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Compared to Prophet Jones himself, his custom-built beige Cadillac seemed drab and commonplace. Detroit's James F. Jones. Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, the Dominion of God. Inc., was wearing a $235 light brown suit, yellow checked vest, yellow shoes, red socks and red tie. Even more arresting were his gold-handled cane, the topaz earring on his left ear. the diamond, ruby and topaz rings on his left hand, the diamond and topaz bracelets and heavy gold chain on his left wrist. Prophet Jones always wears his jewelry on the left. He explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Diamonds on the Left | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...suite in the Waldorf-Astoria, the Prophet told newsmen why he had come to New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Diamonds on the Left | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...Prophet added that men would "stop dying" in the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Diamonds on the Left | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...great mosque at Fez, religious capital of French Morocco, the bearded priests of the Prophet met one day last week to give nationalism a religious blessing. To France's Resident General in Rabat, the political capital, they sent this solemn message: "A sacred religious obligation is imposed upon us to counsel the right, to reprove the wrong . . . We judge it opportune to demand in the name of Islam and of the Moroccan people the return of their legal sovereign, Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, to the throne." Then, in secrecy, the priests reached another decision. Suicide is a deadly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: New Rebellion | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...teaching docility to growing girls ("There is nothing I dislike so much as a meddlesome woman"). But he readily became "Your Holiness' devoted son" when he needed papal aid-and an ardent Moslem when he invaded Egypt ("There is no other god but God, and Mahomet is his prophet!"). French Jews, he ordered, must be convinced that with his help they would find the "New Jerusalem" in France-despite his convictions, expressed in another letter, that they were "the most despicable race in the world." The same "practical" approach appeared in his fondness for fabricated "accidents," e.g., the destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: From the Pen of N | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

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