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Brief Report of Work for Islam in America During the Last Year
NO"Polygamy

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Virgin. Birth
Islam Defended

A Page fromthe Master-Prophet's Sayings

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the latter-days out.0f)the M o s l e m s
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1st S u c c e s s o r t o the Promised~Messiah~-His tlazrat Maulve H a k e e m . N U R - U D - D I N ; . o f Blessed. Mereory ( a l l a h be pleased w i t h h i m ) .
P r e g e n t Leader: of the -Ahmadia - C o m m u n i t y : - His H a z r a t
Mirza. B a s h e e r u d - D i n
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Branches:All
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E a s t Africa, M a u r i t i u s , W e s t a f r i c a , E n g l a n d and
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w a l m o - t a - s a d - d e - q e e - n a wat m0-ta-sad-c.le-qa-te, w~ts-sa-e=mee-na w a s s a = e - m a - t e , w a l "ba-fe-zee-na f o - r o o , j a - h u n i w a l . h a f } & , z a - t e ; w a z - z a - k e - r e e - "
n a M a - h a k.a-thee-rhn x{'az-za-ke-ra,te, a - a d = d a l - l a - h a la~hum magh-feTi
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tO G o d a n d m a l e t h e i r Will o n e w i t h t h e will o f t h e C r e a t o r ;
-'. (2) A n d all. tl{e m e n as w e l l a-s the" i~'omen,, w h o b e l i e v e ifi God;"I-!is
A n g e l s , H i s M e s s e n g e r s - a n d t h e Day- o f : . J u d g m e n t ; .
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m e n t s o f God t h a t c o m e d i r e c t t o t l * e n v o r . t l a r o u g h H i s M e s s e n g e r s ohl a n d
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f o l l o w t h e truth,:keel~ : c o m p a n y w i t h t h e t r u t h a n d be t r u t h f u l , " " :
. (5) ~ A n d a l l - t h e men-as-x~geli as tim w o m e n Who p a t i e n t l y b e a r all t h a t
c o m e s t o t h e m in their- a d v a n c e t o 0ae fin~! ,~0al. w h o a r e n e v e r d i s c o u r a g e d
o r disappoint~ed b y . a p p ' a r e n t f i t f - l u r e s , b u t g o o n s t e a d f a s t l y anti t h u s t h e y
a r e pati~ent m e n a n d p a t i e n t w o m e m .
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a n d m a n n e r s a n d m e l t in-'Zprayers w h i l e i n t h e p r e s e n c e of A l l all ;
(7) A n d all tim m e n as well ~aS t h e W0men"wl m give i n : c l m r i t y to t h e
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L o r d , f o r g e t all e a t i n g a n d d r i n k i n g - a n d t h e lux.uries o f l i f e i n t h e i h 9 n t h of
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lhuch in p r a y e r s a n d in all t h e i r d e a l i n g s ;
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s o u l t0 h : g h e r :-e~lt.as-oj p.urity, c a l n m e s s a n d u n i o n w i t h - A l l a h . . Mefi a u d
womcn-=-we, a r e a l l - c h i ! d . ' e n of God. T o H i f l l w e - b e l o n g " a n d t o H i m w e
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&-I children, God will not be affectionate, t0 him." E v e ~ . M o s l e m : w h o
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mountains upon it to make it f i r m . . T h e n the angels asked, O, G o d , i s t h e r d
finythi.ng in T h y c r e a t i o n stronger t h a r t these mountains? And iGod r e plied, Iron is stronger-than: t h e mountains, for it breaks-them.i "And is
tliere a n y t h i n g in T h y creation Stronger t h a n i r o n ? ' : / . Y E S i. fire is ..s~ronger ~
, than iron for it melts it.' ' I s t h e r e . a n y t h i n g i n Th,;, Creation stronger than
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" f i r e ? ' 'YES, wateri for it quenches fire.J ' O . LOrd, is there a n y t h i n g . i n . . : ..Thy creation st,ronger than water?: 'Yes; wind,:for it overcomes w a t e r
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and puts i t in motion.' . 'Ol! .Our Sustainer, is there ~anytl!ing i n - T h y c r e a tion stronger than w i n d ? ' ' Y e s , a g o o d man giving'~a!ms, if he gives, with
- l!is-right h a n d a n d conceal it from his left, he overcomes all things.' "
-..His: definition o f charity, embr~iced the wide.circle o f kindness ; " E v e r y
g o o d a c t , " h e would say,. "'is . c h a r i t y . .YOUr smiling :at y o u r brother is
charity ; all e x h o r t a t i o n addressed to y o u r fellowrrien to do virtuous deeds
" "
:i'is equal to alms-giving. P u t t i n g a wa:nde_rer in the right p a t h is c h a r i t y ;
-- a s s i s t i n g the b l i n d i s a charity ;" r e m o v i n g stones and t h o r n s and other
obstructions:from t h e road is c h a r i t y ; g i v i n ~ - t h e " w a t e r . t o tlm thirsty is
charit'v. A man's t r u e . w e a l t h : h e r e a f t e r is t h e g o o d - h e does in this world
t o h i s ' f e l l o w - m e n . \ v h e n he dies~ :people will ask; VVhat property h a s h e
l e f t b eih m
" d h l m" " ? But. the
a n g e l s . . ~ h o examine.
-,, h i m in tl~e g-rave,~,;ill, -ask, "
\Vhat good deeds hast thou s e n t b e f o r e thee. ~-= ..:~ . . :~
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". mother,-Uiiitii-."Sad,
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d e a d ; . w l m t ,s the best a l m s I can g~ve awa2~ .for the g o o d of her soul . . . .
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"'VVate~r !"."repliedMohammed,:beth[nking
himself of t h e panting h e a t s : o f "
the degert. " D i g a Weli for her, and ~ive w a t e r tO t h e t h i r s t y . " T h e m a n - " i
- hgged a well m hts m o t h e r s.nam(;:and.smd; Thin ts for my mother, t h a t
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its b l e s s i n g s m a y r e a c h h e i " s0ul~ '~. ~i:-..: " " :.. . .
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cnltivated: o f charities, .was,:tikewise e a r n e s t l y . i n c u l c a t e d bv Mahomet."
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" ,~bti Jariya, an inhabitant 9 f B'asrah COming t o Medina, . and b e i n g c o n "
vinced o f the apostolic officeof lXfohammed, begged o f him some great rule
.of conduct. ~ "Speak evil tit .no' o n e , " a n s w e r e d ' t h e P r o p h e t . ~"From t h a t
/ t r a m ; ' says-Abu[ .Jariya,."I never abused anyone, .5~:hether freeman or
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people.hisl c a l m ; r e p l y full:Of trust and f a i t h Was: " G o d i s enough t o r us, a:good guardian jS H e . " ; " I a m neither desh-ohs of riches, nor ~ambitious "
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: ~of d i g n i t y nor Of dominion ; I - a m sent b~- God, ~,Vlm has ordaine:d me :to_
" announce glad t i d i n g s u n t o you: : I g i v e you t h e words of. mY Lord. ' I .. ad'monish You. I f :you accept the.mi~ssage.I brinff-vou, GOd Will,be favor.
able.to :you.l,0tli in this World and the-next i if y0urejeCt/rrly admbnitions, "
I shall be.patieflt.:andleave G6d to.judge bet.ween3;ouand me,"
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We.ll as those who 'are perse.cut-ed 5rid resist no't t h e e~:il, but t h e
H o l y Quran adds .for you tq know tliat humility, trieekness imd. non-resistance of evil are ,1o doubt Conmmndal~levirtues, but; if 'displayed o n
the.wrong occasion, these are evils. Your/gdOd deeds Shohld~Be marked
by the propriety.of the occasion:'.for every virtue degenerates into a vice
if hot shown o n the proper occasion. ~ain is beneficialif it.:comes in-time.
but untimeh" rain is pi-oductive of tosS. Mildness and Se'~,eritv, forgiveness
and.%etaliation] hlessit{g and:cursing, and.all other.moral a c t i o n s m u s t be
resorted tO as the occasion arises for them. Be meek anOhutnble but s h o w
not meekness or humilfi.~, ou t 0f place. The:Holy Quran, moreov.er, teaches
you. thaf: truly excellent iuoral qlialities, not l e a v e p e d . w i t h ' t h e p6is0n o f
elfish desires, are 0nly the gift of. the holy spirit froin above: Y6u canhot
aequji'e them by your endeax~ours Until they,are best0x~'ed.upon you f r o m
hea~,eh. Anyone who claims morality independently of f!le heavenly, gift
granted through the holy ghost, p u t s forward a false claim. There is mudand dirt beneath t h e sui'face of his Water, which Come up upon the'slightest
agitation caused by selfisli passions.- Seek-agsistaocg fr6m God every moriaent that your water m a y - b e cleansed from this mud and purified by
means
of tlie holy. spirit, iTrue and" pure morality, is-the-miracle; of the.
righteous, in which the evil-doer.s h a w no sliare, for .those. who are not '
devoted to .God are not.granted power from on high, m i d i t is impossible
t h a t t h e y sho~fild at anv'titne acquire high inoral q~alities. Purify your
CoiinectionJwitilG0d. - Give up vaifi tu0dk~ry, derision, vengeance, ahs'i:i~ne :
ladguage, avarice;: .lying; J wickedness.- evil gl'ances, .wo~ldly-_mindedness,
vanity, disdain;~ self-approbation and all other iniquities, a n d y o u . w i l l . g e t
-the assistance o f H e a v e n Which will iti~,est you with;truemorals..: Unless
you get the power from above w h i c l i c a n dt-axx,,,;3:0h. up, and :unless tile.
holy spirit enters into y o u :which .~ives- life,- y o u are. w e a k a u d groping
. i n darkness.
I4p to that time y o u are,dead "and t h e r e i s n o 1ire in you.', in't h i s state you can.neithOr witl{stand any adversity, n6r .can You Save y o u r selves .frot{a Vanity a ~ d prj.[de if ~ou are'in well-to-~lo/circumsi:ances, and are
under(the control o f - s a ~ , and "3'our carnal desires. Y o u r d e l i v e r a n c e - c a n ;
not be~effected except tlie h01y .spirit., which come~s from 3,our God, should
turn .y&ur. faces t o virtue an~l-rigliteousfiess. : M a k ~ l r s e l v e s
the sons bf
heaven,and not the children of earth; a n d b e the inhei-iforsof.lightl not the.
lovers of darkness, that you m a y b e safe from..the ways of Satan, for Satan=comes out in the night and-cannot venture to make his appehrance-irr the
"day. H e is the old/thief:who w~lk~ in darkiiess: -. " ....
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%Vhen y~u c o n s i d e r i t pr'ofitable to v0ur o~(n Self to do a deed in s,e c r e t ,
- . y o u must d o ' i t i n secret:; But when.you consider"it beneficial t o t h e pub.lie i
t o do a de4d i n p u h l i c , . v o u must do it before men flint t h e y m a y see: y o u , .
and be thus" incited to f'ollow ;~-oiar example and do g o o d deeds like you. "

