 | William Crooke - 1894 - 442 pàgines
...peculiarity of the cultos is its extreme catholicity. " The ' Urs or annual ceremony of one of these saints, like the Martyr's day of St. Edmund or St. Thomas of Canterbury, has degenerated inte muchthat is mere carnal traffic and pagan idolatry, a scandal to the rigid Islamite. Yet, if he... | |
 | William Crooke - 1896 - 346 pàgines
...worshipped by Hindus. This is well put by Sir A. Lyall— " The 'Urs, or annual ceremony of these saints, like the martyr's day of St. Edmund or St. Thomas...against such soul-destroying abuses, he may be hooted by 1 " Rambles and Recollections," i. 116. 2 " North Indian Notes and Queries," iii. 200. loose-living... | |
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Urs, or annual ceremony of these saints, like the martyr's day of St. Edmund or St. Thomas of Canterbury, has degenerated into much that is mere carnal traffic and pagan idolatry, a scandal to the rigid Islamite. Yet, if he uplifts his voice against such... 