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Newspaper: Al-Hatif Number: 922 Date: 12/26/50 ⟦illegible⟧
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Newspaper Clippings; Correspondence about the Kosher Meat Tax; Financial Records of Kosher Butchers
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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are: a collection of newspaper clippings about Iraqi Jewish emigration to Israel; correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, and Ministry of Justice regarding the kosher meat tax; an inventory, financial records, and a list of approved Jewish butchers.
AI English Translation, Pages 51-75
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A wonderful description of the Patriarch's procession from Jerusalem to Jerusalem - The Christian world celebrated | yesterday the glorious Christmas Day and the celebration of this feast took place in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, peace be upon him, in the traditional way, and the Latin Patriarch's procession had left the Old City in Jerusalem in a serious
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The Newspaper —: Al-Hatef Number —: 824 Date —: 12/26/50 The Iraqi Embassy in Tehran And its stance towards Iraqi Jews there Tehran - Al-Hatef - It was stated in "Tehran Mossawar" magazine that the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran refrained this week from extending the residency of Iraqi Jews and warned all those who contacted the embassy among the Jews residing in Iran to receive their nationality documents that the Iraqi embassy will not consider them Iraqis from now on.
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Newspaper: Al-Umma Number: 674 Date: 20 / 8 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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received it from the Chinese, and the number of Northern forces members is currently estimated at one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, and it is likely that there are fifty thousand volunteers receiving their training in Manchuria. [Double Mobilization] As for the northwestern part of the peninsula, calm still prevails on the front, and the intelligence office of General MacArthur's command stated yesterday that eighteen [Air Assistance] It was reported in the news that the international forces operating in the northeastern section of America decided to send forces Why did Mr. Truman announce Washington - Mr. Truman stated
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⟦illegible⟧ Meeting of the delegates of ⟦...⟧ Lake Success - the 19th of it - The United Nations Political Committee has postponed its meetings indefinitely pending the development of the efforts made by the tripartite ceasefire committee. Mr. Aster Russon, one of the committee members, had informed the meeting [that it] still ⟦illegible⟧
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Newspaper: Al-Umma Number: 624 Date: 12/20/50 Revocation of Iraqi citizenship for Jews who attempted to flee Security authorities at the borders had previously arrested (46) Jews who were attempting to flee Iraq, and referred them to the competent departments to take legal measures against them. Al-Umma has learned that the Council of Ministers, upon reviewing the letters received from the competent departments regarding these individuals, decided to revoke their Iraqi citizenship. The Council also decided to revoke Iraqi citizenship for (164) Jews from among those who submitted applications to have their citizenship revoked. The need of technical departments in the Telegraph and Post departments for training courses Resignations of Jewish employees in the Telegraph and Post departments have increased these days. These are among the important technical departments that can only be handled by capable technicians, and technicians only come through education, higher institutes, or technical courses. Therefore, there is no remedy for the situation without opening courses for such technical positions and training young people on that.
