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Christian should call a Mahommedan an infidel and _vice versa_; but, on
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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It may be logically, if not ethically, defensible that a Christian should call a Mahommedan an infidel and _vice versâ_; but, on Dr. Wace's principles, both ought to call themselves infidels, because each applies the term to the other.
Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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The rulers might not be honest; “we may have an atheist, pagan, Mahommedan.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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The rulers might not be honest; “we may have an atheist, pagan, Mahommedan.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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The rulers might not be honest; “we may have an atheist, pagan, Mahommedan.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Mahommedan East: and we may take a leaf out of their books if dynamite-outrages continue.
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“I would sooner be a Mahommedan than a Papist,” said
Castle Richmond 2004
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He pitied the ignorance of the heathen, the credulity of the Mahommedan, the desolateness of the Jew, even the infidelity of the atheist; but he execrated, abhorred, and abominated the Church of Rome.
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The peasants of Tafa (no doubt the ancient Taphis) relate that they are the descendants of the few Christian inhabitants of the city, who embraced the Mahommedan faith, when the country was conquered by the followers of the Prophet; the greater part of their brethren having either fled, or been put to death on that event taking place.
Travels in Nubia 2004
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Ladies are to be seen in the streets quite regardless of the Mahommedan custom which presumes a veil to be necessary for an appearance in public; and, to tell the truth, the Mahommedans in general do not appear to be much shocked by their effrontery.
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