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priates and sells them for his own advantage. This is sufficiently 
unjust, but the conduct of Mukni and his men is infinitely more 
so; for they seize on the inhabitants of whole towns where the 
only rehgion is that of the Koran, and where there are Mosques ; 
and this without scruple or remorse. I have frequently pointed 
out the clause in the Koran, forbidding such injustice ; but never 
could obtain a satisfactory reason for this violation of their rehgious 
tenets. 
Of the various ceremonies incident to the faith of the Moslems, 
I shall make no mention, as they have already been so frequently 
touched on by other travellers. 
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