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TO THE
Urdu

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.Poem ofHis
(Hazrat)
M. B. MAHMUD
Ahmad,
the Head
Ahnmdi a Mc/slena Community,addressed
to the young
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O! yetender
plants ofthe Nation,.
.To.you I have something to say;
Provikling my ~Iessage
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: Guided by theSun'
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No desire for revenge,
no curse on the
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A n d y o u r h e a r t b u r n w i t h l o v e
" The
believers who 10re Muhammad P
L e t y o u r s p i r i t a s c e n d - b e y o n d :.
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Be not an enemy to them
Islam"s mere. name ~ fo the"-realms " BUt keepyourself
aloof from those
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Cling foladly to all the Truth
A n d -let n o t a - t h o u g h t o f c o n ~ p e n s a t i o n . . . .
Wheneverand
wherever you find'
Cloud .your face. "
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Remembering
God in prayer
XYhen the Beloved is kept in mind
I t is i m p o s s i b l e H i s n a m e n o t t o d e - "
clare._

W/hen we pass away, the burdensO f life, y o u w i l l

have to bear
So be not seekers of idle rest
But.do and-dare.
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TO the Holy .lLand of Light.
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With those.who
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If your- heart in.Islai-h:is not steeped,~
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F e a r n o t t h e d a y s of' f r o u b l e ' . 'If the needy you would feed.

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\Vhether. in prosperity
or p~erty
In riches or need
Never cease for a moment.
In spreading
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Do not-spoil
the good done
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put.us
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. By reminding
of an obligation
On Judgment
day :nor trouble
for us
-Lest the thread of communion
bdbroken
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Letting
you fall from near the roof to
In the taskof
Faith let not
the foundation.
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which, you
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He is no man whose
body is as rose-leaf
And cannothardships
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From
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One's school
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In your.time
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darkness.'
Of grief, pain and" s0rrow--2. " - ,
And may the.evening
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f o u n d access t 0 t h e D i v i n e m Y s t e r i e s .

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H i g h : , and ! h a v e
AHMAD.

P - LY:G A ) Y

Muhammadran

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c o u n t r .y: w h e r e. .t.n. .e. ; t J o-v e r n n~l e.n t.- :..t t o e s h a ~ - ~e
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t o p"r o t "e c t a" c e r' - "
.ling" ( a s i n i s o t n e P a r t s 0 f - ! n t l t a i ) , .
thiti. f h m i l ) 7 - 0 " r ; - f a s t e n t h e b o n d s o f
there I as a .Moslenrwill" never eat . : tri'enclshir, thrnu,rh-the m-~r~;-~,~ 1, .... b e e f . . P r o p h e t
A h m a d , . tl~e l a t e s t
S o m e C a s e s t h e m e t { *a.er^ f o r ~ - t * Champiou
of Islaln,. wlfile: briilging ?..marry a seoticl.wife on account
o~-- I- .i, .i. i l d "u s" i- n t o ;..u n, i o f i
W i t h M o s l e -m s , o f
t h e s t e r i i i t y . "o f . t h e f i ~ r s t w i f. e az~,-;{
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M_oslems : natural desire of h~iving a child to "
willkeep
away-from
e ; / t i n g b e e f if " c o n t i n u e " h i s n a m e
and inher:" t.:the
H i n d u s . a c k n o w l e d g e . . t h e - t r u.t.t.i . : " ~ x' e a l t h - . . I s l a m
beinc,t, a U n :'~'~,.~.~,,, '
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Master-Messenger
MuhamR e l i o 4 0 n i~nd n o t -~ r . l i o 4 , n
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: nladP... For anot.her."example~ Islam
'ceticsi supplies practical and praetic
commands
that-.' I- must- obey the ' able-laws
f o r all t h e n e e d s a n d -:
.
L a w . of,.. t h e G o v e r n ' t a .l e n t , . u n d e r
emergencies 'of human
life..Some
Which.I 1.ire. ' An d Polygamy, :even i .religions or sects allow
unlimited
- if a l l o w e d w i t l i
~11 i t s . l i m i t a t i o n s ,
n u m b e r o f w i v e s . a n d O t h e r s sa~r t h a t
and conditions,, falls under thecate- the. best ' are: those " who
become" " " "
gory- .of .permissions ~ind .not corn- " eunuchs.
-Islam teaches a midway
lnandmet{tS.-A-nd that permissi6fi is .between two.extremes.
Every Mostaken :~wa:-under the
Cofnmand.lem mustmarry.
There is no.mon-nient:.;th~tt i ..must obey tile Law of... asticism in Islam. Moreover, a Mosthe RulingGovernment
of thecoun lem .does ri0tdo.anything
in vain. " :
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try. -If a Muhammadan
.in. E u r o p e ":.In `cases o f : : . e m e r g e u c i e s a n d f o r the_or,America
marries more than one
protection
of Women, when neces-- "
wife he violates hot only flaeLawof
~sary andallowed
by the Gove'rnment
:7hi s country, but also a great. c0m~
Of t h e c o u n t r y . . a s ,
e x p l a i n e d a b o v e , a"
: mandment
of hisSacred
faith. Thus
'man I is permitted
(and "not corn- . .
:- the Religi0n:0f Islam PROHIBITS
manded)
.to . m a r r y m o r e
than0ne,
.
.-Polygamy
for the'Mohammadans
.in
provided.-that-he
can. ke~p them
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- Europe and America.
N0: Moslem
e q u a l l y "and . ~ u S t l y i n - l o v e , p r o v i s i o n
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can ever think of plurality0f
Wives ~and pi-etection.: ]3ut ifhe cannot be - .
here. ~His religion does not'alloWit,
just; then only one, Says the Holy
Z
" Now,
as reffards-the.0rigin
.of~poly
Quran..
Tliis Restrietien
of "Jusg a m y a n d i t s i p r e v a l e n e e in. t h e E a s L
. rice" .worksin
t h e m a j o r i t y Of c a s e s
The American
peopl, e think every
.a s anutter:prohibition
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one wife.. O n l y those x~'ho are : hais in this co,retry like.jexvs do not "
s t r o n g - m i n d e d , pious and w i t h pi, aci;ice p o l y g a m y . .Such are the
m e a n s enough to fulfill tl/e order.s of Moslems:as.well.
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Justice and Equality "can hav.c the 0': In short; S A D I Q f r 6 m the East."
privilege. In this c o u n t r y the .Mu-. teaChes'in this c o u n t r y ; o n e w i f e f o r
h a m m a d a n s m a y b e . c o m p a r e d tO the
one man, l o v e d ~fondly, protecteft
J e w s in this: respect. T.b e Jewish - amply; ~espected :faithfully~ and '
Bible allowsrpotyga.my~eveu.an, uu- 10oke'd a f t e r CarefullY,- "
limited one. J e s u s .Christ g a v e no>
. c o m m a n d m e n t t o - . p r o h i b i t poly.ga:
....
.my.. M a n y Christians_ have a l s o
.
P o l y g a m y Sanctioned " !..
been p r a c t m m g @olygam) even after
.
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"Justinian prohibited it: S t . A u g u s . 't\-.'i~h all t h e s t r i c t L a w s and Stattine declared, tha~ p o l y g a m y was not- u t e s ' m a d e b y t h e U n i t e d States:Gova crime w h e r e ' i t was the !egal'insti- .crnmen'.t against t h e . p l u r a l i t y : . 0 f
tution 6f a Country, A h n o s t all the w i v e s ~ t h e autimrlties-could n o t h e l p
H o l y P r o p h e t s w h o m the:Christiaus" all0(ving, p o l y g - a m y i n "at least one
believe used to have more than',one ca'se late|v r e p 6 r t e d / i n . t h e T r i b u n e
wife. A n d G o d w a s s 6 , pleased ;,yitli. '0fAl~rfl ~0th, 1921:
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face with t h e m , an lionoi- whicli has ' " 2 W I V E S ; W, I L L K E E P . B O T H ; i'
n o t i:;een e x t e n d e d t o a n y Cltristian " "" C O P S L E T IT,= GO A T T H A T
in these days.. BUt in tim d e v o t e e s
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Ak.'ron, O . , A p r i l 29.--(Special)-~.2
w h o m God s p e a k s like H e - u s e d to
Guisep~pa Sarimil~i:{~ilt.l~h a l l o w e d 4 o :
speak to t h e P r o p h e t s of the Isi-ael- : k k e p Iris two wives and .tliree chiL.
i t e s mentioned in .the J e w i s h a n d dren:,ifederal and A k r o n police;ore-(
. Christian 'Bibles. T h u s H e spoke " 'eials:rUled. to-d~iy whdn -Sarniola
latel2~ to m y T e a c h e r "Ahm'ad" the : b i - o u g h t wife :No.-1:: ail d N o . 2 t o "
Messiah,'ind t h e M a h d i in thousands p o l i c e lleadquartcrs.. \Vi'fe; N0:::I
of R e v e l a t i o n s c o n t a i n i n g : - P r o p h br0ught l~is, 1 0 years 01d s b f l , a n d
ccies all of which came out t o be " wife NO. 2 led a" little b o y and ear:
true. H a d p o l y g a m y been, s u c h a
r i e d t h e other b a h y . . . .
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sin and crime, as i t ' i s n o w thought = ' I love tliem bo'tli,' S a r n i o l a de-.
to, be, x~:hy-did:God like and l o v e
tlmse Proi~lietsof tlm Bible s o much--" elated, a . s ' h e e m b r a c e d , t h e m both.
and n e v e r tell tl~eln t h a t t h e y m u s t
' I 10ve t h e m all..i I keep t h e m all.'
not h a v e m o r e than one wife? T h e r e
H e said h e m a r r i e d NO. : 1" in I t a ! y
is nothing immoi:al in a proper mar= ten yea-rs;.ago. H e sent f0t: her four
riage. Heaps~of laws and c o m m a n d - y e a r s a g o ; . b u t b e c a u s e Of the w a r ments were spoken by G o d t o - M o s e s
She-neither: came nor w r o t e . T h e n :
and o t h e r s and riot a s i n g l e word ,he. t o o k : N o : 2 . -They: !rod:: tw Chi!;
against p.!urality of.x~ixes. T h e r e i s dr.en. Confronted by th.ieterna!!trt T
s o m e t h i n g in this to b e considered - a n g l e , he solved i t b ) . ; ' d e c i d i n ~ - t o
b y ; the C h a m p i b n s o f the Bible. r u n .t~Vo h o m e s . . '
, - -~ '
T h u s - t h e sacred b o o k of t h e / J e w s
,The police let it go at that."..
allows p o l y g a m y ; ~ u t ' millions of . . . . .
J e w s i n the ~United- States l i v e as,
. - (Ti-ibune, April 30,. 1921.)
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_ peaceful a n d g o o d citiT-ens. :-. The:y
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T h e r e mlgl!t :- have been:, other
lle -taKen as the Case of the JAys-at
cases like t h a t as ~vell,-which facts " "
leasL Bahaullali,:the founder 6f:the. :well ShOw "the- desirability Of t h e
Bahai M o v e m e n t , had .two w i v e s at i L a w of Po_.lygamy m a d e b y I s l a m in t
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Chancellor

