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    0 ut say « ig dtty thi jig , and even mfai 1 st they a * e ^ x > mer&mg wit h their friends , although they sometimes invoke the name of God , or repeat in a low tone of voice a skort prayer after every grain . \ Abdoulvv ^ eh ha h proscribed the chapiets as a $ ign of superstition . The reformer included the use of

    tobacco , and the employing silk and precious metals in clothes and utensils , as among the number of the greatest sins ; but he did not hold the despoil iag a man of another religion or fite to be a sin .

    The Wehhabites have forbidden to the pilgrims the stations of Djebel JJor , or the Mountain of Light , * and those of Mecca ,-f as superstitious ; yet tJhey make that of Aamra , J and go to Mina to throw the small stones against the devil ' s house . S Such is man !

    * It was upon this spot that , according to Mahometan tradition , the angel Gabriel brought the first chapter of the Kour-avm to the greatest of prophets . The Wehhabites have destroyed the chapel upon its summit , and have placed a guard at the foot of the mountain , to prevent the pilgrims from ascending .

    ¦ f ? This is probably a mistake of the press . Medina , the prophet ' s tomb , is the other protii&ited station / , in his attempt ' approach which , Ali Bey was arrested by tUe Wehhabites , and compelled to retrace Iris steps I

    X El Aatnra is a mosque , about a league to tile W . Tfe-W . of Mecca . where' the pilgrims assemble towards the close of the pilgrimage . " We first said the prayer , " © o $ cjf * es *© j » r traveller , " then placed three stones one upon the other , i > n a

    devout manner , at a small distance from the mosque . We afterwards went * to the spot where tbe infamous Abougebel , the furious enemy of our holy prophet , resided , and threw seven stones upon it with a boly fury , cursing it fit the same tijneV § Tne following is All Bey ' s account of § The following is Ali ** t ? y s account of

    tfrrs ceremony . "'We alighted immediately after our arrival ( at Mina ) , and went precipitately ttvtbfc house of the devil , which is facing tbe fountain . We liad each seven small stores , of the size of grey peas , which We had picked up expressly the evening before at Mosdclifa , to throw against the

    l * rt *» e of the tffcvil . Mtissulmen of the rite pf Mnieki , like myself , throw them one after th * ot ^ er , pronouncing after every one these wor < J * > < € hism illak slUahvah bar , " which interpret « d , arc , *« In the name of God * very jfrettf € ? o 4 - As the devil bas had th # maliCC / tp build bis house in a vrry narrow place , not | iboTe thirty-four feet brood , ^ cii ^ fed attb rn part by rocka , wbld * it

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    The reader oC ^ tim ^ mmg ^ s ^ « acC 0 * Ut caaa ^ l : fail to be struck with , the o&i »~ cidence of . s ^ v ^ rat ^^ e prk * cipit » a 4 fid yiews of the reformers 4 * f ... tbe religion of the pseudo-prophet o £ M ^ cca , vviib

    those entertained by the champions of religious reform ia our own Cou ^ ntiry . Happily the parallel is not coavpl « iie y for the V / ehhabites ia the ^ gineJ . * pirit of tbeir master , have not scrupj ^ d t <* carry their reforms iuto , effect at lh&

    point of the sword , exposing their views to the double ifiaptKattoo of cruelty and cujwdHy- ' Ab&ek& $ iz being alread y master : of the interior part of Arabia , soon found himself in . a state to extend his views over the

    adjacent country , and began by , nv 3 Jung an expedition to the neighboui ^ obd of Bagdad , m 1801 , at the head of a body of troops mounted upon df : ojme 4 anes . He advanced upon Imam Hossein , a

    town at a short distance from Bagdad , where was the tomb of this IiTpm , grandson of the prophet , in a-magmJicent temple , filled with the liches of Turkey and Persia . The inhabitants made but a feeble resistance , and the

    conqup or put to the sword all the me- a . nd male children of every age . Whilst * they executed this hqnsrbte butchery , a Wehhabite doctor cried from the top of a tQwer , * Kill ,

    strangle all the infidels who -give * com panions to God / Abdeiaa # i 2 seized upon the treasures of th ^ vtetcnple , which he destroyed and pillage ^ and burnt the city , which wa $ . co «* yerted into a desert . "

    Far different will be the conduct of those who , embracing the truth , at tlpte same time imbibe the spirit of the humble prophet of Nazareth , With what holy vigilance ought those to guard and regulate their zeal , who aspire to purify and renovate his peaceful religion , so that unlt ^ ievers may be left without excuse , who would

    was requisite to climb to mal ^ e aure <^ f 0 ir aim , when we threw the stones ov $ r , the wall tbat surrounded it , aa 4 ae the pil ^ rt | BS all desired to perform thi * cerejnony rnxtte diately upon their arrival , there was % most terrible confusion . However , 1 soon s * e ~

    ceeded in accomplishing this boly chity , through tbe aid of my people ; but , I atfnfi off with two wounds in my left l « g * 1 retired afterwards to my tent * to repoae myself after these fatigues . The Wohbabitet came and threw their , HtUe stoae ^ o ^ io ^ because tbe prophet used to da * ov We offered » & ^« PH ^ lMll ^ yOftfft * ifci * 4 ** 4 '

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/16/