Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sheik Razek is a professor of religious jurisprudence in the famed Moslem University of Al Azhar, Cairo, heart of the orthodox heart of Islam And Sheik Razek is also crowned with dignity as Judge of the Mansura Mekhema Sharia (Religious Court...
...Calif is spiritual head of the Moslem world, has usually exercised supreme temporal power. In recent centuries the Calif has been Sultan of Turkey. In 1923, Kemal Pasha deposed the Sultan-Calif Mohammed VI, abolished the office of Sultan, made himself President of the Turkish Republic, elected one Abdul Medjid Effendi as Calif. Then, a few months later, Kemal exiled his Calif and abolished the Califate altogether, TIME, March 17, 1924). Immed- iately, throughout the Moslem world, there appeared claimants for the great title, the chief one being King Hussein of the Hedjaz. But, at the moment, the Califate cannot...
...continued, had not failed-it had never had a fair chance.* He insisted that if Britain were to leave India, Moslem and Hindu differences would immediately disrupt the Empire. "When we see everywhere among the responsible leaders of Indian thought, the evidence of sincere and genuine desire to cooperate with us," the Secretary for India told their lordships, "we shall not be niggardly bargainers if we meet the generous friendship which is near and dear to our hearts. We no longer talk of holding the gorgeous East in fear, but ask India to march side by side with...
...Realizing that the Balfour Declaration contains a policy that is fatal to Palestine, and on motion of the district branches of the Moslem and Christian Association of Palestine, the Arab Executive has passed the following resolution...
...school does not proselytize in religion, but by its influence leads away from the formalism of the older generation. I once saw an old Moslem, when the muezzin sounded, try to pray to the east while riding on a tramear. The curves kept him jumping. But that mechanical, ostentatious religion is being left behind by the educated...