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Chinese forces Northern forces ⟦illegible⟧ ... Tokyo — the 19th — No significant change has occurred in the military situation in Korea during the last twenty-four hours, and the naval guns continued to pour their fire on the area located around the port of (Hungnam) thus creating a thick curtain of fire Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and the unity of the Nile Valley and the negotiations Cairo — the 19th — His Excellency Ibrahim Faraj Bey, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, spoke in the session held by
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Were it not for the fact that I noticed in what the writers published a confusion that is almost a new type of handling historical subjects . What is indisputable is that Mustafa Jahan, or in a phrase closer to [the truth], had two views for which he was known and followed throughout following them. The two directions, based on what his production in the years he rode the Turkish administration, were emanating from his own [vision], meaning that his faith in them pushed him to be [bold] in application. The first direction revolves - politically - around liberating Turkey completely without [doubt] or ambiguity, and rejecting relations that would hinder the progress of the Turkish nation towards sovereignty and prosperity, with the countries that were sharing the style of the "Sick Man". . Mustafa Kemal succeeded in his policy with brilliant success, which called upon the world and its historians to record the list of the unique figures of the present age. As for the second direction, it made its way [to transform] the Muslim Turkish society into a society [like] European societies, so he performed the well-known acts that extended to Islam and prevented its radiance from it [separating] the Turkish people from every symbol of the Sharia of Muhammad bin Abdullah (PBUH). Here the road is completely cut off for [those who] defend the Father of the Turks, [and those] who attack him from this path [an] Islamic [attack] imposed on them by faith. And were it not for the fact that Pahlavi was an imitator of this view and complimentary - in the words of some Persian politicians - we would have seen the second example of examples of turning against the Sharia taking its place in the land of the Caesars. In any case, what I want to say in this haste is that whoever wishes to undertake writing about the personality of Mustafa Kemal only has to give the aspects of his manhood the deserved amount of care and success because if the man failed in his social endeavor this failure should not overshadow the shrewdness and knowledge he showed in the fields of other reforms. Also, the opinion saying that the Turkish people have returned to the fold of religion anew and that they will cast off the cloak of irreligion from their body at the earliest time, its share of truth, if not zero, then it neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger because the generation that grew up in an environment where they denounced the word Islam and forbade people from performing its rituals, a specific behavior was fixed in its mind which in itself is not bound by an opinion nor revolves around a reasonable face. And he who contemplates the saying of the speaker: If you straighten the branches, they will become straight But they do not soften if they are made of wood finds that the problem is complex to a degree that can only be solved by a general intellectual revolution surging from the ancient lands of Islam, so these countries are equipped with a campaign of those with religious talents and Islamic competencies so that these people undertake the task of adorning ideas and purifying souls from the impurities of false modern civilization that have clung to them. A. A.
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Orosdi-Back The Prophet's Birthday and Christmas Orosdi-Back ⟦..⟧ will close its doors on Friday, December 22nd on the occasion of the Prophet's Birthday Monday, on the occasion of Christmas falling on December 25th And it will open its doors on the day falling on December 26th
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Newspaper: Al-Sijill Number: 924 Date: 12/20/50
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Newspaper: Al-Sijill Number: 924 Date: 12/20/50 Reasons for High Prices As described by an expert And as explained by His Excellency the Director General of Imports Deportation of an Iranian Jew From Basra The administrative authorities in Basra have decided to deport the individual named Naeem Mashallah, who is an Iranian Jew, from Basra because his residency is undesirable in Iraq as it appeared that his behavior is not good. Four Jewish Convoys Leave Basra in One Week We have learned that the department entrusted with the task of registering the names of Jews wishing to renounce their Iraqi citizenship among the Jews of Basra, and processing their transactions for their deportation to Cyprus, has completed the transactions of many of these individuals. We have understood that four Jewish convoys will leave Basra by air to Cyprus during the coming week. A writer had sent this newspaper a lengthy statement in which he addressed the causes of high prices and restricted the responsibility to the Directorate of Imported Funds, accusing it of restricting the import of woolen materials and newsprint to a specific group of lucky merchants. We hesitated in publishing the statement and contacted one of the major merchants and showed him this statement, and he denied everything mentioned in it and