How To Use Mullah In A Sentence
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The far end was crowded with Afghan men: the police chief in his gray uniform; the other provincial officials and a mullah in the traditional outfit of tunic and baggy trousers known as salwar-kameez.
This Is War: How USAID workers are trained for work and danger in Afghanistan
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The Mullahs remained a dominant influence until the twentieth century when the Pahlavis attempted to curb them.
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Fifth, the theocratic monopoly of the mullahs contributes to the closeness of Islamic societies.
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It is interesting and significant that the American Mullahs consistently identify "secular humanism" as the chief corruption of modern society.
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Nobody wanted to face the three-hour flight back to Kuwait with packages undelivered — it made the flight longer and burned fuel like crazy; and to face the crew that had worked like dogs to ready the aircraft, load the bombs, and paint love notes to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar on the ordnance was a full-bore bummer.
The Kabul-ki Dance
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Indeed, the mullahs could end up controlling a mayor's office in Najaf and losing everything in Iran.
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It was first created in Lebanon in 1975 by Imam Mussa Sadr, an Iranian mullah who had become leader of the Shi'ite community there.
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Then, coming out of the telephone booth, he got into conversation with two bearded young men who were in mullah's costume.
Among the Believers
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She has defied the death threats from mullahs to stand as a vice-presidential nominee in a country where women are largely marginalised.
Times, Sunday Times
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If the truth about Jaleh Place's event find difficult to reach the ears of French people, it's because journalists have diabolized the Shah's regime and cannot confess they exaggerated the facts for purely ideological reasons without knowing anything about the history of Iran, Islam, Shiite or Iranian society which suffers from the mullahs 'burden!
Iran Resist
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The mullahs see it as their mission to spread Islam among the unbelievers and some believe they will achieve martyrdom in their attempts to achieve it.
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Islamic scholars, or mullahs, took over most classes, prompting him to quit.
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Academics from US Ivy League universities have written to protest, along with rabbis, pastors, reverends and mullahs as well as the International Young Christian Workers' movement.
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Where is the outrage from all the international groups, the ICRC, the Red Crescent and all the sheikhs, imams and mullahs?
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We have learned, according to a source inside of Kandahar, that a meeting called a shura, a meeting of tribal elders of a Pashtun tribe called the Norzai met together last night and had decided that one of Mullah Mohammed Omar -- the spiritual leader of the Taliban -- one of Mullah Omar's deputies would become the chief administrator of the city of Kandahar.
CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2001
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The mullahs claimed that the Hidden Imam would protect the new inhabitants of the city against all disasters.
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In Mullah Omar's latest message he again rounded on President Hamid Karzai:
11/13/2004
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The Iranians were conducting so-called pyro-processing experiments to remove impurities from uranium metal, thus opening another route for the mullahs to build a nuclear device.
Iran's Nuclear Progress
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We must first deal with his successor, the owlish Ayman al-Zawahiri and perhaps the Taliban's Mullah Omar.
Richard Klass: Death of a Salesman
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British and Afghan officials are now counting on mullahs to spread the word that it is haram, or forbidden, under Islam to cultivate opiates.
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Mullah Omar is thought by some to be hiding in Kandahar or Helmand. Others suspect he is in Pakistan's tribal areas.
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(A few weeks earlier, Taliban leader Mullah Omar had floated the idea of convening a tribunal of Islamic religious scholars to review the evidence against the Al Qaeda leader.)
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Quite true," answered Dilawur readily; "I was at one time a subadar of the Guides, but I have been many things in my time, and now I am a mullah.
The Story of the Guides
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But before the crocodile eats us all, let's help Iranian PMOI to stablish a peaceful and democratic government in Iran and send these mullahs to where they belon to.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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With a portfolio valued between 10 and 20 lakhs of rupees, Mullah Badr al-Din was considered the "richest" merchant in Kabul, was honorifically referred to as baba or father by Dost Muhammad, and figured prominently in the trade between Russia and Bukhara. 50 Mullah Badr al-Din's son Khair al-Din also enjoyed a glowing mercantile reputation in Central Asia.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier
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The terrorist Mullah O'Reily sat in his throne on the terrorist news channel faux and called his fatwah for years, knowing full well there were repuglican terrorist cells planning to murder Tiller.
