Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-22 | Page 35 | Moslems Flock to Mecca for Holy Observances' Pilgrims Kiss Stone, Run Seven Times Around Mosque

Moslems Flock to Mecca for Holy Observances Pilgrims Kiss Stone Run Seven Times Around Mosque T CAIRO C July 21 CIty 21 By The As- As Associated Associated V As Pr Ir Press ss Pilgrims Pilgrims arc now on Mecca sacred city and the e of Mohammed Thousands are travel travel- travelIng traveling ing tag from all parts of the Moslem orld orld to be present on the day of q July 24 Egyptian Mo- Mo Mo I have bave dispatched the sa- sa ocd sa-ocd ced cd carpet to Mecca with Ith elaborate ceremonial and ond I prayer rayer I Pince Fince the burial ot or the Prophet Mohammed more than a thousand 0 sears vears ears ago been forbidden to enter the Holy City is surrounded with great m and veneration But u I In spIte of oC this Interdiction 16 Chris Chris- Christians Christians hans are aro known to have hae hl e entered the tho elt city in disguise Death ouId h IVO been their fate tate It Ir they hadI had I en detected Th Thus us ta tar far no Ameri Amen American American can has bas set foot within its lIs The foreigners who ho have the city bOo ha bay e been most most- mostly ly Iy Englishmen who ho ho spoke Arabic md Inti nd disguised themselves as priests or peasants On al within a short dis- dis dis distance lance tance ot or Mecca the pilgrim dis- dis discards discards dis discards cards his hia ordinary clothing and as- as sullies the of or a o i gd consisting of o a II white apron Ith a a piece of oC cloth thrown n over overt overt-io te he shoulder Sandals may b be orn I orn bolt the head must be kept uncovered uncovered C ered red redIn In the tIle city Itself certain contain ablutions are performed after which the tho ch Stone is kissed and the pIlgrim runs se seven en times round tho mosque After special pra prayers ers and genuflections he ho then drinks from the Holy Well ell and once more kisses tho the stone On the following morning there takes pal the quaint ceremony of pelting the tho dem devil II with stones lowed by the time s sacrifice when a goat coy cow or cimel Is la of- of ot according to the pilgrims pilgrim's This concludes conclude tho the 1 The rhe meat of or the tho slaughtered aol aol- ani animal mal Is PI for tor use on the tho re- re re turn return journey and the tho pilgrim re- re re receives a certificate that he is now nowa nowa n a distinction As a a mark marl of oC tion lion ho be thereafter wears tears a green bond round his he which pro probes es to all th tho 1 wold old oId that he has umas the tho hardships of ot the pil- pil pil grimage pilgrimage 00