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...Hatepota, professor of Comparative Religion and Islamic Culture at the University of Sind, pointed out that the word "Islam" means submission. The Islamic man must surrender himself to God, who is the only one to be worshipped...
...legendary men of his age. He made himself one of the greatest linguists in British history, was able to pass as a native in 29 languages. As an unofficial intelligence officer for the Indian army, he had submerged himself for months in the native population of Sind, collecting volumes of notes on everything from secret tribal alliances to the shape of women's breasts in Karachi. In 1853 he became the first Englishman to reach Mecca and live to write about it. In 1857, his expedition pushed some 800 miles through desert and jungle to discover Lake Tanganyika...
...concert will close with Psalm 84, "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen," by Heinrich Schutz...
...turnout that ignored clandestine appeals to boycott the polls. They heavily endorsed three of Ayub's ministers who were running for the National Assembly - notably Kashmir Affairs Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a zealous champion of Ayub's ambitious land reforms, who was elected from a Sind constituency dominated by feudal landlords who have been hardest hit by land redistribution. Ayub's biggest triumph was the voters' overwhelming rejection of orthodox Moslem extremists, who stumped for "purification" of society and repeal of such Ayub-sponsored reforms as a ban on polygamy and the traditional Moslem system...
...first half be given over to J. S. Bach. There was the monumental Prelude and Fugue in G Major; and the three-movement Trio Sonata No. 1 in E Flat, one of the most treacherous challenges in the entire literature. Of the two chorale-preludes, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier presented a constant parade of startling dissonances. Later periods were represented by Mozart's charming, if second-drawer, Sonata No. 15 in C; Brahms' rich-textured Fugue in A Flat Minor (a most rare key); and Hermann Schroeder's chorale-prelude Schoenster Herr Jesu...