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Quasi-mythological names were coming after him now, grand sheikhs and blind ones, the seminarians of Darul Uloom in India, the Wahhabi mullahs of Sudi Arabia (where the book had also been banned), and, in the near future, the turbaned Iranian theologicans of Qom. He had never given much thought to these august personages, but they were certainly thinking about him. Rapidly, ruthlessly, the world of religion was setting the terms of the debate. The secular world, less organised, less united and, essentially, less concerned, lagged far behind; and much vital ground was given up without a struggle.