Historic prayer duel leads to new mosque (Video)

(30 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  16 September 2022 1. Zion, Illinois' welcome sign ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 2. Archival bell tower from the 1900s 3. Community members shopping at the Shiloh House yard sale ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  14 September 2022 4. Members of the Church of Christ singing at bible study ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  16 September 2022 5. Various of Friday prayer at the Zion Ahmadiyya Muslim community ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike McDowell, Board member, Zion Historical Society: "The way I like to start talking about her is some of it's good, some of it's bad, and hopefully it's not boring." ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 7. The exterior of the Shiloh House, John Alexander Dowie's original home, now the Zion Historical society LIBRARY OF CONGRESS St. Paul, Minnesota - 24 June 1903 ++STILL++ 8. Article about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prayer challenge to Dowie ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 9. Historical photo of the original Zion community LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Zion, Illinois - July 1904 ++STILL++ 10. Photo of the Zion community in front the Shiloh Tabernacle ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 11. Book of personal letters by Dowie ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 12. Dowie family photos at the Shiloh House ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 13. Old news article about Dowie and family 14. Tahir Ahmed Soofi going through Zion historical documents and newspapers ON SCREEN TEXT: In 1900, faith healer John Alexander Dowie founded the town of Zion as a Christian theocracy. ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 15. Photo of the founder of Zion, John Alexander Dowie 16. Zion town seal ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike McDowell, Board member, Zion Historical Society: "So this is a life-sized photograph of John Alexander Dowie. He was five foot two inches tall. So if you measure that picture, that's about what it is, five-two. ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 ++STILL++ 18. Photograph of Dowie ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike McDowell, Board member, Zion Historical Society: "Dowie was an entrepreneur. He was a visionary. He had a huge vision of starting a community and making it self-sufficient." ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 ++STILLS++ 20. Photograph of Dowie 21. Photograph of Dowie and church community ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Dhiya Tahira Bakr, National president, Ahmadi community women's auxiliary: "His vision was to make Zion a city of God. But just like with some human nature, people get wrapped up into that and they lose sight of the purpose, which was to reflect the teachings of God." 23. Painting of Dowie, left, with another religious figure ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  17 September 2022 24. Floor plans for the original houses of Zion ++STILLS++ 25. Portrait of Dowie made out of lace, a large source of income for Dowie and the town 26. Dowie Family portrait including his wife, son and daughter ASSOCIATED PRESS Zion, Illinois -  15 September 2022 27. Archival image of the original Zion town members ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ ___ Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/da388f367737464dbc7abb7824ea6e50