Word: mohammedane
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...poured forth extraordinary denunciations of capitalism, marriage, etc., and, later, passed the hat. He was clubbed in a police attack upon a socialist meeting, overworked in the asparagus and hopfields of California and once was forced to act as an interpreter between Salvation Army workers and a group of Mohammedan laborers who " told filthy stories in Pushtu " (which sounds singularly evil). His one and only lucrative job evaporated when he discovered that, quite without his knowledge, he was being used by a group of fake-spiritualists to add, by his turbaned presence, proper mystic color to their meetings. Altogether...
...delegates from India, Algeria and Egypt will take part) is to be held at Damar (Arabia) in the near future. The ex-Sultan considers himself both Sultan and Caliph and has a large following in the Islamic world, particularly with regard to his claim to the Caliphate. According to Mohammedan law it is impossible for two Caliphs to exist at the same time. The ex-Sultan never gave up the Caliphate, but was forced out by the Kemalists. His partisans, therefore, charge the Kemalist movement with irreligious acts...
Perhaps the most significant aspect of the forthcoming conference is that its members will represent an estimated population of 436,752,000-more than a quarter of the world's population - whose religions are Hindu, Mohammedan, Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist, Animist, Sikh, Jain, Parsee, Jewish, polytheistic and idolatrous...
...Waning Crescent. The only Mohammedan mosque on this hemisphere has closed its doors. Followers of the prophet have had a " church fight." The mosque, which is in Detroit and was subsidized by a wealthy Mohammedan there, will be sold for real estate...
...national heroes may be erected in Turkish cities. Immediate interest is aroused because this decision is in direct contravention of the teachings of the Koran, as interpreted in Turkey for the last 1,200 years. During that time sculpture which represented men or animals has been forbidden in all Mohammedan countries. In Turkey not even paintings or photographs have been permitted. Kemal's decision breaks with religion and ends a tradition...