Liberties Of
Nasser Ahmed. In Camera." Washington, DC: Arab American Anti-Discrimination
Committee, n.a., 1996.)
"27 military campaigns," Sarwat Saulat, The Life of the Prophet, p. 100.
"He personally led nine of them." D.S. Roberts, Islam: A Concise
Introduction, p. 42.
34. The idea of permanent warfare between the Moslem world and the
non-Moslem world is so deeply ingrained that the phrase for the non-Moslem
regions of the planet-- Dar al-Harb-- literally means "The Home of War." (Basil
Davidson, Africa In History, p. 219.)
35. D.S. Roberts, Islam: A Concise Introduction, pp. 42-43. The
interpretation cited as nearly universal by Roberts is probably
derived from verses 191-193 of the Koranic chapter Al-Baqara,
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