Anthology of Ideas

The following text comes from an American Army guidebook that was distributed during the second World War to soldiers stationed in Iraq. (Emphasis added to some lines.) SOME IMPORTANT DO’S AND DON’TS Keep away from mosques. Smoke or spit somewhere else””never in front of a mosque. If you come near a mosque, keep moving (away) and don’t loiter. Keep silent when the Moslems are praying (which they do five times a day) and don’t stare.

The following text comes from an American Army guidebook that was distributed during the second World War to soldiers stationed in Iraq. (Emphasis added to some lines.) SOME IMPORTANT DO’S AND DON’TS Keep away from mosques. Smoke or spit somewhere else””never in front of a mosque. If you come near a mosque, keep moving (away) and don’t loiter. Keep silent when the Moslems are praying (which they do five times a day) and don’t stare.