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Volume 2 43 |
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BEDUIN WOMAN OF TUNIS |
THE FAITH OF THE CRESCENT |
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| A Beduin woman who has any pretensions to dress is seldom without a display of her native ornaments. Heavy silver ear-rings, brooches, and necklaces of varied design are much in vogue; this jewelry often representing a good part of the husband's capital | The Moslem trader of the Gold Coast may not be able to read or write, but he knows the watchword of Islam: "There is no god but God; Mahomed is the Apostle of God." Five times a day he sits on his prayer-mat, his eyes turned towards the Sacred Mosque, his soul communing with the spirit of the great Arabian prophet, and his lips moving in whispered prayer. The "tasbih" or rosary of ninety-nine beads assists him in the repetition of the ninety-nine attributes of God |