Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. His translation of the Quran is one of the most widely known and used in the English-speaking world. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as journalists, political and religious leaders. He declared his conversion to Islam in dramatic fashion after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress' on 29 November 1917, to the Muslim Literary Society in Notting Hill, West London.

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50,000 Mexican Rail Men Strike; Red Flags Raised Over Stations; Government Condemns Walkout and Orders Workers' Return in 24 Hours -- Only Mail and Military Trains to Run on National Railways -- Leaders Reported Ready to Yield. MEXICAN RAILWAY HALTED BY STRIKE

UNION LABOR MAPS 'ECONOMIC FIGHT'; Green Says Decision Forces Workers to Rely Now on Their Own Strength. LEWIS ATTACKS RULING Miner's Head Declares Every Opinion of Supreme Court Aims to Destroy Labor. UNION LABOR MAPS 'ECONOMIC FIGHT'

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