;JOHN F. B. WALHER, Ph.D., S. T . D . , L ~ q ' D ,

E : G . RAVENSCROFT, P h . D . , J. D., D. C. I.
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A, W. SLADE, A.'K. C., D. D,, LL. D.
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ORLANDO
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.Mas. D o c ~ F , R . C. O . , F. A . G . O .
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ARND, A. R., LL. D.
Dean of the University Law School
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I ll.opc h e w i l l do g r e a t w o r k i n , t i m e
. t to a l ) p r o a c h tlie =~md~icans w i t h . to b r i n g o t h e r s t o t h e b l e s s e d f o l d o f
the Mission of lshtm,.I had to
Isl~tm.
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p a s s t l i r o n g h all t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s t h a t
The:nainesof others ~yhoagcel)ted
a h v a x : s : c o n f r d n t a b e g i n n e r ~ of a
I.qhtm in, t h e l ) e t e n t i o n I I o u s e a r e a s
w o r k . I h a d n o p r e c e d e n t be:fore m e
follows:.
. ~: . -. . . . . . " . . . .
" - to g u i d e m e and,. t h e r e f o r e m u c h : o f
.. Mr. L o u i s .C... Ti!Iford,: of. British
n w t i m e h a s b e e n ,s o e n t -~'.
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nl m a//'k m-. . ,~" . Guiana. , - .( M,a m 0- o. .n: ), : A. ......... :", . .
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,ur. .,~.llUre.w ;~,lel. t a l l l n e ; Ol / a m a l e a
expemenccs as regards;the selection
(Khalid)J . "
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"f~r m y h e a d q u a r t e r s ~ n d the" w a y s ;
Mr, David T h o m a s , o f . J a m a i c a ' ( S a - of aPl)roaching Aniericans.. I canleem)..
M r : ':~Llovd, " Heurv,'bf"Ofan~,e'~
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Rivern o t c l a i m tO h a x : e d o n e ian,~" g r e a t
(Hameed);. .i 7 .
" . w o r k , b u t 1 (1o hol)e, in th'e g r a c e - Mr. Joseph Kane~ of P61aud (Yoosaf).
.~_ of A l l a h , tlaat in c l e a r i n g : : t h e xx:;~y f o r
AIr..-Guedla KohO~, Of. Russia .(Ya~the f u t u r e M i s s i o n a r i e s o f Islatri .I
qo0b). :
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Mi'. Aetsesu diz Gate tot Mesderstia,. ,
:,,have d o n e s o m e " p i o n e e r W o r k a n d
Azores ( H o s s a i n ) . : ' ..~ '"
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S. C. Tessalo, Of A z o r e s f A h s a n ) .
ithe l a n d w h i c h x~:ill g r o w / u p in t i m e
Mr. A m o n i o r G i l c e l c o ( H a s s a u ) . and show in big, tail, strong~rees to
Mi-. Ethen" B o d d e n , o f l16ndtli'as',:
(Saeed);
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[ "feedand shelter tliousands,ahd send
Mr. A l h e r t :.Kranmer, of- Belgimn
ont healthy vihrati0ns to millions.
(Mahmood),
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T h e first d i f f i c u l t y.. I h a d' .tcr e n"- . .
Mr= Matliew Feizshitiiian; 0 f Germany
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" c o u n t e r Was w i t h t h e I m i i f i g r a t i o n - " ( K a r e e m ) ;
Mr. Alex. Beinrbafld, o f :_:'Polimd
OffiCers, who. o r d e r e d rod" t o r e t u r n
(Ha!eem).
" .-o n t h e s a m e s t e a m e r o!1 w h i c h I , h a d
M r . K . Rossan, of Spain.(Saecd). "
come, merely because I was a MisM r . Florenco Clagas. of L i s 5 o'n
. s i o n a r v of t h e M-oslehl F a i t l L a n ' d . 0 n " ( F a z a l ) . . . . . . .
.. nay r e f u s a l to r e t u r n a n d a s k i q g p e r - " Mr.: Paul fVirgne, ! of B o n e s Ae:yres
(Karm).
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m a"s~si o n to A p p e a l t o H i g h e r A u t h Mr. "Leopardi O r l a n d s , "of I t a l y .
o r i t i e s " i n ~ W a s h i n g t o n I w a s pla~e(l
('Ahmad). :
in" t h e - D e t e n t i o n t H o u s e f o r a b o u t
Mr. G u a r o r .iVictor, of F r a n - c e
(Hemeed).
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s e v e n w e e k s . Tl~ose w e r e t h e d a y s
Mr. Mario C o w a r h e r (Momin), of great trial, but I count,thima as
the days. of blessings, because I.
~h-:.Selle (Ameeri) . . . . . .
found:the
opportunity of offering .-I
h a d b e e n ~ i v i f i g " t h e ~ I e s s a g e of.
prayers to God and Meditation and
ISlam aiad the Ahthadia Mo~:enient
planning
the, Seheme for "future ~ even to the passengers 0n the steam.work. M o r e o v e r , I b e g a n l m y w o r k
e r : H a v e ' r f o r d , o u t o f w h i c k I lind
s e c u r e d c o n v e r t s d u i - i n g flae d a y s o f
of preaching quietly atnong others
t h e V o y a g e in t h e A t l a n t i c o e e a f l .
d e t a i n e d l i k e m y s e l f . -'The f i r s t o f .
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those who agreed with me ttiere and
O u t o f t h o s e /s o -m e w e r e Mo-~lerns
w h o j o i n e d o u r . o r d e r a n d t h e r e s t .
j o i n e d Our f a i t h w a s B f o t h e r H a m i d
wei-e n o n : M p s l e m s .
Their names
( M r . R . J. R o e h f o r d ) , w h o w a s n o t
are as follows:
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a l l o w e d :to l a n d a n d w a s . s e f i t b a c k
with others.
T h i s g o o d brot!lel" is " Mr. Popoviteh, o f B o s n i a ( N o o r ) . x - - ~ - .
Mr..Jo.hn O ' N e i f ( Y a h y a . ) . - . . " [
now,, in E n g l a n d a n d k e e p s i n t o u c h
M r . W a H s i a n g , Chinese.--. : ~
y' .
~vith" m e b y c o r r e s p o n d e n c e . . . He..is.
Mr. c h a n g W e n : C h u t , Chinese. ~ - " "
my First Convert to Islam after
~Mr. Mu .Wen Shu, C h i n e s e ..
l a n d i n g here~ H e is f i g u r i n g t o c o m e
l%'Ir. W a n g H a n Chen, Chinese.
o v e r t o C a n a d a , a.nd a s h e i s - z e a l o u s ,
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Names of other conx"erts to Islam

in different -States of the country
who joiiled mr, faith dur!ng the.year
of Report
throiigl!-correspondence
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meeting mepersonallY::
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\V. S0boleWskii :tile first
American
lady wtio accepted
Islam
after-I,
started'
lecturingin
New
York.
She was named Fatima.Mus-

. .~Thef.ollowing
Moslem gentlemen
and ladies in'this col/ntry joined the
b l e s s e d A" h m a d m M oJv"e m e n"t
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M r . I s l a m Z e n e l ~Chato, o f ' P e n n s y l - .
vania.
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Mr. I l a j u d . D i n N u r i S o d i c k , o f R u s s i a .
. Mr.Kemal:El
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tarato..., filllill the. D r e a m I h a d s e e n
Madam
Siddica-tun,Nisa
Rahatulla
o v e r m t..:,ngtand b . e f o r e s t a r t i n g f o r
. ( E l l a M a y G a r b e r ) , a n A m e r i c a n l a d y in
i\m.erica
a b u u t ~ , m y ~r e a c h i n g ,
t h i s . I s l a m f o r l a s t 10 y e a r s , h a s b e e n - . w o r k i n g "
- .." l a u d . l e c t u r i n g a n d c o n v e r t i n g
a lad~;
f o r I s l a m in- s e v e r a l p l a c e s a n d n o w ina0d naminff
her 'as such.
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t e n d s to do the. A h m a d i a I s l a m i c w o r k in
i, m a k i n g
good progress~ in"leamiing
X e w Y o r k . " -. 2.2~
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Mr. Ya~een Osn~n, of Milwaukee.
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M r . M h h a m m f d . f f J a d , a T u r k - in t h e
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- " Mr. R o b-e r t Bednell,.
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i . Miss Elizabeth 'Bati0n. alekrned.lady
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:-.. Mr. Muhammad Moshaikh,~-of Detroit.
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Mr. Harold Jo'hnson, of. New: York
M r . A z e e r u d ]9in, 0 f A s s a m .
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M r . A l l Slier K h a n ( I n d i a n ) .
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Mr. Abdul Azeez: (Indian)2
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Mr. MuhammadSliafi
(Indian).
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o l e r c h a n t iil C h i c a g o . "
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Roman, of Bengal, iiow a met:
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Miss Green, of'Fen'nsylvania: (Freeda);

M r . S h a i k h A b r o a d E l H a g g e , Of S i o u x
Fails;
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M r . P . J'. T a l l m a n . Of M i s s o u r a .
"-" " Mr. All Muhammad, of Sioux Falls.
Mr. Isidore Lenine. of'Ohio -(omar).:
:
M r . A h m a d E s - s a f a , of. S i o u x F~tlls.
Mr Ellis Russell, of Chicago (Gfiulam
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i.
~a~;l.); J o s e p h L ~ v i n g t o n ' M o t i , o f " .l~{r. K a s i m M d h a m m a d , 0 f S i 0 u x F a l l s .
,
" Louisiana. State (Sbaikh AiSdullah Din " -:M)r.Hussain.Hassan,ofSioux
Falls.
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Muhammad-).
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~dr. Aldur Rahman, of Indiana.
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Mrs. Cal0rinaBush
(Hameeda)
- ..... ~ d r . A l i , o f K u r d i s t a n . "
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Mrs. Virginia Olivas (Haleema).

