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...women of the Prophet," commands the Koran ". . . stay quietly in your houses." A 12th century philosopher was more specific: "A woman should go out of doors only thrice-to go to her husband's house, to the funeral of her parents and, finally, to her own funeral." Omar the First (581-644) advised: "Consult women, and then do the contrary of what they advise...
Erring Woman. The elders of Islam decided it was time to put the women in their place. From the Council of Ulemas of Al Azhar University, the supreme court of Islamic law, recently came a stern fatwa (Koranic interpretation) of the 1,3OO-year-old teachings of the Prophet Mohammed. The Koran's references to women, said the fatwa, clearly bar the 150,000,000 women of the Islamic world from voting and from holding public office. Allah gave this commandment because women are too influenced by their feelings and affections in making judgments; they are addicted to "straying...
Inner Sanctum (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS). The Murder Prophet, with Agnes Moorehead...
...Griffith Stadium with Mrs. Truman to see a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators. He sat patiently under an umbrella after rain stopped play in the fourth inning, munched a hot dog, and had a bottle of pop. But after an hour, Weather Prophet Truman gave up and left. His hunch was right. Another hour passed before the sun came out and the game was resumed...
Brewing Storm. Matthews is the son of a Kimberley diamond digger who named him for an Old Testament prophet. He was brought up in Christian mission schools, proved a brilliant student, and won a chance to study at Yale and the London School of Economics. In 1935 he settled down to his career as professor of native law and anthropology at the Negro college at Fort Hare, in the Cape Province. Full of his Christian-mission teachings, Matthews devoted himself to the gradual improvement of the lot of the black man. He spoke as a moderate. While others were making...