said: The General Directorate of Imports has never rejected a request submitted to it at all and has granted licenses to many of those interested, but the reason for this rise is the rise of funds in their production sites; for example, a yard of woolen cloth in London is 59 shillings, which is equivalent to three dinars, and if we add the customs duty of 30 percent, we find the price per yard is four dinars and change, and the same applies to the rest of the materials, all of which are in this manner. The merchant went on to say: The Directorate of Imported Funds gave every person their due right, and therefore it is no longer in the power of occasional importers to sell their licenses for more than one percent, and there are still licenses amounting to ten million dinars whose owners have not been able to bring in goods with them, and the era of exploitation and trading in licenses has passed and gone. We contacted His Excellency the Director General of Imports and sought his opinion on the cause of this exorbitant rise, and he confirmed to us the reasons explained to us by the respected merchant, and stated that the Directorate has never obstructed the case of an importer at all. He added regarding the rise of newsprint that its cause is the rise of this material in its original location, and that the Directorate is serious about alleviating this hardship through effective means. Then he spoke about the rumor regarding the restriction of importing to a specific class and refuted it in an indisputable manner. The number of importers has reached thousands after they were in the dozens and hundreds, and there remained amounts that were not imported due to the inability and lack of experience of their owners and their rights in selling the licenses belonging to them. Had the Directorate stood in their way, they would have raised an immense outcry, but the leniency of the Directorate put an end to this exploitation. His Excellency said that among the measures taken by the Directorate of Imported Funds is the prohibition of importing materials already available in Iraq, such as shoes, luxury items, and things that are difficult for the middle and lower classes to purchase, and it reduced the massive quantities related to the aforementioned materials due to Iraq's lack of need for them, in order to preserve for Iraq a wealth that was on the verge of vanishing. We say that everything mentioned in these statements is beyond reproach, and if Jewish hands were playing in the markets as they played their roles in previous eras, we would not have seen the market maintain its calm and tranquility, as a large portion of Jewish merchants are still sequestered in their ivory towers and have frozen their fortunes thinking that such freezing affects the market and that consumers will miss them, but their exit from the markets had the best impact on the country, considering what they are famous for in terms of risks and speculation without keeping a line for retreat or placing weight on their commercial honor. If we want to take a look at the market, we do not find it threatened by stifling crises except for limited goods that do not affect the average population. Added to this is that national woolen products still maintain their level, and their owners did not exploit this crisis, such as the factories of Fattah Pasha and Saleh Ibrahim and other small factories related to other materials. If Iraqis had followed a reasonable path, they would have found themselves in no need of many materials imported from abroad; perhaps people will use logic and turn to their national products.
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Newspaper: Al-Yaqza Number: 1000 Date: 20 December 951 * Despite the people's insistence on the government regarding the necessity of publishing the names of Jews who are requesting to renounce their citizenship to join their gangs in Tel Aviv, so that the citizens can recover their debts and settle their problems with them. We say despite that, the government has turned a deaf ear to hearing any rightful request of this kind, and no one can know the secret behind that! * It has been noted in recent days a cooling off in the deportation of Jews whose citizenship was revoked, and one is puzzled in explaining these phenomena which do not align with the Arab interest in any way whatsoever
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The spokesman said that it is expected that ⟦...⟧ Egyptian around the middle of January British Princess visi ⟦line⟧ London 19 - A. P. - Princess Elizabeth, the Crown Princess of Bri⟦...⟧ visited Tripoli yesterday. They had headed to it by ⟦...⟧
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A convoy of Basra Jews to Cyprus An American plane left Basra on Thursday evening 12/14/1950 carrying 134 Jews from whom the Iraqi citizenship was revoked, among the Jews of Basra to Cyprus. * Despite the public's insistence on the government to publish the names of the Jews who request the revocation of their citizenship to join their gangs in Tel Aviv, in order to allow the citizens to recover their debts and settle their problems with them. We say despite that. The government closed its ears to hearing any rightful request of this kind, and no one can know the secret behind that! * It is noted in recent days a slowdown in the deportation of Jews whose citizenship was revoked and one is bewildered in explaining these phenomena that do not align with the interest of the Arabs in any way Newspaper: ⟦Al-Yaqdha⟧ Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: December 20, 1950
