Identifier: whatworldbelieve00raws (find matches)
Title: What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Rawson, Albert L. (Albert Leighton), 1829-1902 Hagar, George J. (George Jotham), 1847-1921
Subjects: Religions
Publisher: New York, Gay Brothers & company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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A FAIR MOHAMMEDAN. in early dayi iromen were expected to lai ell their i ieequentlv when thej were permitted to vlsfi the mo*qu<gallery, behind lattice-work, thai their Faces might not In Purk< usually had all but their eyea concealed bj veils, particularly when in nuthis extreme rigor of costume Is non ver$ much relaxed, n I many brl i through tne thin veiling ol rich lace, both tl borne and n the i
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VENETIAN CRUSADERS UNDER THE BLIND DOGE ENRICO DANDOLO.The cnuadeswere numeKHU expeditions undertaken by thelOtoWta nattons of Europe, ,n Hje old in 1202, aud there were three remarkable oues composed exclusively of chddren. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. 9<)7 obliged himself to marry such a woman, to give her such adowry, and to dispose of her at pleasure in case of divorce.The woman is not present at this ackno\vlc<lament; hut thefather, or some of the relations, assist at it; which, beingdone, the husband takes possession of his wife ; who isbrought to him veiled under a canopy, accompanied byfriends, relations, slaves, and music. The Mohammedansare allowed to make use of their female slaves. And here itis interesting to notice, first, that Mussulmans may marrywomen of any religion the tenets of which arc written ; andsecondly, that all the children, whether by wives or shrequally inherit their fathers property, if by will or other-wise the father has declared them free ; in defaujt o

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