Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-26 | Page 38 | Fanatics Clash over Sacred Tree

ones CLASH 1 OVER SACRED j TREE Branches Interfered With Processional Flags, Mo- hammedans Claim BILMA. India. Anr S (By A. P.) Lftertmis riot resultlnc In aumer-' aumer-' eve casualties aM muck deatruc-Moa deatruc-Moa of property occurred yesterday at Seharunpur and Ootida. In ftie unites' provinces, at th clow of th lfuharrarn rellrloua relebra-Tha relebra-Tha police were abla to ejaell tha erowda only by tha tiee of firearm.. "Jflnor eUaturtunce occumi In Calcutta, Ahmedabad. 1 Amritaar and Nellore. cMefly between tha Bunnltaa and Shlllea. ' Tha rlotlnr at fuharonpur waa 'caused ay tha Mehammedane lop- pins; off branches of tha aacrad tree In. a Hindu temple. . These branches overturns; tha . void and. - tha . Mohammadana CiaJmeo. intvnerva wun ins carrr-Im carrr-Im af their pror.sslna.l flaaa. The Hmdua resisted, whereupon Uie 'temple waa attacked and many ahnpa looted. - - , - Tha tandem la high, bat the authorities au-thorities bava tha altu.tlon in bend. . -The' frhiltee and Sunnltes are Mohammedan sects, the Utter forming tha orthodox and coneer-. coneer-. vatlve body and being by far the larger. The Bhlltea rejecftha first three Callpha and consider Alt. Mohamed'e eon-ln-law. aa tna t'rhtful eueceaeor of the prophet. Vhey do . not acknowledge the aiunna. or body of traditions respecting re-specting Mohammed, as any part ojf the law. The Muharram la a Shllte festival festi-val in commemoration of the martyrdom mar-tyrdom of Ratlma, afohammed'e ;' daughter., and All, - and . Is lield luring the flret ten daya of. tha month Muharram. which la the ft st In the Mohammedan calendar.