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...Sudanese Ministry of Information insists that the policy of the government "has always been, and shall always be, freedom of worship for all citizens without discrimination." Exiled missionaries insist that Christians are being forcibly converted to Islam, and last week heard that the Cathedral of Juba, on the White Nile, had been converted into a mosque...
Propagate the Faith. Operating boss of the council is an Egyptian army major more familiar with infantry tactics than theology. Says rifle-spined Mohammed Eweida: "I consider myself a soldier carrying out orders." Son of a Nile delta landowner, Eweida was a pious child who fasted twice a week throughout the year, always carried a copy of the Koran in his pocket at prep school. Despite his religious leanings, Eweida entered Egypt's military academy rather than Cairo's ulama-run al-Azhar University, graduated at the top of his class and rose from subaltern to major...
...Blue Nile, by Alan Moorehead. A fitting, fetching sequel to his earlier pageant of life along Africa's greatest river...
...Silent Spring, Carson (1) 3. O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Hudson (3) 4. Final Verdict, St. Johns (6) 5. My Life in Court, Nizer (4) 6. The Points of My Compass, White (8) 7. Letters from the Earth, Twain (7) 8. The Rothschilds, Morton (5) 9. The Blue Nile, Moorehead (9) 10. The Pyramid Climbers, Packard...
...Blue Nile, Moorehead...