An Arab discovered America. Moslem tribes are still to be found in Brazil and Mexico. After the Arabs came the Norsmen. And when America was quite an old story, Christopher Columbus happened along!
The newest theory of American colonization was advanced before an audience of 2,000 in a lecture here today by Achmed Pasha, historian, who presented the Arab historical claims before the Wailing Wall Commission. He was asked to select members to form a scientific expedition in search of Arabian tribes in America.
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