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Show J Harem Customs Bring ;; Argentine Protests jji ! Beirut, Syria. -To protest ;; against the attitude adopted by '; ;! Syrian Moslems toward Argen j! J tine women, the Argentine gov- !! ernment has closed Its consulate ' J In Beirut. V: ; The consul stnted that Argen- J J tine women of the Christian !; K faith marrying Syrian Moslems i $ abroad and later accompanying ;; ! their husbands to Syria suffer :J j conslderolile hardships. On ar- ! IJ rival In Syria they are confined jjj ;; In harems as la customary wltb ;: i native women, and forced In j every way to conform to the !! J Moslem mode of life. |