MOSLEM CONGRESS
FIERY SPEECHES. CHAMPION OF FUAD BEATEN. Jerusalem, Dee. 7. There were amazing scenes at the opening of the Moslem congress iu the famous Alaqsa Mosquo to discuss the protection of Moslem holy places. When Dr. Abdel Hamid, an Egyptian, in a fiery speech, declared that all present must protect the Alaqsa Mosquo, which has tho Jewish wailing wall on the western side, with the last drop of blood, the whole assembly rose, shout ing, “Allah, Allah!” Suleiman Bey Fawsi shouted: “There is only one man in Egypt—that’s Fuad.” The audience beat him with sticks. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem rushed up and protected tho fallen man until tho police arrived and carried him out.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 304, 8 December 1931, Page 8
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