Chronology xlvii J1963
¶ Islamic Society of North America founded in
Plainfield, Indiana.
1965
¶ Malcolm X, leader of the Nation of Islam, assas-
sinated.
1966
¶ Death of Sayyid Qutb, radical Islamic ideo-
logue.
1967
¶ Israel defeats Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in the
Six-Day War.
1969
¶ Colonel Muammar Qadhdhafi overthrows King
Idris of Libya and establishes Libyan Arab
Republic.
¶ Organization of the Islamic Conference
founded.
1970
¶ Egyptian President Jamal Abd al-Nasir dies and
is succeeded by Anwar al-Sadat.
1971
¶ Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) becomes
independent from Pakistan.
1973
¶ October War (Yom Kippur War) between Israel
and a coalition of Arab states, led by Egypt and
Syria.
1974
¶ Death of Amin al-Husayni, grand mufti of Jeru-
salem and Palestinian nationalist.
1975–90
¶ Lebanese Civil War.1975
¶ Death of Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of
Islam among African Americans; Warith Deen
Mohammad takes charge of the movement and
renames it World Community of Islam in the
West (changed to American Muslim Mission in
1978).1977
¶ Death of Ali Shariati, Shii religious thinker.1978
¶ Anwar al-Sadat, Egypt’s president, shares Nobel
Peace Prize with Manachem Begin, Israel’s prime
minister.1979
¶ Iranian monarchy replaced by a revolutionary
Islamic republic with Ayatollah Ruhallah Kho-
meini as its supreme leader.
¶ Death of Abu al-Ala Mawdudi, founder of the
Jamaat-i Islami of India and Pakistan.
¶ Sacred Mosque in Mecca seized by Sunni reviv-
alists proclaiming arrival of the Mahdi.
¶ Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.1980–89
¶ Iran-Iraq War.1980
¶ Execution of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-
Sadr, leading Shii authority in Iraq.1981
¶ Assassination of Egyptian president Anwar al-
Sadat by radical Islamists.