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Newspaper ⟦line⟧: Al-Yaqza Number ⟦line⟧: 999 Date ⟦line⟧: 12/16/50
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Trial of Al-Ajlani and Trial of Ruwaiha and Al-Sharbati Cyprus 18 - Middle East News Agency - The trial of the defendants accused of conspiring against the safety of the state began yesterday before a military court in Damascus. They are Dr. Munir al-Ajlani, deputy for Damascus, and Colonel Bahij al-Kallas, an officer in the Syrian army, and a number of other civilians and military personnel. The session was secret. As for the trial of the defendants accused of establishing what was called the "Arab Redemption Battalions," it will begin next Wednesday. Among the defendants are Dr. Amin Ruwaiha and Mr. Ahmed al-Sharbati, one of the former Ministers of Defense. It is known that several terrorist acts had been attributed to this organization, including the attempted assassination of Colonel Adib al-Shishakli, Assistant Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army. Use of Hooks in Transporting Goods The Baghdad Chamber of Commerce had approached the Directorate of Customs and General Excises regarding the damage resulting from the use of hooks to transport goods on the docks and in the customs warehouses in Basra and Baghdad, especially bags filled with powdered materials such as sugar, as a result of the tearing of the bags and the leakage of their contents during transport. The Customs Directorate confirmed that it has instructed the customs departments and centers not to use this tool in the future. Al-Rabita Association Library The number of books received by the library of the Scientific and Literary Al-Rabita Association during the month of Safar in the year 1370 AH from books donated to it from various countries reached 27 books, including four English books. It receives 11 periodical newspapers and magazines. The Library Committee thanks all these donors and hopes that everyone will be successful in providing such cultural service. Library Committee Al-Musawwar Magazine Al-Musawwar magazine will resume publication on the morning of next Wednesday, 12/20/1950, after its absence to complete the processing of the responsible manager. Its next issue will be forty-eight pages and will contain articles and research on politics, literature, and art, along with anecdotes, snippets, and important commentary. The price per copy will be only 25 fils. Baghdad Radio Schedule For Tuesday, 12/19/1950 Morning Period 6:55 Opening of the radio 7 The Holy Quran 7:30 First news bulletin 7:45 Light Western music 8:15 Selections 8:30 Closing of the radio with the Royal Anthem. Noon Period 1:25 Opening of the radio 1:30 Statement and 1:40 Various songs 1:50 Dance music 2 Second news bulletin 2:15 Vocal selections 2:30 Closing of the radio with the Royal Anthem. Evening Period 4:25 Opening of the radio 4:30 The Holy Quran 5 Internal news bulletin 5:15 Songs by Zaki Murad 5:30 Children's songs 5:50 Solo Oud 6 Third news bulletin 6:15 Songs by Laila Baida 6:30 Talk 6:40 Andalusian Muwashshahat 7 Play 7:30 Song 7:40 Iraqi Maqam 8 Fourth news bulletin 8:15 Film songs 8:30 Singing concert 9 Talk 9:10 Music 9:25 Songs by Umm Kulthum 9:40 Singing concert 10 News bulletin five, then reading tomorrow's schedule, then the radio with the Royal Anthem. Kurdish Schedule 4:25 Opening 4:30 The Holy Quran 5 What today's newspapers said 5:10 Violin and Oud duo 5:20 Seminar ⟦...⟧ 5:40 Vocal pieces 6 Interval ⟦...⟧ 6:50 Talk 6:15 From the songs of ⟦...⟧ 6:30 External news bulletin ⟦...⟧ Internal 6:45 Various songs ⟦...⟧ The radio with the Royal Anthem. Personal Affairs To God's Mercy The late Mr. Amin al-Alousi, son of the late Mr. Akif al-Alousi and the elder brother of His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Akif al-Alousi, answered the call of his Lord at the age of nearly sixty years, which he spent in righteousness and piety. His body was escorted in a solemn procession to its final resting place in the Alousi Cemetery in Sheikh Omar. The expenses of the Fatiha will be distributed to charitable causes. We offer our condolences to his honorable family and ask God for mercy and forgiveness for him. ⟦line⟧ Passed to the mercy of her Lord yesterday evening the virtuous Hanna Rizq, widow of Mr. Ibrahim Rajal - from the people of Haifa - at the age of nearly seventy, which she spent in righteousness and piety. We ask God for mercy for her and for her family patience and solace. Announcement The Baghdad Execution Department is selling ⟦...⟧ The house described below and ⟦...⟧ The three partitioned from it, a house not ⟦...⟧ Numbered 156-191 sequence 12 ⟦...⟧ In the Al-Hajj Fathi neighborhood belonging to ⟦...⟧ Hassan Ali al-Tawil, seized for ⟦...⟧ The creditor Majid Muhammad, amounting to 940 ⟦...⟧ and 390 fils. Whoever wishes to ⟦...⟧ should contact the Baghdad Execution Department or ⟦...⟧ Abdul Razzaq Hassoun within thirty ⟦...⟧ from the date of the second day of publication ⟦...⟧ with him the legal deposits during the ⟦...⟧ Execution Officer Descriptions and Contents The advertised house has ⟦...⟧ The first is a basement and under it a bush ⟦...⟧ and a bathroom behind the house and a porch, and in ⟦...⟧ five rooms, and there have been partitioned from it ⟦...⟧ shops, an unofficial partition numbered ⟦...⟧ and 152-191 and 150-191 and ⟦...⟧ The total is 36 / 207 m
