HOLY WAR URGED
MOSLEMS IN PESHAWAR CALL TO ISLAMIC COUNTRIES (Received September 23, 10.10 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 23 A message from Peshawar, India, says a call for a holy war was made during special prayers in all the city's mosques for the security and prosperity of Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. In particular, intercession was offered to "ward off Italy and other aggressors from the boundaries of Islamic countries." Thousands of people crowding into the largest mosque heard a speaker call Italy the meanest nation on earth. He appealed for unity of Moslems throughout the world to fight Mussolini.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23769, 24 September 1940, Page 8
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