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Hear St. John Philby Embraces Islam Faith

August 19, 1930
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Reports from Jeddah in Transjordania reaching here say that St. John Philby, pro-Arab Englishman and former adviser to the Transjordanian government has been converted to Islam and has made a pilgrimage to Mecca where his Moslem friends gave him a reception.

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