OPENING OF MOSQUE.
CEREMONY FORBIDDEN. MOSLEM SHOTS DISAGREE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 11.10 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Dot. 3. Ai sensation has been caused in Moslem circles in London by a cable from King Hedjaz, forbidding bis son Emir Feisul to open a mosque on" October 23, which is the chief function of his visit to England. lit is believed the ban i,s due to the Alm'adiyya sect, which built the mosque inviting Anglican and Jewish dignitaries to attend, the opening, in pursuance of the Almadiyyan’s broadmindedness and religious toleration. King Hedjaz belongs to the puritanital sect, Whaydi,s, which objects to the proposal to allow non-Moslems to deliver religious addresses in the mosque.—. Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 October 1926, Page 9
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115OPENING OF MOSQUE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 October 1926, Page 9
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