Haridwar
Haridwar or Hardwar , city (1991 pop. 187,392), Uttaranchal state, N India, on the Ganges River. The headworks of the Ganges Canal system are located in Haridwar. Annual and duodecennial pilgrimages are associated with the town's Hindu temple and with the Ganges. The Gurukul school, founded in 1902, is a center of Vedic studies.
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The verdict of Qom.(The verdict of Qom)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...after their fashion Theory and practice THEY call Qom "the Shia Vatican". President Ahmadinejad...to have said that when Islam ruled the world Qom would be its capital. Rome need not worry: Qom will never compete for its tourists. At first...
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IRAN - Mar 8 - Qom Highlights Iran Power Battle.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 3/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...parliamentary election to the Society of Scholars of Qom Seminary, the oldest clerical organisation...own, producing a final list for the three Qom seats made up of staunch conservatives but...one of their own. The electoral battle in Qom, the biggest centre of Shi'ite learning...
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Iranian plant prompts U.S. to rethink assessment; Tehran set to open Qom nuclear facility to inspectors amid concerns over its role
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...inspectors will travel to a military base near Qom, Iran, for a first look at one of the...enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. The Qom site has undermined one of the U.S. intelligence...evidence, the two former officials said. "Qom changed a lot of people's thinking, especially...
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IRAN: QOM GETS SERIOUS.(Police act against "propagators of corruption")(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/28/2001; 700+ words
; ...corruption," according to a 16 August statement from the Qom police department. Qom is home to many seminaries and other theological institutions...music on car stereos are banned too. Eight people in Qom received 70-100 lashes each, IRNA reported on 19...
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Qom all ye faithful; Iran's holiest city.(Iran's holiest city stays quiet in public)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...holiest city AT FIRST glance the holy city of Qom, Iran's pre-eminent place of Shia scholarship...No demonstrations have taken place in Qom or nearby villages since the disputed presidential...people who sympathise with the clutch of Qom's senior clergy who have spoken out against...
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Paleontological study of the echinoderms in the Qom formation.(central Iran)
Magazine article from: Earth Sciences Research Journal; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT The Qom formation was formed in the Oligo-Miocene...outcrop is located in the vicinities of the Qom City, approximately 130 km at the south...and numerous fossil groups present in the Qom Formation and confirm the relationship of...
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Iran nuclear program: UN's first look inside secret site at Qom.(USA)(United Nations; Qom, Iran)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 11/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qom is at an advanced stage of construction...Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report. The Qom plant appears to be about the right size...During their Oct. 26-27 visit to the Qom site, IAEA inspectors carried out a detailed...
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An Islamic education for modern times. (theological schools at Qom, Iran)(MEED Special Report: Iran)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 5/31/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...of theology students in the holy city of Qom gathered recently at a local lecture hall...new topics at the theological schools of Qom, Mashad and other centres of religious...The traditional seminaries, including Qom's venerable Fayzieh, where generations...
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Iran's Religious City Qom Expects Greater Autonomy Power
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 12/4/1995; 377 words
; ...favors independence of the religious city of Qom from the Central Province and being given...upon his arrival in the religious city of Qom. Hundreds of thousands of people, including...rally. While outlining the significance of Qom from various aspects, Khamenei expressed...
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Iran sends Iraqis home to preach; U.S. wary of Shi'ite exiles being paid by center in Qom.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...Shi'ites in the Iranian holy city of Qom are offering payments of up to $300 to...sponsored by an organization based in Qom known as the International Center for Islamic...weeks. After that we can either return to Qom or continue to live in Iraq and earn our...
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Qom
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
QOM Shrine town in Iran. The city of Qom (also Qum), 92 miles (148 km) south of Tehran, is, after...Iran. The sister of Imam Reza, Hazrat-e Fatima, is buried in Qom. The city was a winter capital as well as a royal mausoleum town...
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Morteza Pasandideh, who was also an ayatollah in the holy city of Qom in Iran. He completed his studies in Islamic law, ethics...ye Yazdi, first in Arak, a town near Khomein, and later in Qom, where he also got married and had two sons and three daughters...
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...name, Rafsanjani. At age 14, Akbar Rafsanjani traveled to Qom to pursue advanced Islamic studies. He soon was involved in...Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. After the Shah's agents stormed the Qom Seminary and forced Khomeini into exile, Rafsanjani became a...
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Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...x2019; iri to the Fayzieh madrasa (religious college) in Qom the following year, where Khomeini distinguished himself in...authorities of the day. Khomeini ’ s residence in Qom coincided with the rise of Reza Shah, who curtailed the influence...
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Toba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Callagaes, Frentones, L'a ñ agashik, Ntocoit, Qom, Qoml'ek, Qompi, Suris or Jur í es, Takshik Orientation...custom of shaving their foreheads. The Toba call themselves "Qom," indicating a special meaning of the ethnic "we." In general...
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