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Identifier: turklandofhaigor00azhd (find matches)
Title: The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Azhderian, Antranig
Subjects: Armenian question
Publisher: New York : The Mershon company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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idels and dischargethe God-like duty of making war upon them, even ifconnected by ties of consanguinity. To the Moslem,then, warfare is a religious duty and every crusade anaggression on behalf of Him to whom all men owe lifeand allegiance. To this principle may be ascribed themotives that impelled Mohammedans throughout theirlong career of bloody conquest. It was a natural out-come of what they conceived as a religious duty. Travelers in European and Asiatic Turkey havenoted with admiration the devotional spirit of thefaithful in their ceremonies and in the observance offeasts and religious holidays. Our Friday is the Sab-bath of Islam, when sermons are preached and prayersoffered in all places of worship. On this day everyMohammedan is compelled to repair to the mosqueand take part in the devout worship of Allah. Do notmake the mistake of thinking that this is done merelyas a stern, sterile duty ; rather is it thought a privilege,and, as we have intimated, the humble spirit of devo-
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256 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. tion is Striking. A visit to one of these mosques on aquiet Friday noon would be an eloquent homily on thetrue spirit with which to approach the Almighty—aspirit so often sadly lacking in the Christian people. I have intimated the importance of the idea of Godas influencing and molding a nations religion. Look-ing back over history, we cannot but be impressed bythe fact that culture and religion have ever exerted areciprocal influence on each other. The peculiar con-ception which a people may hold of God determinesnot only its religion but its civilization. Looking atMohammedanism from this point of view, what is thecharacter of the civilization we should naturally expectas a result? What is the civilizing potency of Moham-medanism ? We have seen that the Moslem God is an imperson-ation of arbitrary zvill; that he is synonymous withcold, loveless, authoritative supremacy ; that the first,last, and only duty of his subjects is slavish obedience;in a

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  • bookyear:1898
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Azhderian__Antranig
  • booksubject:Armenian_question
  • bookpublisher:New_York___The_Mershon_company
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:262
  • bookcollection:cdl
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