jrah).Mrs" M i k e . A b r a h a .m , . . o f I n d i a n a

(Ha~

Mrs. Eoudidia Joseph; 0f -Michigan

'(Zat~eefa)..
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M i s s L o u c i l l e Frasi~r, o f M i c h i g a n ( F a t l m a ) . ". . . . .
.
Miss Frances Joseph;- of .Michigan
(Feerza)? . . .
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Mr.
KaseF. M a r o 0 ( M o m i n ) .
,
Mr. Seeley (Ameen).-

. Names
o f S o m e Of t h e i c o n v e r t s have not been given as.their ih:esent-

" circumstanceSldo
n0tallow
them to
iget thei[r !names published.
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Lectures
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D u r i n g thepast:12 m o n t h s . I
have
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delivered. about: 50 PUblic Lectures
:
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m theCities
of New York, Chicago,-~
Mr. Lee Hul/chison (Muhdmmad All).
Detroit, Dowagiac,
Michigarg city,:
i 'Mr. Moses J0hnso n (M0osa).
-Sioux City, Sioux Falls, etc. All of
!
'I must. add liere-the name of my. dear
Brother Mir.Ahmad F. L. Andersen, the
these Lectures
were previously
an"
first A h m a d i M o s l e n ~ of t h i s " c o u n t r y ,
nounced
in the daily. papers.
Sub-

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T H E

M O S L E M

S U N R I S E

Islam Defended

j e c t s o f s o m e o f tlre L e c t u r e s w e r e
.-.
as f o l l o w s :
1. Universal Spirit o f ISlam..
: . I, h a v e b'een s e n d i n g c o m m u n i c a 2. Beauties of Moslem .Religion.t l o n s to t h e D a i l y P a p e r s Of A m e r i c a
3. Prophets a n d , Prophecies; " - .
in replyto thd articles that appeared
.4. W h y A r e th e ~reaehers Made .pro- . t h e r e i n f r o m t i m e t o t i m e . " S u c h
phets.
5. T h e M a s t e r - P r o p h e t M u h a m m a d P. c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , . a b o u t 30 in. n u m 6. Real Mission :of Jesus. Christ,
b e t , a p p e a r e d in P h i l a d e l p h i a J o u r - ": '
7. -The P r o p h e t Ahmad.
" nal,~ N e w Y o r k S u n , . S i o u x " C i t y
8 . . Z o r o a s t e r of Persia. "
Journal: Sioux Falls. Triburie; New
9.
Budha.
York .Tribune, Daily .News (Chi2.
10. Krislina.
cag0), Higliland Park~ Times, El11. Confucious.
- ' "
'"
- Bayan~ Mirror, and some Other pa12. Some Accepted Prayers. "
13.. Protection of Muslifii.Religior/.
i~ers. ) / T x o o f t l m S e a r t i c l e s - a r e .
i4. Dreams and Their Interpretations.
g
! v e f f be!bxx~ f o r e x a m P l 6 .
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15. The Object of Man's Life and
.How It Can be Attained:
.
" "
16. Arabic the M o t h e r - T o n g u e of all.
(A): -~ " " : ~
" "
Languages.
"The Sun.and NiY. Herald,
17. Islam:
I
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* d a t e d ~ A p r i l 9 t h , 1921:

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18. Jesus tile Christ...
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19. Arabic m i d ' H e b r e w L a n g u a g e s .
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Compared.
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I S L A M
D E F E N D E D .

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Existence

of

G0d..

21. El-Ouran, the H o l y ' B o o k .

22. oUnity ofi G o d . " "
23. No l~eligious ,XVars. "
'
24. Continuance of..Revelation.
25, Live and Let Live.
'
"26. Serve God and Humanity.
27.Keep ~ . ~our Faith " A b o v e tlie
World.
. .
28. Be Broad-Minded.
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29..-Practical and Practicab!eReliglon.
30. Jesus Chirst's T o m b i n India.
31. Cross or Christ:
32. No E x c l u s i v e -Sbn: of G o d . 33. J e s u s Did Not D i e the Accursed
Death on .Cross
.
34. H o w A r e Prayers Accepted.
Madam Ralmtullah (Mrs: Garber)
in a d d i t i o n t o h e l p i n g m e m t h e
Mission work. delivered som.e.Lect u r e s in o u r M e e t i n g s - o n . i s l a m : a n d
Ahmadia Mdvement.
The Subjects
o f s o m e o f h e r L e c t u r e s w e i - e a s fol'10ws:
1: She W h o is Tried.
2. T h e Pmvei- of Ti-uth.
"
3. T h e S t r o n g Will Conquer.
4. Smoke.
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. . . .
Heavy Correspon~tence
" D u r i n g p a s t 15 m o n t h s t h e h u m b e t o f m a i l s R e c e i v e d . i s : a b o u t 4.000
and
Despatched
ab.o u t
15,000.
T h a n k s a r e d u e t o B r o t h e r s James"
Sodlek, Yusuf Khari. Shaikh:Abdull a h J. L . M o t t a n d S i s t e r R a h a t u l l a h ,
"~who h a v e b e e n h e l p i n g m e in ' t h e
correspondence work.
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20.

.
A

Denial.
herents

It Teaclies Its
t o .-Hate a n d t o K i l l .

That

Ad-

To the Sun and New York Hera l d : , Air. H o r l u i z d ' s . c r i t i c i s m o n I s " l a m a n d its s a c r e d b o o k , t h e K o r a n .
:. is n o t a t . all b a s e d o n f a c t s . . . T b e ~
:Koan. n e v e r t e a c h e s " t 0 . h a t e a n d
kill u n b e l i e v e r s , " a s c l a i m e d b y M r . "
- H o r m i z d . " M o r e o x ; e r , . i t . s a y s that" .-" t h e r e i s n 0 f o r c i n g in t l i e . m a t t e r o f religion."
"
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"" T h e w a r s w a g e d b y t i l e M a s t e r . P r o p h e t . M o h a m m a d e m i d h i s .successors wereaU defensive and the Mdsl e m s w e r e all6xved t o f i g h t w i t h a n d .
kill on!y those unbelievers who came
clown"upon :them with sword2 It
w a s .quite r i g h t , j u s t a s t h e A m e r i can soldiers-crossed the Atlantic to
. , f i g h t a n d k i l l t h e s o l d i e r s Of t h e C e n tral PowerS, even though they were
their. Christian- brethren. _
,
_ The Moslems: have rtfled over
C h r i s t i a n s a n d jew.s f o r c e t i t u r i e s
with great tolerance.
No doubt
t h e r e ha~e" b e e n f a n a t i c g i n I s f a m ;
: b u t i n W h a t n a t i o n and. r e l i g i 0 n a r e
they not? The wholes.aleinassacre "
of t h e J e ~ v g i n R u s s i a , P o l a n d a n d
Austria .even in these days is more
. x v o r t h y t h e a t t e n t i 0 n l o f "th ~ e h a m p i o n s of. elx i l i z a t i o n i n A m e r i c a t h a n

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tlie e x a g g e r a t e d a n d m i s r e p r e s e n t e d
s t o r i e s of t h e m a s s a c r e s in t h e E a s t .
~,Vfll Mr: H o r m t z d . a s c r i b e . , t h e s e
m a s s a c r e s to- C h r i s t i a n i t y , g 0 s p e l s
and the Christian Powers?'. Treat
othersas you.like-to be treated.:
If Turks joinedthe war,they were
iiof waging any ho!y war. Right.or
w r o n g , t h e i r s - w a s ionly a ' . p o l i t i c a l
Cause. "
."Even the defensive r e l i g i o u s . .
y v a r s a r e ' n o m o r e a l l o w e d in I s l a m ? '
. p r o c l a i m ~ t h e l a t e s t p r o p h e t of I s lain, Ahmad of India, "as no'one
n o w i n t e r f e r e s w~th t h e r e l i g i o u s b e liefs o f t l m M0sli~ms." N a t u r a l l y all
t h e M o s l e m A~,'orld. isl in s y m p a t h y
with the Turks, notbecause
the'
Turks were engaged in.holy war but
b e c a u s e : t h e y r e l i e d on t h e s i n c e r i t y
of t h e f o u r i e e n t e r m ' s o f " p e a c e .put
f o r w a r d b y t!ie c h i e f of A m e r i c a a r i d .
t h e p r o m i s e g l m a d e by:'the .British
'Premier.
" '. " "
"
- - Mufti Muhatn'nmd Sadiq.
N e w Y o r k , M a y 8.
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their hearts.
Love not only your
frieiids, b u t . even y o u r e n e m i e s ,
teaches ihe Christian Church; but
after preaching, reading and singing
. t h e s e lines U n d e r - t h e c h u r c h c a n o p y
here comes out the man and uses an
o f f e n s i v e l a n g u a g e - n o f o r his erlem i e s b u t -for his friends. W h a t ~t.
~ o n t r a s t in o n e ' s w o r d s a n d a c t i o n s
Every M0haminedan respects Jesus
as.his teacher and prophet, and uses
the,w0rd "Blessed" with His name.
A n d in r e s p o n s e he g e t s f r o m s o m e
C h r i s t i a n s ttie w o r s t a b u s e s f o r his
t e a d a e r . a n d Still he h o l d s h i s t o n g u e
fram saying aword against the head.
o f t l a e cliUrch o f his o p p o n e n t . N o w
w h o is.: t h e r e a l . s u f f e r i n g . C h r i S t i a n :
i n this" C a s e f o l l o w i n g
C h r i s t in
Spirit. theM0siem;I believe. Nothing can enrage a man more than
hearing, h i s . p r o p h e t b e i n g a b u s e d
t h e ' p r o p h e t w h o m he l o v e s m o r e ..
t h a n his p a r e n t s . 7
T h e h i s t o r y of t h e d i s c u s s i o n s b e tween the Christian missionaries
anti t h e - I n d i a n M o s l e m s s h o w s t h a t
i:tlghla~ad P a r k T i m e s , iated : b e i n g t i r e d o f h e a r i n g b a d l a n g u a g e
Feb~ 25th. 1 9 2 1 : - - ".,.
a b o u t t h e i r belov'ed o n e f r o m t h e
!
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C h r i S t i a n s t h e y :at" l a s t t o o k r e f u g e
/WARM
CONTROVERSY"
in..,returning the same words to
Jesus whh a pretense that they did
ON MOHAMMEDANISM
h o t l k n o w w h o s . J e s u s w a s , a s t h e .....
--7. ..... - / :
n a m e f o r t h e C h r i s t in t h e i r b o o k s i s . . Mohammedan
I2-eadei- R e p l i e s t o . E e s a a n d n o t J.esus. T h u s t h e C h r i s " A r t i c l e of Re.v. M a r t i n iri.. L a s t
. t i a n m i s s i o n a m e s in:In'alia h a v e b e e n .
..
"
Week's Times. "
" responsible am6ngother
things for "
.
.
.
.
.
pe/~-erting the language of the peop l e a b o u t C h r i s t . T h e r e cati b e no There-is a Persian proverb. "With
better proof of the truth of Moslem
the rose there is a thorn too." Right
r e l i g i o n t h a n t h a t t h e r e .never w e r e
. in - H i g h l a n d P a r k C i t y j u s t w h e n
s e e n a n y Saloons, - a m b l i n - h o u s e s "
t h e m a y o r , police'chief, b a n k e r s a n d
o f an;~ S o r t Hcense~d housegs of ill
"
educational-hi, ads:are holdingban-.
,
" ~ . . . . : ... :, . , - , .',- . .
..
., - ..., :,
.. , ~. - .
l a m e , u s u r v j n s t l t U t l O n S a n d SO torl;n "
q n e t s t o g e m e r With t h e n o t e a ; ~ y r l - . in : M o s l e m c o u n t r i e s
till these
' :
a n s i. o [ . t h e ; p l a c e a n d " m a k i n g / t h i n g s w e r e i n t r o d u c e d u n d e r t h e
speeclies to s e c u r e t h e b o n d s of
friendshi " - "es ri h t h e r ~ a
ears
i n f l u e n c e of E u r o p e a n c i v i l i z e r s . A l l
0n t h e s c P n ; ) t h a t " ~ d s p i r i t o f ~ P t r e d
.tl!e - p r e s e n t w e s t e r n l e a r n i n g s : c a n i:. -aiid. s e 0 a r a t i o n oh t h e s a m e - n e t - e be t r a c e d : b a c k t o the. d a y s w h e n t h e - . w i t h t h e r e p o r t o f f e e l i n g s o f S v r i - " E u" r o p e a n .Js t u" d.e n t s u s e d "t o g o to :
- "
a n :good:- c i t i z e n s h i p i n - H i g h l a n d
Moorish universities in Spain and "
"
Parl~. T i m e s a n d s t a r t s a b u s i n g n o t 'A,Iordccd to g e t e d u c a t i o n - i n Science ;
" -i.
onlypresent
M o s l e m s b u t t r a v e l s ~.and"philosophy:~ T h e . M o s l e m s h a v e ,
back-1~300 y e a r s tO a b u s e .fhei r Very a l w a y s l e d - : a , p e a c e f u l , p i o u s a n d
... .
propbet~the
b e s t b e l o v e d o n e Of Clean life. " . -,:
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THE

