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On to Freedom. Guinea was the only French African territory to vote no in September to De Gaulle's constitution. The French territories that voted yes are one by one declaring themselves republics, inside the French community. Following Madagascar, which made its choice in October, the French Sudan and...
Ever since Dictator Mustafa Kemal Ataturk overturned and reformed the Islamic rigidities of the Ottoman Empire in 1924, Turkish women by the thousands have come out from behind the veil, taken up short skirts and modern ideas. Polygamy was outlawed. But in Istanbul last week there sounded a still, small...
Bakhtiyar Ali Khan '59, former Secretary of the Islamic Society, did not run again for office because "I had been both pressured and threatened," he emphasized yesterday.
The Harvard Islamic Society has been operating "illegally," and its recent election of officers was conducted under "dubious" conditions, Bakhtiyar Ali Khan '59, former secretary of the Society, charged last night.
Plans for the mosque envision a building of traditional Islamic architecture and symbolism, which will seat a congregation of 50 to 75 people.