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Title: Islam, a challenge to faith; studies on the Mohammedan religion and the needs and opportunities of the Mohammedan world from the standpoint of Christian missions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952
Subjects: Islam Islam -- Muslims Islam Zending Missie Christendom
Publisher: New York, Student volunteer movement for foreign missions
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ndi-cated.^ The British Government, while professing tobe neutral, hampers Christian missions, but allows Islamfreedom to proselytize. In Egypt the British Govern-ment is especially favorable to Mohammedan interestsand pays undue respect to Moslem prejudices at the ex-pense of Christians. There are glaring instances of in-justice against Christians in the courts which, for ex-ample, are also open on Sundays and closed on Fridays.^^When the Sacred Kiswa, or covering for the Kaaba atMecca, leaves Cairo, or returns, I was told that Britishsoldiers, as well as native infantry, are drawn up to saluteit. And at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, theBible has no place, but the Koran is a required text book,and Friday is the weekly holiday. If Moslems could bewon over to loyalty by such favprs and favoritism, surelyJava and Sumatra would be an example. The contraryis the case. **The idea of some colonial rulers that ^The Mohammedan World of To-day, 46, 47.^Ibid., 29, 30. I « ife*^- t i^^
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EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS ESCORTING THE MAHMAL The picture shows some of the :Mosleni population of Cairo at the Pro-cession of the Mahmai, or triumphal camel-litter, which accompanies theKiswah, or sacred covering of the Kaaba, sent annually from Egypt. I/- PRESENT CONDITION OF MOSLEM WORLD 173 Mohammedans can be won over to loyalty in a peacefulway has been clearly disproved in Achin. In order toplease the Moslems, a splendid mosque was built in Achinby the Dutch Government, but very few Achinese evercome to it.^ The present attitude of the Dutch ColonialGovernment has wisely been entirely changed. Chris-tianity now finds protection and Islam no unfair favors.Christian chiefs are given a share in judicial administra-tion, so as to counteract the oppression of the Moslems,and Christian missions desiring to begin work in terri-tories still pagan or threatened with Mohammedan propa-ganda are assisted by the government.- Social Condition of Moslem Lands.—The present socialand moral condition

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