MOSL

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SUNRISE'

I f t h e ' D e t r o i t c l m r c h e s are not n e a r e r to Islam. Tim d a y . i s n o t . f a r

open for m e to p r e a c h in I 'do n o t .-tlmt t h e clouds :of the m i s u n d e r care a bit. N o M o s l e m h~re cares s t a n d i n g s a g a i n s t I s l a m will disto see me p r e a c h in t!le churches. perse and the c o u n t r y will see m a n y
M o r e o v e r the c]mrches are n o t s u i t Mosques. a n d - M i n a r e t t e s " . w i t h t h e .
a b l y furnished fb o u r services~ M y "people Worshiping one God and.liv-~.
c h a l l e n g e , w a s to the brpa.d:mindedi n g . t h e i r religion, itistead Of onl)" "
hess of tlm Christian p a s t o r s i n c o m pre/tclfingit..
. " "
paris9n with tliat sh'0wn bv o u r h o l y
Mufti M o h a m m a d Sadiq;
Prophet.
.I w a s sure "tha the
6 2 4 S t i m s o n Place;. Detroit.
Christian " L o v e y o u r enemies" .xx:as
.,
o n l y to p r e a c h atld n o t to practice.
But] I w a n t e d to g e t it out of tlieir
A r a b i a n H o s P . i t a ! i t y"
m o u t h s and .I Imve g o t it. N o w
.Arabians have ,-i. w o r h l , w i d e r e p u d o n ' t worryz.please. I : d o , not Wahl, tation'-for h o s p i t a i i t ~ , . . T h o s e lix;ing
a n y of y'onr clmrches. I have never, in the:-Villages arid t'hc deserts m a k e ~
heard of a n y Shaikh A b d u l I-Iaq~.
w r i t i n g s o b-itterly a g a i n s t - C h r i s t - : big botTfires at nig~ht t o g.uide a
s t r a n g e r to-tlaeir l l o u s e s - t o r e s t , for
ians " I't m. a' -y "be a fictitions
- -" '
"lO(lglll~
" " e, a n o" "boar(l, a l"l
"
- propa=.
4 protection,
g a n d a . a~,amst
I
s
l
a
m
hke
m
a
n
5
ot
b
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' free. T h a n k s A l l a h i h a v e m e t e x the A r m e n i a n stories. A n d m a n y amples of t h i s l m s p i t a l i l ; y riglat here
such thing~ ar~ b e i n g s a i d just. tO" i n A m e r l c a i n the ;;,enerable p'erson .e m b i t t e r [l'le f e e l i n g s - a g a i n s t t h e
Moslems.": B u i H i t i,s right:, t h e n t h e
alities of Mr.. m!d Mrs: R e s t u m , Mr.
S b a m e e o f Detroit,. Mr. and M r s .
said S h a i k h migfit.htt~e ]net- s o m e K a r r 0 u b ; M r . S . A . Z e h r a 0 f H i g h - :
Christians of t h e t y p e 0 Our w r i t e r " iapd P a r k , ~Mr. a n d Mrs. F. A l d e e u
a b u s i n g llisI~rophet and all M o s l e m s : o f ] D o w a g i q c , M r . a n d . M r s . N e f f e u i
w h i c h migh't h a v e .furried - the of M i c h i g a f i . C i t y , M r and M r s . ~ M .
Sha~kh mad tO retima such words. : H a s s e n a n d M r . A l l a w a y o f S i 0 t i X '
Issues Challenge
Falls. Mr. G h u l a m A h m a d A h m a d i
W e l l m y dear C h r i s t i a n w r i t e r if and M r . L . R o m a n ' A h m a d i o f Chiy o u h a v e a n y g e n u i"n. e p r o o f ~" rl; t h - - . . ,c a. g . "0
J a z a ho m u i l a h ~ i . k h a i r fid~
y o u of w h a t y o u s a y a g a i n s t . I s l a m
emma ~-al akhirah.- "
_
an~l M o s l e m s b e t t e r c o m e f o r w a r d " : T h a n k s a r e due t o Mr. A.l!eff Riz.a
in an Open meetil!g to hold a debate ~for "a r r a n g i n g : m "y lectures m D e t r o t t m e with n n eoual time f o r a n d M r . ' S a m H a a g e fbr a.qc0mpany-.with
-~,rove b". fa~ts . ing
both of u s and I[:~'ill
.
. . m.e tO I 0 w.a a n d .Sout-h".
. . . . . .D. a k 0 t a "
f r o m h i s t o r y t h a t the ~:IoslemSlands State..:.= . .'
" .i
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c o m p a r e d with the so-called G h r i s t ian countries have_ a h v a y s -lived a: . :.
b e t t e r moral, sober, :intellectual a n d .-.. _ . . . T h a n k s
. -.
social life and t h a t o u r P r o p h e t is ~ i - m u s t a c k n o w l e d g e m y t h a n k s Co-the m o s t P e r f e c t M o d e l E x a m p l e r 'the. fQ.Ilox~ing Clerffymen arid Scenea n d I d e a l in all the phases of life. tames o r M a n a g e r s
Of v a r m u s H e r e is y o u r c h a n c e a n d y o u m u s t
C h u r c h e s a n d Halls~who invited m e
not lose it . . . . .
"
,~to Speak in t h e i r Churches, etc,, on
W h e t h e r y o u a c c e p t m y challenge
xariouS.,days- . M r . R 0 b e r t . D o w n i e
o r n o t I a s s u r e y o u " o f one t h i n g - o f U n i t a r i a n C h u r c h , D e t r o i t ; Miss
even . a m o n g . your," C h r i s t i a n s " in ' M e l h a d o a n d . M r s . A d a M a c D o u g a l l
A m e r i c a tim .number o f t h o s e w.ho o f : p r a c t i c a l , p s y c h 0 1 o g y , R e v : Ci-aigg.
dO no m o t e believe in .the .dBrinitv o f C h u r c h o f Clirist, D o w a g i a c ; "
- of J e s u s a n d his a s c e n s i o n - t o / H e a E l d e r of C h u r c h of Christ,. :Detroit ;
ven i s m o r e t h a n .tho.se of strictly -"Mr." H . ~ W i l c o x , ".ounder o f t h e
o r t h o d o x a n d is a l w a y s inerefi.s!ng C h u r c h of L o v e :Mission, C h i c a g o ,
and t h u s tile people are c o m i n g etc.
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Missionary Epistles

~Thanks are also due to the Ah:

m a d i b r e t h r e n , in I n d i a w h o , w i t h
Royalties and Rulers
their kind, sympathetic and fiice.freq u e n t .le.tters c 0 n t a i n . i n g t h e i r s i n Letters of congratulations
with
cere heartfelt
prayers
and good
t h e M e s s a g e s Of I s l a m - w e r e w r i t t e n
wishes f0rme kept me cheerful and
to Dr. Sun of China and Dr. Alfred "
! m p e f u l . - Their- n u m b e r
is g r e a t , Z a y a s
o[ Cuba, respectively, for
b u t j u s t for. e x a m p l e I g i v e a f e w
their being elected as presidents of :
n a m e s : ": Q a z i M u h a m m a d
Zahurt h e i r R e p u b l i c , a n d H . H.: t h e S u l : .
ud~Din -AkmaL
Babu Akbar All; tan_ of E~ypt.
Seth Abdulla Allah Din, Hajee Mu. . . . . . . . . . . . .
K i n g A l f o n s o a n d Queer~ V i c t o r i a
mmmau
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. Syfd Abid Hossain, Qazi Muham~:In reply.to my letter and htera mad -Yusuf " Shaikh
Muhammad--ture
S e n t t o H . M. t h ' e S u l t a n S h e A m ' i n -'(bar=at-law-), - S e t h M u h a m reef"Hussain
of Hedjaz (Arabia)~
mad Ghaus,: Chaudhari .Sadar All,. the follo~ving has been received:
" Hajee Musa-Khan, .Professor Abdu~ " .
El DeWan-el Hashimee,
Rahim Nayyar. Br0. F. M.: Sayal,
"
Casr"Gaza Mecca,
Hafiz
Sufi
Ghulam
Muhammad,
24-111-1921.
:Mat~lvi Muhammad Osman. " Sir: .
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His Majesty wishes me to inform
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,you that:he has been very pleased
Central America.
to receive ~oui'-.letter and'greetings
.
~-Mr.
S. M.- E u s o o f b e n H . G . A k a n d t-hinks t h a t t h e S a c r e d . M i s s i o n - .
:" b a r Of S p a n i s h H 0 n d u r a s ; , x v h o w a s
youfar~..so
courageously
serv!ng
" in e o i ~ r e s p 0 n d e n c e X~;]th m e f o r s o m e
would '~ertainly l:eceive the retribu; t i m e , .has j o i n e d t h e A h m a d i a m o v e tions it merits froni Heaven.
ment:
Some literature has been
'-i
(Sd.) Mezher-Nedim,
s e n t t o t h i s b r o t h e r f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n
Prixate Secretary of His Majesty.
"
~n c e n t r a l A m e r i c a .
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TO: Pr0f.MUfti Muhammad Sadiq,
' m
"
. . Muslim Missionary, " '
H a d Seen
Me
Two Years Ago
Chicago, U. S,A.
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I m e t ia l a d v i n
Chicago named
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M r s . T a t u m , - x ( . l i o t o l d m e t h a t s h e ~-2 :
Emnress-Marv
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had.seen me more than two years
ag6 i n - h e r d r e a m j u s t w e a r i n g t h e
T h e f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r Was r e c e i v e d
same turban and Indian dress.
In:. from Her Imperial Majesty Queen,
o n e o f h e r le.t.ters : s l m , w r i t e s : ,,I /
E ~m p r e s. s M. a r y of E n g l a n d , i n r e p l y
h a v e e n j O y e d r e a d i n g 3,our w o n d e r to my corresponaence:
" - ..~,.:_:
ful pamphlets---in tlaat dream I had
~
( India Office,
s'e~n y o u w i t h y o u r a r m s f o l . d e ~
Whitehall,
srrfiling, btit s i n c e r e , t b e l i e v e God.
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L o n d o n , S. W . I . ,
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selLt~ouhere.' . . . .
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.P. 5673..
:Marriage

in th e ~West

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Mrs. Hartley inher book."Women's:

W i l d O a t s , " . says t h a t m a r r i a g e is n o
l o n g e r a : r e l i g i o n w i t h u s , it is a sport:
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Sii r : a m d" i r e c t e d b y t h e S e c r e t ~"

ary
o f S t a t e f0 i- I n d i a t o i n f o r m y o u
t h a t y o u r l l e t t e r o f 7 t h . J u l y tO t h e
Queen has been laid before Her

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Majesty, who has graciously expressed her thanks forthe congratn l a t i o n s of t h e A h m a d i a C o m i n u n i t y

in A m e r i c a on t h e e s c a p e o f H i s
R o y a l H i g h n e s. s , . t h e ' P. r i n c e of
\Vales, f r o m i n j u r y in a r a i l w a y acc i d .e n t .. . .
-"
"
I am,- Sir,
.
Your Obedient Servant, :"
(S'd.). L. D. Dm!!op~

C a r d f r o m the P r e s i d e n t of P a n ama: - .
.
-T o : M. M u h a m m a d S a d i q .
El ~ r e s i d e n t e d e f a R e p u b l i e a , .
y la
de P o r r a s .
Le desean
.senora
unas felices pascuas y
nn p r o s p e r 9 a n o n u e v o . P a n a n m , : D e c i e m b r e de 1920.
Sacred. messages were:. also epistled
to P r i l ~ e C a s i n f i r L u b o m i r s k i - of
P o l a n d a n d P r i n c e : M i c h a e l o f Sa.~o n v a~ad the" c o m m a n d e r - i n - c h i e f .of
the B r i t i s h . a r m i e s .

T o : MUfti / ~ f u h a m m a d S a d i q ,
1897 M a d i s o n A v e . ,
.
-N e w Y o r k /-City, U . S . A .
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A letter.of sympathy on-behalf
.
---2 " o f A h m a d i a B r o t h e r h o o d w a s .writ- . .
-" "
" Celebrities
t e n t o Mr. " D e s c h a n e l , e x - p r e s i d e n t
L e t t e r s and L i t e r a t u r e w e r e s e n t t o
of F r a n c e , on t h e o c c a s i o n of h i ~
m a n y f a m o u s pers6ns - in a n d o u t o f
r a i l w a y a c c i d e n t in a c k n o x v l e d g e - U n i t e d .States t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e 0 f .
m e n t of w h i c h he s e n t m e his a u t o =
erefits a n d oizcurences a b o u t t h e m ~
g r ~ h e d thn~ksSdno~fisP~.Ss~aL~ard. : ?including.Thomas A . . E d i s o n , tlie f a m h

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: o u s I n v e n t o r ; Rev.- Russel H B e a d y
sent a letter ot th.an~:s......
:w h o i s c o n s i d e r e d to be the mo6t
---. . ..
popular.Minister. .
'.
L e t t e r fr~om t h e K i n g o f B e l g i u m :
A-letter::of, a p p r e c i a t i o n With M o s '
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" . . . l e m L i t e r a t u r e was s e n t - t 0 A t t o r n e y
No. 4824. %:Palais d e , B r u s e f l e s ,
S i l a s B . . A x t e l l f o r r e p r e s e n t i n g some
le 29 d e c e m b r e , 1 9 ) 0
"-.poor I n d i a n S a i l o r s . i n t h e C o u r t on
L e .cabinet d u R o i a . e t e c h a r g e " C h a r i t y basis.
d'avoir l'honneur d'exprimer a Mou"
s i e u r M u h a m m a d S a d i q l e s vifs reMessage to l?resident~Nominates
m e r c i e m e n t s d u R o i " p o u r les b o n s
D u r i n g the e l e c t i o n d a y s following .
.yoeux q u ' i l "Lui a a d r e s s e ' s a l ' o c c a l e t t e r w i t h some p a m p h l e t s w a s Sent to
sion du renouvell6ment do l'annee..
all those ~xhoxx;ere.nominated b y t h e i r .
Translation :
a d m i r e r s to. b e l e l e c t e d a s P r e s i d e n t . : " " T h e C a b i n e t o f t h e K i n g Ires-been .Their n u m b e r was m o r e t h a n . o n e h u n ,
. r e q u b s t e d to h a v e t h e h o n o r to e x - d r e d : - - S i r ,
. p r e s s t o M r . M U h a m m a d S a d i q t h e . i-I c o n g r a t u l a t e you f o r y o u r being
b e s t t h a n k s o f t h e ' . K i n g for t h e ~ o o d ' n o m i n a t e d a n d . v o t e d f o r t l i e c a n d l d a c y
w i s h e s w h i c h h e s e n t h i m for":th'e . o f Pr'.esidency in this c o u n t r y . - . A l l
New Year.
-- the candidates cannot s e c u r e .the post,

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. but it.is p l a i n tfiat even being notfiin-.
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ated b y ~ n u m b e r of people is an. h0nC a h l e g r a m f r o m :.the P r e s i d e n t of . o u r . i n . i t s e l f a n d s h o w s y o u r p o p u l a r i t y
-Brazil : "
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. . . . a n d a b i l i t y - o f a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . ] ' o elect ~
1 o h g s 1 6 75 o a m - ~ - /
. .a-.ruler with s o - g r e a t p o w e r s a s the
U n i t e d S t a t e s " P r e s i d e n t h a s , shows
R i o D e l a n i r o - - - a n 17-21.-:
": " " t h e g r e a t confidence ifi:-the a b i l i t i e s
Mahmm'Sacliq,..
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ti'on, and i f a n a t i o n !ms no sflch m e n
A g r a d e c o r e t i r b i t o Votos b o d s
in i t t h e n i t is n o t w o k t h y o f its name.
I t i s ~ q u i t e n a t u r a l for- h u m a n i t y to
f e s t a s f e l i c i d a d e =ind-fiov0.
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have a head, a chief, a s u p r e m e r u l e r .
t
E p i t a e i o Pessoa.--" over ~t. T h e best Of Such Chiefs have

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b e e n those a p p o i n t e d b y t h e v e r y
Some~Apprediations
'
C r e a t o r of t h e U n i v e r s e . . S u c h w e r e
the P r o p h e t s , the H o l y M e s s e n g e r s
( a ) M m e . L. M. B a r b o u r , L e c t u r e r .
d
" a n d A v a t a r s a s : h a r ~ e d i n E a s t I n d i a . o f N e w Y o r k City, w r i t e s f r o m S w i t z T h a n k s to G o d .this age also seej~ e r l a n d , " I l o v e y o u r b e a u t i f u l religion~ .....
one'grbat Prophet' andMessenge~f..
I h o p e to: find t e a c h e r s i n I n d i a . I. . ".
God, ' A h m a d ; t h e R i g h t e o u s . o f t h e
w i l l n e v e r . f i n d : a n o t h e r like y o u . "
:.
East, some particulars of whose Mis( b ) . M r s : B i l l i n g s ( C a l i f o r n i a ) ""I
" sion ' a r e given: in: t h e L i t e r a t u r e e n =
h a v e r e a d t h o s e b o o k l e t s On I s l a m
"
Closed foi- ),our p e r u s a l . . N e x t to. t h e - it is a v e r y g o o d t e a c h i n g a n d ~ o u l d
Prophet- C o m e - t h e S u c c e s s o r s o f t h e
t e n d t o - m a k e people b e t t e r . "
.a
. . ~
P r o p h e t s w h o t h o u g h t a p p a r e n t l y d e c - . - ( c ) - Mrs.:. B 6 a s l e y ( D e t r o i t ) - - , Y o u
ted b y itlle, m a j o r i t y o f t h e b e l i e v e r s a r e doing, a . w 0 n d e r f f i l w o r k and. m a n y
J
are supported and helpedby the AIin D e t r o i t a r e waiting, to g e t y o u r - I
t n i g h t y in s n c h a ~ w a y t h a t n o .one c a n
Message. -.The F u t u r e f o r y o u l o o m s
doubt their authority.
S u c h - is t h e
b r i g h t - i n m y s o m e w h a t l i m i t e d Vision."
p r e s e n t Leader o f t i m A h m a d i a M o v e haent 3'His I-~zrat Mahmud?'
( d ) Mr. R . . S h e i b e ~ - - ( L o n d o n ) ~
W i s h i n g y o u good luck, I am, .~
-. " Y o u r r e l i g i o n must appeal, especially
w h e n o n e sees t i e m i s e r a b l e f a i l u r e o f
. Y o u r s sincerely. -M u f t i M f i h a m m a d Sadiq.
t h e r s ' " "- - "
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d o n o t realize, t h a t t h e y a r e e n t e r t a i n T o ' k e e p a N e w Y e a r ' s d a y .is no-.., i n g a n g e l s u f i a w a r e . "
M o s l e m c e r e m o n y , b u t j~Ist to Tespect
- (f) Mrs:. Probsthaine--"If the aut h e J[eelings of the p e b p l e i n w h i c h . w e , t h o r i t i e s ( i n " A m e r i c a ~ o n l y . h a d "
Izay#/ t o Work, I w r o t e N e w year's ? k n o w n w h a t a n acquisitiot~ y o u ~ a r e tO-.
Greetings- which were . turned: into
a n - - c o u n t ~- the- w o u l d h a v e w e l
Verse . b y t h e l e a r n e d M a d a m : R a h a ' c 0 ~ e d -'ouYias a y.c:tizen to ~ractice
tullah (Mrs..Garber);and
printed in i .
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green
c b l 6 u r , . i t Was sent. a l o n g w i t h i y u r , a e e t t S r ~ e m e ~ v Y : o n ~ .fl::rnldYe'r "oi
" some l i t e r a t u r e on I s l a m io all t h e
i,g) .2~
y .
,
K i n g s a n d Pres{dents i n t h e W o r l d ,
the M i s s i o n o.f L 6 v e c h u r c h ' w r i t e s : .
the officials a n d n o t e d m e n find w o m e n
D r . 7VI.' Sadiq,
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i n U n i t e d States, specially in Chicago. _
Chicago.
F e b . 7th, 1921.
F o l l o w i n g is a c o p y o f t l m t M e s s a g e :
M y Igear Bro,~o~t.her S a d i q :
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" Year;
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" A n d . may. you attain all".tl{e Blessings,-- h a v e b e e n a n d h o w pleaseff t h e M i s .. ~nay.dear, "
"
sionl of. L o v e C h u r c h h a s b e e n w i t h
Which. AIlah..the Gfaci0us has ~ordained
t h e lectures t h a t you have d e l i v e r e d
- - . to send,.
. .
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Thrtiugh Ahmad, t h e Guide,: t h e Pi'ophet,
w i t h -me Sunday.. m o r n i n g s .
Your
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the Friend
. - .....
. p r e s e n c e a n d .work has g i v e n a g r e a t
A n d his .Master and T e a c h e r .Muhams t i m u l u s to this m o v e m e n t f o r World =mad I', the E l e c t
w i d e h u m a n b r o t h e r h o o d , a n d I do
~,Vllo wa~ the I~rophet, the most perfect.
n o t k n o w w h e r e .we could h a v e Ob'. ~~.
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o t x-~ o. ~n ?t m
1~'~"~-~ o r~e n c y , k i ~ d l y i ~ r e e l y a n d c h e e r f u l l y rendeired
_ra..t:c,-' wuo~e. .- p r o p u e c y m a t . jesus:
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that the P r o m i s e d O n e . h a s a l e r a d y ap~ ~ ' " - " v e r y s m c e r e / y y o u r s . . . .
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SUNRISE

