Word: mohammedanized
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...which greeted short, stocky Isaac Van Grove when he took the conductor's stand at the opening Aida. Nor did she read his statement: "When I came to Cincinnati this time I felt as though I were coming to a shrine. I could understand the emotion of the Mohammedan who makes once in his lifetime a pilgrimage to Mecca...
...Bombay last week two mischievous small boys got in trouble with a shopkeeper. Some said the boys were Hindu, the shopkeeper Mohammedan, some said it was the other way around. One thing was certain. Race rioting flared through the city like a prairie fire, lasted three days. Whole blocks were burned, 30 people were killed, over 600 wounded. Police were helpless. Eventually a battalion of the Royal Irish Fusileers went into action...
...Duke of Westminster, stupendously rich English nobleman, the Aga Khan, very rich Mohammedan lord, and certain of their rich, sporting cronies have canceled their mortgage on Henry Spahlinger's secret vaccine against tuberculosis. A few people in the U. S. last week knew the formula for manufacturing the vaccine, which doctors have demanded since Henry Spahlinger first crossed medical tempers. But those in the know were reticent in admitting their knowledge. For detailed information it was better to write directly to Mr. Spahlinger at his Institut Bacterio-therapique in Geneva, Switzerland, or to the proud English folk who attended...
Prophet Mohammed in the Holy Koran set no minimum age for brides. The Government's new law setting a minimum age of 16, argued the Koranic priests, was clearly un-Mohammedan, since all that the Prophet specified was that a bride should be "marriageable." Meeting the Church on its own ground last week the Ministry of Justice agreed to alter the law so that when a prospective bride is less than 16 years old she may petition the Ministry of Health, claiming to be "marriageable" and offer herself for scientific examination. If Science decides in her favor...
...years ago a grey-haired Detroit Negro solved his personal unemployment problem by becoming a Mohammedan, taking the name Mehmed All Bey and wangling passage for his wife, ten children & grandchildren to Turkey. Arrived at Istanbul, ingenious coal-black Ali besought Dictator Kemal Pasha thus: "In the name of 28,000 Moslems suffering from racial problems in America, I petition you to accord land on the shores of the Bosporus where we may create a flourishing American town and enjoy Turkey's traditional impartiality to Negroes...