 | William Crooke - 1894 - 442 pàgines
...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...Islamite. Yet, if he uplifts his voice against such soul-destroyingabuses he may be hooted by loose living Musalmans as a Wahhabi who denies the power... | |
 | William Crooke - 1896 - 346 pàgines
...Lyall— " The '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...voice 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... 