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Islamic ContortionsSome Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree
Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North AfricaFather Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa
SAUDI ARABIA MECCAThe cemetery : for Moslems, to die and be buried in Mecca is a unique privilege. Date: circa 1870
MOSLEMS AND HOURISMoslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths
HOURISMoslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths
Ecstatic MoslemsMOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy Date: 1913
Chota Imambara, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaChota Imambara (Imambara Hussainabad Mubarak), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, built as a congregation hall for Shia Moslems in 1838. Date: circa 1920
Moslems Pray in DesertEgyptian Moslems at prayer in the desert, with their prayer mats spread out on the sand Date: 1904
Lavigerie PhotoCHARLES MARTIAL ALLEMAND LAVIGERIE - French churchman, cardinal and primate of Africa whose excessive zeal to convert Algerian Moslems to Christianity was unwelcome. Date: 1825 - 1892
Riots in Constantine, Algeria, 1934A road in Constantine, Algeria, after looting and bloody riots. From 3rd to 6th August 1934, intermittent rioting occurred in the Algerian city of Constantine between the Jewish
Moslems at prayer, Algiers, AlgeriaMoslems at prayer (the Great Prayer, Second Phase) in the open air in Algiers, Algeria. Date: early 20th century
Two Moslems at prayer, EgyptTwo Moslems at prayer in the open air in Egypt. They have removed their shoes, and are standing or kneeling on an animal skin. Date: early 20th century
Moslems at PrayerA group of Moslem men turn towards Mecca and pray, in various attitudes
Moslems at MosqueBefore entering a mosque at Istanbul, Turkey, worshippers remove their shoes and wash their feet
Eve of Bayram, TurkeyTurkish moslems observe the eve of Al-Bayram, an important festival
Egyptian Moslems PrayingEgyptian Moslems at prayer in a mosque
Holy War Preached / 1897In India, fanatical Moslems respond enthusiastically to the call for a Jihad (holy war) against the occupying British
Blue Mosque, CairoMoslems at prayer in the Blue Mosque, Cairo (Egypt)
Saracens Attack ConstanSARACENS ATTACK CONSTANTINOPLE An early attempt to seize the city fails : the city will not be taken by the Moslems until seven centuries later
Algerians at PrayerAlgerian Moslems participate in the Great Prayer
Islamic ParadiseParadise, as promised to faithful Moslems, is chiefly noted for its HOURIS - a species of affable nymphs