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Facts and Falsehoods (2) Newspaper: Al-Yaqza Number: 999 Date: 12/16/50 Jewish "Law of the Jungle" Denies the truth and lies to history! By Salman al-Safwani ⟦line⟧ We would not have concerned ourselves with the Jewish message, were it not that Jewish propaganda has poured into it, and were it not that this propaganda is stuffed with fallacies and falsehoods, and lies against truth and history. Their messages to us before were met with nothing but the wastebasket, and here is another side of it. The Jews said in their message to us: «History runs according to laws in which there is no doubt, established by nature and produced by it, including its eternal law: (Inability negates right). This law to which your Arab ancestors submitted much, in their long history, sometimes winning and sometimes losing compelled, knowing that their situation in Palestine recently was less harsh, as they retained the right to life, whereas in the past more than once they lost even this first right, in more than one homeland. - And other peoples, nations, and tribes submitted to this law without repeating a complaint.. » Among the fallacies in this statement is their claim that history is made by nature and produced by it, to derive from that claim an eternal law, which is that (Inability negates right!) while "even street children" know that history is man-made and is the record of his deeds. And that man who struggled with nature - and subjected it to his will - the first thing he thought of was to eliminate the (law of the jungle) represented in their saying (Inability negates right) so that man could distinguish himself from the mute animal, so he established constitutions and international organizations approved (human rights) to put an end to aggression! And if we go along with the Jews in this logic of theirs, what will they answer if we ask them about the right they used as a pretext to demand Palestine and invade it? Were they not homeless all over the world for long centuries, and was their displacement not evidence of (their inability which negated their right) in what they claimed, so why did they not submit "to this law without repeating a complaint"? As they asked of us, and why did they make the (Wailing Wall) a shirt of Uthman wailing around it their luck, and inciting their gangs with it?! And even if (Inability negates right), must the Arabs remain unable forever? And why must they submit to the Jewish (law of the jungle!), unlike all other nations and peoples? No one claims this and says it, except one who is afflicted with "intellectual blindness"! Then who told you - O assembly of scum - that our Arab ancestors submitted to the law of the jungle for long, before Islam or after it? As for before Islam, they had their states and their status in the north, center, and south, in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. And history did not mention that the relationship of the Romans and Persians with the Arabs was more than the relationship of Britain - the creator of the Jews - with the Arab governments today, and yet the Arab renaissance in the era of the Message put an end even to that relationship, and the glory of the Arabs shone in the East and West in less than a quarter of a century. As for the Ottoman era, the Arabs, Ottomans, and others formed one empire, meaning we were their partners in government and responsibility, and yet the Arabs revolted their Great Revolt against the Ottoman Empire to increase freedom and independence. And it is not true what they claimed that the Arabs "lost the first right to life, in more than one homeland in the past" "and that their situation in Palestine recently was less harsh!" In which homeland did the Arabs lose the first right to life? And is there any basis for comparison between Andalusia, if it is what is meant by this reference - and Palestine located in the heart of the Arab world, connecting its two wings in Asia and Africa? And how was the situation in Palestine less harsh as you claim? While in all parts of the Arab countries there are a million displaced Arabs of women, children, and the elderly being ravaged by hunger, cold, nakedness, fear, poverty, and disease! Besides the thousands of unarmed who were killed in cold blood in groups and the wells of Deir Yassin and other villages of Palestine were filled with them! And besides the pregnant women whose bellies were ripped open, and the virgins whose honor was violated, and the children who were slaughtered in their mothers' laps, and the elders who were subjected to colors of torture and humiliation? Is this what you favor us with by retaining the right to life?! "Inability negates right" this is the Jewish "law of the jungle" with which their teachings overflowed, and their generations followed, and by this aggressive principle they hope to seize the Arab countries from the mouth of the Nile to the mouth of the Euphrates. They know no religion other than aggression, and no means other than treachery, and this certain danger is what calls us to shout in the faces of our Arab people morning and evening to alert the heedless, and wake the sleeper. Their call for peace in Palestine, and their pretense of desire for reconciliation with the Arabs, is nothing but hypocrisy, lies, and deception, until their affairs are settled, then they will pounce on the Arab world. And Palestine - O assembly of Arabs - is nothing but a bridgehead for them from which they leap to the rest of the Arab countries, as it is among the primary axioms: that small Palestine does not accommodate the Jews geographically or economically, so why are they crowding into it then? If their purpose is not to pounce on the Arab world, as long as the "law of the jungle" is the "Mother of the Book"! Open your eyes, O Arabs, before you open them to tragedies and disasters!
