U.A.R.: MOSLEMS ATTEND MOSQUES DURING FIGHTING

Record ID: 376309

  • Title: U.A.R.: MOSLEMS ATTEND MOSQUES DURING FIGHTING
  • Date: 16th June 1967
  • Summary: JUBILANT CROWDS IN STREETS; MOSLEM ENTERING MOSQUE. Initials AA/V/CT/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st July 1967 13:00
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  • Location: CAIRO -- U.S.R.
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVA7LU2BKVM079LF6U3MRUWWEJRL
  • Story Text: SHORTLY BEFORE NEWS OF THE CEASEFIRE WAS ANNOUNCED IN CAIRO, CROWDS WERE JUBILANT AT THE APPARENT ARAB VICTORIES. THE RADIO AND PRESS CARRIED REPORTS OF ISRAELI REVERSES ON ALL FRONTS AND THE NEWS SEEMED TO BE GOOD.

    WHILE THE SOLDIERS FOUGHT AT THE FRONT, THOSE PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND IN CAIRO CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE STRICT PATTERN OF MOSLEM LIFE.

    EVERYDAY MOSLEMS FLOCKED TO THE MOSQUE TO WORSHIP. MOST MOSLEMS PRAY THREE TIMES A DAY: AT DAWN, NOON, AND DUSK.

    THE RELIGION OF THE MOSLEMS -- ISLAM -- IS PRACTISED THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD. THE CENTRE OF THE RELIGION IS MECCA IN SAUDI ARABIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE RELIGION, MUHAMMAD.

    THERE ARE MORE THAN 450 MILLION FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM.
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