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Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-16 | Page 6 | Desert Sheiks Worship Devil

Type issue
Date 1926-08-16
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
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Article Title Desert Sheiks Worship Devil
Type article
Date 1926-08-16
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 6
OCR Text DESERT SHEIKS V WORSHIP DEVIL Trace Ancestry From Sun SUl Xo No Divorce Al- Al Allowed Allowed Al Allowed lowed By Tribes ALEPPO Syria Au Aus Aug lG-Dy lG The Tho Associated Press Presa Malak the tho fallen rallen angel anel whom God expelled from frem heaven Is the patron pitron saint of oC the not sheik not sheik thosa w hose handsome profiles thrown against the American screen have ha made mado flappers hearts flutter Tho The triM tribe of ot the tho s wor worshippers worshippers shippers ot of Satan from front which the original sheIks sprang are lire nomads nomad living from cattle raising They number about 1 and theIr habitat Is north ot of o Aleppo near the tho Another nother branch tar Khal-tar Is to be found at lit tar a 0 small town In the vIcInity ot of ANCI Tny FROM l e Sheiks claim they can trace theIr ancestry from heaven be- be beIng being be being ing direct descendants Is of ef Sheik EddIn CharaC or the tho moon moen An Another An- An Another other early sheik was which means pillar ar supporting heaven herwen while a third one was directly related ted to the sun attn Some of ot the present day sheIks sheik claim to have o the tho power ot of mIr mIr- mIracle mirado mir miracle ado acle In rendering Inoffensive the bites biles ot of snakes and scorpions WHY lW n lL is WOR WORSHIPPED Why do you worship the thede thede ll de deli deI I asked an nn American who ha had flad been bitten by a poisonous Insect and desirous of ot ascertain ascertain- a ascertaining lag InS the miraculous pOr ot of o the sheiks had sent for tor one Satan is the source of ot all aU evil e and It if we wo Ignore him we can cannot net old avoid his wrath God on the con con- contrary contrary con contrary is the essence ot of kindness and therefore we wo have nothing to fear from him was the the- th way the reply was translated NO nl There Is no divorce amon among the therell thereal thereal real rell sheiks In which they differ somewhat from the American species cles Sheiks marry only the daughters ot of other sheiks shells The Tho marrIage ceremony Is very ery simple It Is a question of ot mutual consent be- be between between between tween the bride brida and the tho bride brIde- brIdegroom bridegroom bridegroom groom expressed before one or of o the older sheiks Both newlYweds are anthen then branded with red Ink irle I k on the shoulders and forehead v The rho sheik performing the cere cere- ceremony ceremony ceremony mony then takes a branch of ot a atreo tree treo and breaking breaking- it in t tao to o says united until death deuth parts you as ns force has l broken n this thi branch
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