A six-day conference aimed at formulating a concerted plan to combat what was described as “Zionist expansion in Africa, ” opened today in Damascus with the participation of ministers and directors of religious affairs from 13 Arab nations. The first item on the conference agenda is a proposal to send Moslem missionaries to preach in newly independent African countries.
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