Word: mecca
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most notable act was to adopt a resolution stressing the fact that when a new Calif should be appointed he must be a free sovereign capable of defending Islam. Since the two other traditional qualifications for a Calif-descent from Mohammed and possession of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina-were not mentioned, it was inferred that these latter qualifications may be explicitly waived at a later date...
...King in favor of his son Ali, who was subsequently conquered and deposed by Sultan Ibn Saud of Nejd. 2) None of these three disgruntled Califs possesses all three of the traditional qualifications: descent from Mohammed; the status of an independent sovereign; possession of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. 3) None of the at present outstanding Mohammedan potentates possesses all three qualifications. 4) Should one or more qualifications be waived, the following potentates might well precipitate innumerable struggles in an effort to obtain the Califate: King Fuad of Egypt, King Feisal of Irak, President Mustafa Kemal of Turkey...
...York the recently finished Mecca temple, which is one of the largest theatres in the City was crowded to capacity, and a large number of subscriptions turned down...
Here the production will be in the Mecca Temple Since this building contains a large ballroom, as well as a theatre, arrangements have been made for a regular cabaret and dancing in the ballroom after the show is over...
...reception of the play was remarkable; but in no city was it as remarkable as in Boston--the theatrical Mecca for the Cambridge students. The opening night is rapidly becoming historic; Harvard evidently had different ideas as to the truth of Mrs. Young's comedy. The students demonstrated their opinions with violent mass methods. But this local disturbance only served to make the play more widely known and gave it impetus for a long run elsewhere. It was a creditable success for anyone; for a young woman of 32 it was distinctly gratifying...