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...Mohammedans. Every Moslem plans someday to make the hajj, or pilgrimage, to kiss this most sacred of all objects, the Black Stone. On camel, burro, foot and occasionally hands & knees, some 70,000 devotees annually make the hajj over the desert sands to Mecca. Last week, fat, wealthy Mussulmen loath to subject themselves to such a hot, dusty, brigand-infested journey had for the first time a better means of travel. From Cairo, Misr Airwork of Egypt inaugurated a special service for pilgrims, flying up the Nile to Aswan, thence across the Red Sea to Jidda and on into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Hegira on High | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

...United Presbyterian Church. From New York last week he sailed for Africa to begin his $1st year in the Egyptian Sudan. White-haired, bearded, grey-eyed, he was cosily reminiscent upon departing. He recalled his first trip in 1881, when the Mahdists were stirring up revolt against Egypt. Fanatic Mussulmen killed General Charles George ("Chinese") Gordon in 1885; the late great Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener subdued them, captured the city of Omdurman. Young Dr. Giffen was there. After pacifying the country, the British temporarily barred missionaries. Dr. Giffen and his wife left Omdurman, found a tribe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tradissionary | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

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