Edvard Munch Madonna painting

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The crowd parted like the sea, and Ayesha and the Imam came down to the basket. The Imam examined the baby briefly; rose; and turned to address the crowd.
"This child was born in devilment," he said. "It is the Devil's child." He was a young man.
The mood of the crowd shifted towards anger. Mirza Saeed Akhtar shouted out: "You, Ayesha, kahin. What do you say?"
"Everything will be asked of us," she replied.
The crowd, needing no clearer invitation, stoned the baby to death.
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After that the Ayesha Pilgrims refused to move on. The death of the foundling had created an atmosphere of mutiny among the weary villagers,