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The Samaritan Passover. Samaritanism is a parallel but separate religion to Judaism in the Middle East. The numbers of Samaritans declined considerably after the suppression of their revolt against their Byzantine rulers in 529 and enforced conversion to Islam after the Muslim conquest of Palestine. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London.