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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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