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Sheriff Side Ahmed, Ikhwan Leader, Proceeds to Mecca

October 29, 1924
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Sheriff Side Ahmed, grand sheik of the Senussi in Sudan, famous warrior of the Moslem world, closely allied with the Wahabis, proceeds to Mecca.

Side Ahmed is one of the leaders of the Protestant movement in the Moslem faith Known under the name of Ikhwan, a kind of communistic religious fraternity which is opposed to the Hushmanide family.

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