(allegorical interpretation) of Qur’
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00006.jpg)
n. The Nu
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00014.jpg)
air
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00013.jpg)
employ
taq
ya
(dissimulation). Since the 1980s the Nu
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00014.jpg)
air
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00013.jpg)
have become powerful in Syrian politics. Hafez Assad, a Nu
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00014.jpg)
air
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00013.jpg)
, rose to become leader of Syria over a Sunn
![](/files/02/59/75/f025975/public/00013.jpg)
majority.
Ny
ntiloka
(1878–1957)
. A German Buddhist scholar and translator. Apart from editions and translations, his most influential works were a
Buddhist Dictionary
,
The Word of the Buddha
, and
Path to Deliverance
.