Propeller Most Popular Stories
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Mullah Omar, popularly known as the one-eyed Taliban, was the first member of the Taliban I met back in 2001.
Reuters: Press Release
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But Mullah Omar's Taliban has adopted the rhetoric of a national liberation struggle, to oust foreign forces and restore Islamic rule.
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Later, I worked it up to more than 70,000 words with a subplot about a thaumaturge and threw in a handful of Mullah Nasruddinesque stories, and eventually got it published by Maxwell Macmillan Canada just in time for the Robert Maxwell empire to collapse and tumble the book into limbo.
Archive 2005-04-01
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The religious scholar - whose studies qualify him for the honorific of "mullah" - lacks Hakimullah's charisma and reputation for boldness but retains a sizable following.
Christian Science Monitor | All Stories
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Iran is the main financier and sponsor of violent hatred, but a large portion of the Middle East continues to allow Mullahs to disseminate violent hatred and calls for Jihad on a daily basis.
Sound Politics: The Path to 9/11
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But Mullah Omar's Taliban has adopted the rhetoric of a national liberation struggle, to oust foreign forces and restore Islamic rule.
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Not only have you joined the ranks of the morally obtuse, but you have done so with an arrogance that would astound a mullah issuing a fatwa.
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Meehan removed any doubt seven minutes later when he took a pass from Mullahy and raced through before burying a screamer in the bottom corner.
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If only all priests and mullahs and rabbis exercised the same responsibility and rigour in their pronouncements.
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His early religious education had given Dilawur more than the average insight into the intricacies of Mahomedan doctrine, and being possessed of ready wit, and considerable ability in debate, he was ever anxious to enter into doctrinarian discussions with the _mullahs_.
The Story of the Guides
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Mullah Omar also called on Afghans to break off relations with what he calls the stooge government of President Hamid Karzai.
CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009
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While the mullah glowered over the camp from the cave mouth or fulminated from the Quran or fought with other mullahs with words for weapons and abuse for argument, he bandaged and lanced and poulticed and physicked until his head swam with weariness.
In The Time Of Light
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But the mullahs wish to follow a much more traditionalist pattern of life.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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Vilayet-i-faquih is the special term promulgated by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to describe the idea that all of Iranian society is under the permanent stewardship (sometimes rendered as guardianship) of the mullahs.
'A Call to Prayer From the Rubble of the WTC'
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No women can become a priest in the Orthodox church or a mullah among Muslims.
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The clandestine Sufi orders - chiefly the Naqshbandiya and Qadiriya - survived, as did itinerant mullahs, makeshift mosques, and the pilgrimages to the gravesites and shrines of saints that are so central to Sufism.
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The Iranians are a god-fearing people and believe in an afterlife, and this is certainly true of the mullahs and ayatollahs who comprise their government.
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The samaj deals with issues such as the maintenance of the local mosque, support of a mullah, and settling village disputes.
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Shortly after the Bhutto hit, the Pakistani government released a transcript of a phone call in which Mehsud yukked it up with a mullah crony, crowing: Congratulations to you.
The Longest War
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It must be reiterated, that it would be pertinently wrong, both factually and historically to put the whole blame on the mullahism of the state of Pakistan, for the Indian brand of deeply entrenched anti "mlechha", communal, fascist mind set also dominated the scene.
Kafila
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The mosques, the principal shrines, such as Meshed, Kum, the houses of Mullahs, and in many cases the bazaars which are generally to be found adjoining places of pilgrimage, afford most convenient shelter to outlaws.
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland
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But I think there's some problem with Mullah Omar, and the first part is that, first of all, there are a lot of reports that he's daffier than Rain Man and it could be kind of embarrassing when we catch him when we listen to him talk.
CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2002
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In the city of Farah, the situation is even more bizarre: a Taleban commander is out on the campaign trail – for his old friend and brother-in-arms, Mullah Salaam Rockety.
Insurgents Cast Shadow Over Afghanistan Poll
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The first, Mullah Berader, is a longtime senior Taliban leader who sits on the Quetta shura, which is believed to have about 20 members.
Taliban Chief Extends Control Over Insurgency
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Baradar may have had better credentials as Mullah Omar’s brother-in-law and longtime confidant, but he was a consensus seeker, in the mold of a traditional tribal chieftain.