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Newspaper: Al-Hawadith Number: 2375 Date: 12 / 18 / 50 800 Jewish Employees Expected revocation of their Iraqi citizenship It was reported that the Council of Ministers will consider during this week large lists including a not insignificant number of Jewish employees in official departments who requested the revocation of their citizenships; the number of persons in these lists is approximately (800) names whose matter will be decided during this week. It is expected after the approval of these revocation requests is issued, that the various departments will decide on the matter of discharging these employees and replacing them with others.
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The remainder of the return to religion and the revival of its teachings Alongside these efforts, official efforts arose, even if they were not related to religion, yet they connect to religion from other aspects. Among these are some bodies branching from the United Nations, such as the Economic and Social Council, which recently convened in Geneva, and one of the most important topics included in its agenda was the study of the subject of forced labor. It is a satanic innovation invented by the Nazis and inherited from them by the Communists, and the credit for raising this issue goes to the representative of the United Kingdom who presented to the Council evidence supported by proofs and reinforced by official documents regarding the degradation of Russia - and the communist countries in general - in exploiting the rights of status in using what they termed «reformative educational labor» as a means to punish everyone they are angry with. And what is this «reformative educational labor» other than hard labor in its most hideous forms which is devoid of the simplest rules of humanity. Communism realized from its inception that a person's adherence to his religion creates many difficulties and obstacles in the path that it drew for itself, so the first thing it cared about was resisting religious teachings and beliefs deep-seated in the souls of the Russians.. until it saw that it had no power over that, it resorted to arbitrariness and imposed the strictest restrictions on religious bodies and organizations and pressured the performance of rituals into the narrowest possible scope.. rather, it resorted in some areas of the Soviet Union to preventing the performance of religious rituals and to closing mosques and churches.. but it failed to do so in the areas where ancient tribes reside, clinging to their beliefs and culture.. as happened in the republics and states inhabited by the Muslim Tatar, Mongol, and Turkmen tribes, and the people of these tribes were known for the strength of their adherence to their religion. Among the examples of restrictions imposed by the government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, is what appeared in Article 353 of the collection of laws No. 35, issued in April 1929: 17- It is forbidden for religious bodies and organizations: (a) To collect subscriptions for mutual aid, or establish cooperative funds or establish producers' unions, and in general, it is forbidden for them to use anything they own for purposes beyond necessary religious needs. (b) To provide their members with material aid. (c) To organize special prayers, or meetings for children, youth, or women. Or to organize meetings or circles, or classes to instill the teachings of religion by reading religious or literary books, or during vocational and professional education. Likewise, it is forbidden to establish entertainment venues, or children's playgrounds, or open libraries or reading rooms, or organize sanatoriums or medical aid. It is not permitted to keep books in buildings designated for prayer, except those necessary for the practice of rituals. 18- It is not permitted to teach any religious doctrine in state, social, or private educational institutes. It is permissible to allow the organization of spiritual studies if the responsible authorities or the Central Executive Committee in the autonomous republics agree.» As the fever of exploiting «educational labor» intensified for the Russian authorities - which is the name they usurped for forced labor - to serve its economic and political purposes until it became forced labor and enslavement, it resorted to pouring its wrath upon the heads of the followers of beliefs and religions. It was stated in Article 122 of Chapter Four of the Penal Code issued by the Minister of Justice of the government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the year 1948 - which is an example article adopted by the rest of the republics of the Soviet Union and the communist countries. To be continued
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"Two Arrows" watches The famous German Sealed, no dust ever enters them With two bells We have received German desk clocks
