TCD MS 10516 folio 50 verso
[21st September 1916] tive glances at them, uttering his religious bigotries in low whispering tones for fear they would overhear him.
How shocked the poor old simple man became when we teased with his possible neglect of the doctrines of his faith! How he gesticulated in denunciating the suggestion that perhaps he drank wine, did not pray five times daily, was not complete in his knowledge of the Koran, perhaps he gambled, loved the pomp of theatrical display, neglected to give alms to the poor, or was indifferent to other of the commands of the holy Prophet. These seemed to him the beginning and the end of religious life; all moral conduct was minor to their observance; those who practised them not were damned; those who obeyed in the letter all this outward display and ritual, and worshipped at the sacred shrine of the Shiahs, alone fol-