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When the Amir Dost Mahomed Khan came to Peshawur in 1856, he was accompanied by Hafiz Ji, a leading mullah of Afghanistan and a great doctrinarian; to whom came the learned amongst the Faithful, to discuss the tenets of their religion and to listen to the wisdom of the wise.
The Story of the Guides
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Yet this is a nation still in the grip of hardline mullahs.
The Sun
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Israel will come out of this with a greatly cowed hamas, who will have to explain to the populace of gaza why this was all worth while and why islamofacism as a concept is so attractive, and why no longer having a home/street/electricity whatever is just so pleasing to the master mullah maniacs in iran. this is what you anarchists are all about 'innit'
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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Meanwhile, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced its new leader in Pakistan, following confirmation that Baitullah Mehsud was indeed killed at the beginning of the month: his hot-headed brother-in-arms Hakimullah Mehsud.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Potential Peace With North Korea And Iran, Afghanistan Elections, New Leader For Pakistan Taliban And Lethal Attack In Baghdad
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God on the Move « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1
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But this is the issue where either the United States will remain the preponderant presence in the Middle East, or we will be forced out by mullahs with nuclear weapons.
Failure by Committee
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But a senior U.S. diplomat in Kabul said "there is some thinking going on in Washington" now about being more open to reconciliation, even to Karzai's proposed outreach to Taliban leaders that the Pentagon has described as unreconcilable, including hard-line chief Mullah Mohammad Omar.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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Given the choice between death, amputation or a damn good beating, I would probably also elect to have the skin flayed off my back by a burly, sadistic mullah.
Sky News, Choudhary and Sharia Law
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Baradar may have had better credentials as Mullah Omar’s brother-in-law and longtime confidant, but he was a consensus seeker, in the mold of a traditional tribal chieftain.
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Everything from engineering the downfall of the Shah, to supporting the rise of the Mullahs (and Islamic Fundamentalism) in Iran and Afghanistan, and then 'regretting' it (after the hostage crisis) resulting in the 180 Degree turn by the Mullahs against Carter, to attempting a failed coup in Iran, and then failing in the hostage rescue attempt, to then asking Saddam Hussein to invade Iran (when all else failed).
Jimmy Carter �� the Grand Impostor
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The mullah in charge decided that although the fashion did indeed have American associations, it should be remembered that many black citizens of the United States had converted to Islam.
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Among Muslims, the mullah or priest will visit a house within three days of the birth of a boy to recite holy words, including the Call to Prayer, in the baby's ear.
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In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power on an election ticket of uncompromising Islamism, the cabal of conservative mullahs have a president to their liking.
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Eric knew the original message of Islam better than all the mullahs and the so-called "ulama" combined.
Adventures of an Islamic Reformer at Oxford, London, and Istanbul
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A local mullah is appealing for donations to build a new mosque.
Afghan-Pakistan Border Blocks NATO, Not Taliban
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Mullahs, priests, rabbis - the business of religion was traditionally the males.
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That was part of what I believe was a grand bargain, struck between the Bush administration and the mullahs of Iran, that freed up US troops to crush Al-Qaeda.
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Mullah Omar also called on Afghans to break off relations with what he called the stooge government of President Hamid Karzai.
CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009
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Bin Laden and Mullah Omar are at opposite ends of the ultra-conservative corner of Islam they occupy.
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The mullahs have appointed themselves the enemy of fun; as a result, wherever fun herniates into view, it is a politicized irruption of defiance.
Iran Bans Valentine's Day
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The country whose order he seeks to overthrow is not ruled by Islamic mullahs or Baathists.
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Posted in mullah omar, osama bin laden, pakistan, taliban.
2008 February 13 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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Our main enemy is not primarily the Mahdi army or any of the factions in Iraq but Ahmadinejad and the mullahocracy in Iran.
Sound Politics: "Double Down"?
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Most town mosques are cared for and staffed by a mullah, who conducts religious services at the mosque as well as funerals, weddings, and blessings.
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They got married, and the wedding was attended by both families and the mullahs from the local mosque.
Times, Sunday Times
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For a month or so, a kind of notional pause on Iran had been in order, a seeming parenthesis of respite and reflection: a departing Israeli spy chief's estimate of a due-date for the mullahs' capacity to build nukes pushed it off three years into the future; a fruitless meeting with Iran in Istanbul was portrayed as going well in terms of Russia and China's cooperation with the United States and its allies; the effect of sanctions and other measures taken against the Iranian leadership was described by Washington as successful to the point of being "underreported" by the news media.