(h) F r o n t : Miss Mary" A m e l i a

(i) Mrs. Zeineb Eldeen, D o w a g i a c
H u n t , AurOra P o e t L a u r e a t e and au~-our letters are a h v a y s x:ery welt h o r of " T h e Uni;,;ersal Bible," '!Sol- come, as f r o m t h e m y o u r o w n excelentitle Life," etc:
lent p e r s o n a l i t y em.anates: 'You are
on a Glorious Mission and Allah will
To:
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n o t let y o u fail.
T h e Editor Ri~view o f Religions,
Q a d a i n , India "
AhmadiaMoslem
Mission News.,
Dear Sir :
. . . . - ..
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AbroadHaving 'attended s o m e Of the -leeOUR
Missionaries in L o n d o n - a r e
tures delivered in C h i c a g o . by the
m a k i n g good p r o g r e s s i n securlearned :and eloquent speaker. Dr.
.
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Mufti. M u. h a m
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hgaon
o f Islam, t h e Great
M o h a m m a d t', and .the famous Cl{am- - M o s q u e , city b r a n c h and parks., l-'r01pion of Mohammadanism, the .Profess0r N a y y e r in W e s t e r n A f r i c a has
p h e t A h m a d o f Blessed , M e m o r y ; I
~ained 4,000 n e ~ souls for the B l e s s e d
feel it m y d u t y to s e n d . m y t h a n k s
Q r d e r . . H a f i z Ghialant M u h a m m a d
to t h e I n d i a n Moslents-.for sendhas created a strong, w e l l - i n f o r m e d
f o r c e of A h m a d e e s in Mauritius.
i n g so brilliant: attd able M i s s i o n a r y
O u r Ansti:alian Missionary,. H a s s a n
to o u r land. D r . : S a d i q explains the
faith of I s l a m jut.such a reasonable : M u s a K h a n , has sent a M e s s a g e to
the n o t e d p e r s o n s on t h e Continent.
wa,y, a n d in s o - l u c i d a n d forceful
l a n g u a g e , t h a t an iittellectual per-. N e w Missionaries . a r e . b e i n g s e n t . =
from" H e a d q u a r t e r s to Chinal .)apan,.'
son feels well satisfied a n d - q u i t e
e n j o y s h'is" talk. I n w r i t i n g t h i s " I ' Greece. T u r k e y a n d :Ai'al)i~i.. ~i'he "
a m expressing-- the feelings "-~of numl)er- of those b e l o n g i n g :to .the
A h m a d i a M o v e m e n t g u i d e d b y tllei~
gratitude from fire American-literary
public who :has llad the .opportunity o f H e a d at "Qadaia.n iS n o w :about 700,=~
hearing t l i e ' D o c t o K I n h i s , s e v e r a l 0 0 0 a l l o y e r the World.
s p e e c h e s / d i d riot'heaCa single'word
A c c o r d i n g t o - t h e latest news o u r
with WhiCh I, could not fully agree,
dear br0ther, noble Mr. F. M. S a y a L
Some o~f the. Title. s o f ;his popular .after .two-years,
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of
. illustrious work. in
Lei:turers and Serrnons are'..---':"un:*-,,y ...~'~'kand.
. ~.mscalled back to I n d t a and
~ A u ~ I . . . . . . . r r..; . . . . . . 1 c~:_:2 ~c . Was t ~ s a f l f r o m England on June 11, "
I s l a m " ; 'q~Iohammad, : t h e Master
lyZl.: 51r. ~ayat gamed a g0oa n u m ber of able and learned persons to o u r .
P r o p h e t " ; "Zoroaster o f P e r s i a " ;
faith, but the b u i l d i n g o f a n A h m a d i
"Confucius of C h i n a " ; "Ki'islma o f
Moslem
M o s q u e i s tile specially grand
_ India" ; '~Aiimadl the P r o p h e t , o f . t h e
D a y " ; " Q u r a n t h e Complete and Final. work of his second a~isit to the British "
I.sles. He w a s . t i m fouiider-'of the
L a w . . . . . No Religious ~Vars"~ "'-'o
A h m a d i a Moslem Mission in: E n g l a n d
tinuance of. Revelation" ; "Live and
during the days of his first-visit to that
_ l e t . L i v e " ; "Serve -God and .Humankind. M a y A l l a h protect him and ;
ity,,; " K e e p y o u r faith above the
world" ; " B e Brt)ad-Mindi~d" ; ~'Practi~ keep him safe a n d succeSsful~x herever "
lie goes. :
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elusive son of God:"
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Virgin. ,Birth

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L M O S T all the Laws o f Nature

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subject and as a ruler, as a priest'and "

--as a statesman, as. a son and as a
father, a s abachelor and as a husband,
as a.husiness man and as a Coma
mander;of f0rces~" therefore he is th.e_-..
greatdst"of all-~(Allah's blessings be
upon. liifll, and.., al'l~lte~.. Prophets). " "

within-rules and no-one can claim t0

-know all of them; There w a s . a time
-in-thehistor) o f the pl~net,.when there;
wag, rio [0rni of man!Festaiionof.life'
NEWS AND-NOTES
on: eartli,.
Whence came the fi.rst
f o r m s 0 f life! From the word .of
. " : L o c k . U p Churches
God, wht~ has all p o w e r to generate.-: A S reporte~i in the Ne~,- York
.']'here a r e two laws" o~" Creation a t - . . ~ :
"
" " 28, 1921-, t w o ;
\~Orld-of
Feb.
-least. Tile male a n d feniale principle ,
clergymen, Alfred \ V . Martinand law of Partenogenesis or produc- and L; J. Kopaid, pleaded from their.
tign by ax, i r g i n . I n zoology a patten- pulpits for t h e l o c k i n g up of
ogenetic-fenlale~produCes its:kind f o r - churches: " A l l the people of the.
one or more generatmns without o r d P earth have sought to find God, but
natS sexuM intercourse. A n d such i n tile way of eacli a~d every one has
some women. Tliere have b e e n m a n y failed: Tile way of the Jews has
bdrn of vir~n recorded in. file sacred f a i l e d . . "i'he was;: of the: Christian
histories of different-religi0ns.~
has failed. The:.way of the Catholic
Tiffs s y s t e m prevails n.ot only in" has failed. T h e w a y of the Pro.testm e n . a n d animals, but e v e n in " t h e ant has failed. T h e y . h a v e failed,
Vegetable kingdom.
AmOng birds, : a n d f a i l e d i ~ i o b l y . "
"
heil s:are seen l@ing out eggs w i t h o u t :
Certainly t h e y h a v e faile& T h e
lmavingbecax with a rooster. -"
futu?e hope o f the w o r l d now lies
A m a n i s not good Or b a d holy o r i n the Spiritual powers granted by
profane On accoufit Of;the way he i s : A l l a h t 0 the N e w D i s p e n s a t i o n of
born.- M a n is responsible' f o r h i s ' - I s l a m in t h e Ahmadia Universal
actions and.not f o r t h e tliings'.out o f ' :Br0therhood.
'!!is c o n f r o l . Vv~e.ai;e not sinners be=: " - / .-..-- -.
t cause we a r e b o r n . o [ sinful p a r e h t s . . i
. H e l p. .Help!.!
.
"
l~very ~-child"is . b o r n . sinless and a : !. Religious- propaganda against
natural birth.-Exefiiliegtimatechild- lain and Muslim nations in this~
r-en a r e .as good :iis others;. ~;s the.sin countrx~ require a s t r o n g defence b y - lies with tlm parents and not,with t h e - "l~ublislling a n d free distribUtion of
child.. It.is not ;thelconceptioO or birth " Islainic .pamplilets" and. leaflets :in
, th~tt m a k e s one Divine or,,/Devilish, miliions:all over the country, i canAll .the .men including Pr6ph~ts..JestiS :- n o t do'all I Want to do and I ought,
and i\Iuhanfmad, gradually awakened t ~ d'o for Want'~of.funds, May Allah
t o their! d0nsciousfless~ in. whatever inspire some'go0d hearts to help me.
.-way their.birth Was~ <
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Prophets a r e - o i : two k~nds. " (~1)
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Those who bring a. code Of life like
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MOSES and Mtihamnlad P. (2) T h o s e
"
A LIBERAL SOUL
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x('ho do not bring a n e w L a ' w but fol- . All t h e : M o s l e m S generally and
.low, support and fulfil t h e p r e v i o u s Mr.. Muhanunad K a r r o u b specially
.imeL-su~h w e r e J e s u s a n d Abroad As ." x ; e r y highly a p p r e c i a t e the help
, .regards-the.
.
Plrb;hethood, riley, are.all.. r e n de r e.d b3;. ..Mr T h e o d o r e H. D e - "
~'msed by G0d. so we do not-make any. g e f i h a r d t the/Cofitractor arfd Build~lifference in tl~'em. All inust be.be- er, o f : 13~38 \Voodward Avenue.
lieved andrespected. ]3ut ixs t~egards Highland Park in the building w o r k . :their works, Mul~annnadPhaving been o f the Mosque. - Mr. Degenhardt !
.the P e r f e c t - E x a m p l e r in .all pliases"": has taken gr~eat interest in' and
of life in p0verty.and richness, as a worked vet\, hard for the Mosque