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Newspaper: Al-Sijill Issue: 922 Date: 12/18/50 Evening Talk The Lucky Ones .. ⟦line⟧ People differ in all their classes in their morals, natures, temperaments, and social positions. Among them are the righteous and the wicked, the harsh and the bad, the flexible and the rigid. Among them are those of high status from the people of virtue, and among them are those in the lowest depths of the classes of the people, and they are the people of vice. Some are distinguished from others by these qualities. A person may catch your attention more than others, and this person becomes the subject of talk in councils, clubs, and even cafes, where they speak of him according to the descriptions he is characterized by and the natures he is imprinted with. However, this attention and notice of yours is not accidental or without precedent; there must be a feature that distinguishes him from others. Often, people of the same age and the same class and at the same level of culture gather, and suddenly one of them stands out among them and you feel his presence and he grows in your eyes, while others are like zeros on the left. You also often lean towards one of your companions or hate him or fear him for a reason that may be hidden from you, so you do not know its essence or cannot explain the hidden factor behind this inclination. All there is to it is that you feel he is a person different from others and deserves what he has stirred in your soul of love, hatred, or fear. This type of human being is the lucky ones, and they are called in the custom of the present generation (people of personality). It is not necessary for the lucky one or the person of personality to be influential, feared, abundantly wealthy, or in a high position. Just as the lucky one can be an individual, the lucky ones can be a nation among nations, a people among peoples, or a sect among sects. Among the lucky sects is the Israeli sect. Despite the consensus of the Arab countries on Israel's aggression, it has become established for the vengeful gang, or what some express as the alleged state of Israel, to consider the Jews of the world as subjects of that illegitimate state, and that the war that took place between that gang and the countries of the Arab League was the best evidence of aggression and the emergence of a spirit of rebellion against the owners of the legitimate right. The United Nations imposed its will on the countries of the Arab League and forced them to approve the truce at the time when this organization began to extend a helping hand to the remnants of the horizons. This sect had the same favor from the government of Iraq. Although the Arab countries decided to take precautions in resisting this aggression and eliminating the usurper, and among the precautions taken by the Arab countries was considering the Jews in all their lands as a fifth column that must be resisted and eliminated by all possible means, without the Arab countries excluding any of the Jews. Despite this, the Jews of Iraq were more favored than others of their malicious element. Perhaps His Excellency Mr. Salih Jabr and the Excellencies and Honors who were in the session of Parliament were the first who were generous (with their Hatem-like generosity) by enacting the law of stripping citizenship from the Jews of Iraq and paving the way for those of them who wish to leave Iraq of their own free will. The Jews of Iraq were the first Jews to obtain prestigious privileges that were not obtained by any of the sons of Iraq, as the sisterly Arab countries, including dear Egypt with its ancient entity and old civilization, had set specific rules according to which the actions of the Jews were determined and their activities restricted without oppressing anyone or granting them any privilege. Likewise, the favor of the Jewish employees in the railways was more than others among the employees of Iraqi departments. The responsible official in the Railway Directorate defended them following the request of the Ministry of Works and Communications for him to state the names of those who signed the desire forms to leave Iraq to cancel their records and remove them from their jobs and replace them with the righteous sons of Iraq, by answering the aforementioned ministry that following this plan by the government causes confusion and he cannot fulfill the request of the Ministry of Works and Communications. Thus, the responsible official prevented the desire of the ministry with his paralyzed logic. We do not know how the spirit of jealousy and defense of this group was generated. It was said to us that the legislation was improvised, just as it was said to us that the intention of this legislation was to confuse the situation in Israel, nor was the intention anything but enrichment and obtaining personal benefits and providing assistance to some of those who lack material means. We do not see in this legislation nor in the policy of the government in deporting the Jews and getting rid of them in a collective manner and cutting their relationship with the Iraqis any interest, except for their own private interest. Ibn Jala