NYT > Home Page
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Is it no more than rhetoric, designed to scare the mullahs and force them to drop their nuclear programme?
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So if there is an effective revolution in Iran and the mullahs are mullered, some more will come along.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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The family gathers near sunset in the presence of a mullah, who reads from the Qu'ran and recites prayers for the dead over the food.
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Perhaps it's well past time to hit the real source of this fomentation - the Iranian Mullahs.
Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
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McDowell has been dubbed ‘the Mad Mullah’ by some bowsies in the popular press, but he frequently had the aspect of the headmaster rather than the Allah-Wallah.
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Afghan officials initiated negotiations with Mullah Abdul Salaam Alizai, a powerful and influential tribal leader, who was holed up in Musa Qala with thousands of his followers.
2008 January 26 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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A reader, speculating that the government set the bomb, writes, The mullahs did something similar in August 1978 in Iran - they set a cinema in Abadan ablaze and blamed the Shah.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20)
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A generation has grown up that knows nothing of the Shah and sees as its enemy not faraway America, but the mullahs at home who have misruled and repressed them all their lives.
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I have a spiritual relationship with Mullah Omar.
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Thus the mullahs can legitimately incite revolution, and since the seventh century they have done so.
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But I think what's unclear is the level of endorsement that these discussions have from the very senior leadership, meaning Mullah Omar, who's hiding in Pakistan.
U.S. Pursues Two-Track Strategy In Afghanistan
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Mullah Cimoc say ameriki not free now. benjamin franklin him so sad if see amerika. truth: them have tattoos and knappy hair and in waziristan any the woman have tattoo is ho. fo show.
Don Imus and the rest of America — Meandering Passage
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When the Iranian-backed Hizbullah militia started the systematic recruitment of holy warriors to fight the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in the early 1980s, its mullahs approved so-called mut'aa marriages, involving contracts of matrimony that could be almost as short as one-night stands.
Women of Al Qaeda
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The mullahs were no better at curing characteristic third world socio-economic ills than the secular regimes they despised.
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While a 'really cool mullah' who had offered to host a 'busload' of mourners for the day told her: 'Iran needs a Renaissance!!!!!!!!!!'
New Internationalist - The people, the ideas, the action in the fight for global justice
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And, in a sense, that is true: he never finished the Quranic schooling required to get the title mullah, but his followers call him that anyway as a sign of respect.
Inside The Mullah's Mind
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The Mullahs nest great battle with the Shah came over his White Revolution in the early 1960's.
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A Shiite mullah or imam of such huge importance can't be underestimated.
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While the mullah glowered over the camp from the cave mouth or fulminated from the Quran or fought with other mullahs with words for weapons and abuse for argument, he bandaged and lanced and poulticed and physicked until his head swam with weariness.
In The Time Of Light
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The Islamic mullah is called for marriages, circumcisions, and burials.
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It is the message that is coming from many of these mullahs all over the Muslim world.
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Ratzinger/Benedict is being savaged for his "strictness" and "conservatism" in the press, primarily by writers who praise the Iranian mullahs for being "moderate".
Daimnation!: Papal Bull
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The mullahs, who are not short of assets, even hired an interlope person Fereydun Sahebjam, who was living in France and who introduced himself as a journalist.
Iran Resist
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The internal pressures and inconsistencies of the mullahs' regime will do their work for them.
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And being a member of the clergy or a mullah or some other cleric does not render you an expert on social affairs, or an authority on how people should be permitted to live their lives.
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First comes the able-bodied though elderly sire carrying a few light throwing-spears and a knobkerry or a gim-crack stabbing-spear, and close behind him are the adult males of his house similarly armed or with a rifle or two supplied by a benevolent Government for protection against the Mullah, to whom these children of nature frequently offer them for sale at very reasonable prices.
Pan-Islam
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All the actors were there: the chief of police; the head of the army corps; a representative of the governor, who was away on vacation; the Canadian battle group; the Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team; U.S. police trainers and Special Forces officers; the untried son of Mullah Naqib.
Afstan: Pessimism from people on the ground
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The Mullahs nest great battle with the Shah came over his White Revolution in the early 1960's.
