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The Afghan thread.(Tin Mosques and Ghantowns: A History of Cameldrivers in Australia)(Book Review)
AFTER A CONFRONTATION with Turkish soldiers in Palestine during the First World War, an Australian soldier lay wounded on the ground awaiting his inevitable capture, if not death, at the hands of the enemy. He had already taken one bullet, and as he lay there motionless he feared that a second would be fired, bringing an end to his life. The words "Moosha malad! Akbar! Dadleh! Bejah!" suddenly came out of his mouth in an attempt to appease the enemy. The utterance was a combination of the Muslim prayer delivered before an animal is slaughtered and some Muslim names. As the soldier, Ben Murray, states of the incident: "If I didn't sing out ... they would have killed me ...
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