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Newspaper: Al-Yaqdha Number: 1028 Date: 22/1/51 Daily Comments (Continued from the publication on page 1) and international at least - in a state of war with it !!! ★ The Jews, whose number does not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand throughout the length and breadth of Iraq, have been able under various circumstances and conditions to control the country's facilities and manage its affairs according to the requirements of their interests. The influential politicians counted on this country have enabled them to achieve what they seek... until their collective presence has become a danger threatening Iraq with the worst consequences, while there remained among us until the recent past those who raised their voices in defense of these people who denied the right of citizenship and rejected the blessing of shelter, under the pretext that they are Iraqis who have the same rights as Iraqis and the same duties! We have demanded the removal of these elements from Iraq by force after their properties are confiscated, similar to what Israel did with the people of Palestine... but our call went with the wind! Today, as the government faces this unique situation into which it was thrust by the policy of improvisation and drifting into fulfilling the desires of the Jews... the public opinion waits with great impatience for the government to adopt a new approach and follow a firm plan, deciding: First - Revoking the citizenship of all Jews residing in Iraq. Second - Confiscating all properties and wealth belonging to them. Third - Establishing detention camps where they are held under strict supervision until their deportation takes place. We hope - if the government does not possess even the weakest of faith in this critical stage that Iraq is going through - that it decides immediately to detain the eighty thousand "Israelis" who are capable of wreaking havoc in the country overnight, in camps established far from the cities... taking into account what the continued freedom of these eighty thousand could leave as an impact on public life and on internal security... in addition to what is expected to stir up in the depths of public opinion! A hint is sufficient for the wise!
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True Copy Al-Wajih on October 9, 1927 His Excellency the Honorable President of the Physical Council Baghdad Greetings and respect - As I went according to your order on Thursday the 7th of this month to the ⟦Nur⟧ private schools The investigation and what I found in the clerk's office and from the director is as follows: 1 The total number of teachers and their director with the rest of the employees reaches 62 2 ⟦...⟧ that their statements for the months of July and November ⟦...⟧ 3 Some employees, numbering 40, have been paid on account of their salaries an amount reaching 4097/12 Rupees 4 And the mentioned amount of 4097/12 Rupees was not entered into the cash book, but rather it exists on ⟦...⟧ And attached I present ⟦to you⟧ a copy of the distribution of money on account of salaries to the 40 employees and every ⟦...⟧ As well as a copy of the names of the 22 employees who were not paid according to their request with ⟦...⟧ For your information, and the matter is yours, my lord the Clerk ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧
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Date: December 29, 1927 His Excellency, the Respected President of the Bodily Council. Greetings and respect, further to what I know of your Excellency's noble character and support for your employees, it has encouraged me to write to your Excellency the following: The respected Council entrusted me with the bookkeeping of the Midrash in exchange for a monthly allowance of forty rupees, and since a person must protect his efforts from going without significant benefit, I submit this petition of mine, explaining to your Excellency that the mentioned salary is not proportionate to the labor I exert in performing this duty, the duty of managing the bookkeeping of the Midrash administration. I wish to point out to the respected Council the ledgers that I must manage in the aforementioned school, which are: Draft ledger, daily ledger, general ledger of debts, debt ledger for Muslims, expenses and revenues ledger, and the property ledger. All of this demonstrates the importance of the bookkeeping that I am currently performing for an allocation of forty rupees, while the clerk who was recording them previously used to receive a monthly salary of two hundred rupees. I had sincerely hoped not to demand such an increase from your Excellency, but rather to leave that to the estimation of my diligence over time; however, the financial hardship currently gripping us, especially as I am the head of a large family as everyone knows, forced me to submit this petition, asking your Excellency to look into this matter with favor, explaining to the venerable Council that the situation and the labor exerted merit an allocation that should not be forty rupees. I have firm hope that you and the honorable members of the Council will look upon my matter with kindness. To your Excellency, my great thanks in advance, and increased respect in any case. Sincerely, ⟦Yosef Levi⟧