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w i t h o u t t a k h l g a n y a'cmtinerations
for t h e w o r k done b y lfim,.as he con- s i d e r e d i t his s a c r e d d u t y to a s s i s t
.in tlae building, o f t h e s a c r e d tern'pie.of I s l a m . \,Ve t h a n k h i m . a n d h o p e
a n d p r a y t h a t G o d t h e .-\lhfig!uy
will g r a n t h i m r e w a r d for this.
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5~ 1921.
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Moslems

Celebrate Feast
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.Moslem d e v o u t c o n t r i b u t e m o n e y
for c h a r i t a b l e w o r k on t h e f e s t i v a l
day.
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- ~.lufti M t f l m n m u t d c a m e to .Det r o i t s e v e r a l n i 0 n t h s a g o to o r g a n i z e
iil t h e lo~:al A l o s l e m c o m n m n i t y a
c o n g r e g a t i o n of t h e A h n m d i a m o v e m e n t . Which h a s a s its l e c t d e r - t h e
I'ropl~et. A h i n a d of Q a d i a n , ' h a i l e d as t h e p r o m i s e d m e s S i a h , . n m h d i a n d
h i , I v r e f 0 r m e r . T h e p r e s e n t h e a d of
the" m o x ' e m e n t is l - / a z r a t M a h m u d .
T h e MUfti Con:es f r o m I n d i a a s a
nnsslonarv" '
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: ~ ) S L E M S " o f D e t r o i t will o b : .. . . . .
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s e r v e T u e s d a y a s tim fii'st.
F r o m Det.roit Free P r e s s o f J u n e
d a y of i d - u D F i t r , w h i c h c o n - 8: 1921."
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t i n u e s t h r e e d a y s , " a n d is o n e o'f t h e
"
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most solemn festivalsof Moham" M o h a m n a e d a n i s n l . h a d its d a y . in
m e d a n i s m . A p a r a d e a-t~! P- m. f r o m
I ligh.land P a r k
:Tnesda;),. : F r o m
74 V i c t o r a v e n u e , to t h e M o s l e m
e a r l y in t h e m o r n i n g , w h e n s e v e r a l "
m o s q u e a t 949 V i c t o r a v e n u e led b y . h u n d r e d o f
the faithful knelt in
. Mu'fti a'luhan"amad S a d i q , .Mo.~ielh ' p , : a y e r . .
i "
. . : t ~ : . " .i - - . ;
sheik, will b e p a r t Of t h e p i c t u r e s q u e - T h e p a r a d e ).was ~ h e - o u t s t a n d i l l g
ceremonies"al~ t l i e " f e s t i v a l Opening.
f e a t u r e : T l i e - h a l f / ~ h 6 u r of p r a 3 . e r
T h e line of m a r c h w i l l . b e on- \ : i c t o r
was c o n d n c t e d b v D r . M u f t i : M o - '
and Woodward avenues and John
hanalhed .Sad!q,"a_n_d..HfiS w a s f o l - '
- R s t r e e t , in t h e ~,,icinity 6 f . t h e n~wl o w e d .be_ a s e r m o n bs~ Hussien,
ly dedicated mosque, Constructed IQir0ub.
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bv ' Mohanamad Karoub,. :wealthy " .
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- l~ighland park reale~tate man:
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I d - u l - F i t r . is a p e r i o d of- rejoicing.
Resolutions )-. f a v o r i n g p r o h i b i t i o n :
a m o n g Moslems,-.whelal all M o s l e m s
-were rejecfed by t h e A n g l i c a n ; C l i r i s t a r e bidden, to a s s e m b l e for p r a y e r ~ a n S ) n o d ' i n "Australia... D u r i n g t h e
-.andtisten
to t h e teaching:s f r o m t h e
debate R e v . \ \ r a l k e r - s a i d : / ' P r 0 h f l ~ i t i o n
K o r a n . , T h e pra:ver ritu'al iS Shoi:t, i s anti~claristian and the idea 0 f ' A m e r i - '
elnefly c o n . l s t m g ' o f s'~lent p r a y e r s . can cranks. \ t ' e s)anpatluze wtth Rev.
led b y t h e i m a m , , o r pra.yer l e a d e r . - " k V a l k e r as w i t h t h e gospels in l his
~. s e r m 0 n by" M u f t i ~adiq f o l l o w s
h a n d s c0ntainii~g t h e Minicle o f ' J e s u s
t h e p r a y e r . A q u a i n t , c u s t o m of .turning. w a t e r into ;wine to m a k e the
h a n d : Clasping is o b s e r v e d d u r i n g
people e n j , ? : d r i n k i n g h e c o u l d not
the d i s p e r s a . l o f the-, c o n g r e g a t i o n ,
x o t e f 0 . pr.ohibition. . P r o h i b i t i o n
- q r h e renminder~ Of t l l e openi:ug, festi- - really originates : With . I s l a m . w h o s e
val d a y is s p e n t in "feagtit]ff a n d . bool~--contains anexpress command-
merry-ma'kit)g.
. :
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m'ent a g a i n s t - d r i n k i n g .
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A t 5 a. m. T u e s d a y s e r v i c e s w i l l
.- "="=" . '
b_elleld- in t h e c o n i p l e t e d pai-t o f h e " :
A Secre t of Long
Life . .
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nex,. m o s . q u e : A: f e a s t w i l l f o l l o w
Charles B e n d e i : of G r a n d ' Rap~cis;~
tl.f.e s e r v i c e s . T h e f e a s t is to J~e p r 0- . 1 0 3 3,ears 01d d o e s n ' t feel m o r e aged
v l d e d b v ~.[r. K a r o u b , t h e b u d d e r of
than h e did' 4 0 ' years a g o ' " R o u g h
t i l e mos,iii.e.
: .... ,- "
living" s a y s he, "i~ougli living. T h a t ' s
T h e f e s t i v a l i s - s o t n e f i m e s called, the thing that makes a m a n sti-ong a n d
Id-i-Ramzan. the f~sting.festival, or
h e a l t h y , ; q'hat is what, h a s . m a d e m e
I d - S a g h i r ; the l e s s e r - f e s t i v a l . T h e live so 19I 1 g. ) )

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t h e p l a t f o r m o f a n a t i o n a l "assembly
w h e r e he p r e s i d e d o v e r t h e m e e t i n g . Corpse for. 14 H o u r s , P a s t o r C o m e s
He w a s highly educated in the w e s t to Life
ern qol:e land w a s a g r e a t a u t h o r i t y
D e a t h Certificate I s s u e d a n d B u r i a l
!n the civil l a w o f . t h e d a y , b u t n o t h . . . .
mg-~ould, m~
h i m c o v e r his f e e t . - Plans Made When Swiss
H e r e in- A m e r i c a I O c c a s i o n a l l y "
R e v i v e s
-.
come across a paragraph.in the d a i l y .
Geliev~t; M a r c h 20/ A . . c a s e .of..a p a p e r s t h a t a m a n w a s fined $ 1 2 . 0 0 :
" m a n ' s - - l a e a r t c e a s i n g t O b e a t for 14
(Rs. 50) beea~lse he w a s f o u n d b a r e " h o u r s antl t h e n r e s u m i n g w o r k i s . f o t e d s i - t t i n g 0 n the grass. H i s feet
.
r e p o r t e d f r o m - B e r n e , W h e r e a- pasd i d . h u r t a n d t6 g e t a relief f r o m the
..td'r of t h a t citv, Rev.- Mr. B a u d e n p a i n h e I m d j u s t t a k e n off his b o o t s
b a c h e r , a f t e r b e i n g officially declare'd a n d socks. B u t this ~xas c o n s i d e r e d
dead, s u d d e n l y aw0ke.i
b y the police an~l t h e j u d g e as disRe;~ B a u d e n b a c l i e r , a g e d 5 0 , a n d
o r d e r l y c o n d u c t . I k n o w o n e bo}~:
" n. e .a r t. t.r o .u n.i e . o t. l o n g ,-.
was , s e. n t to "p r i s o _n for u n c o v e r i n g
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- w.e. .r.e "n o o t h e r v i s i t o r s
a r r a n g e m e n t s were m a d e for t h e at m a t r~me. ~ , v n a t a c o n t r a s t of
f u n e r a l .anti S a t u r d a y ,s n e w s p a n e r s
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T h e c h a m l ) e r . b f d e p u t i e s in P e r u
a p p r o v e d a l a w w h i c h w o u l d legalize "
c l e r g 3 m a n m i f f b t li3,e mani3; 3 ; e a r s .
divorces i n . that c o u n t r y .
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vivication after.'lhe 'apparent deatli
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on-the cross.--(Ed.)
is, in m a n y p r a c t i c a l t l i i n g s , l e a v i n g
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T h e m a j o r i t y of. people i n Sout'h I n divorc'.es were g r a n t e d , i n C h i c a g o in
dia walk b a r e f o o t e d a n d t h e y n e v e r . - t u : o i n o n t h s , . j a ~ ;
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hers x:ow . t l m t t h e y will .ever w a l k - a n d ~New~.York t h a n .in a n y of the.
b a r e f o o t e d , as 0 n ! y in thi=s way, t h e Y . s m a l l towns. T h e people of the cities
t h i n k . . t b e i r l J o d i e s , can -coilstantl3r: a r . e living! in att age of l u x u r y a n d exr e m a i n i n t e u c h With electric p.gw~ "-.-tra~'agance. Tlie World has seemingly
ers from t h e fn-0ttier" earth,
i?'he:' go/ae' mad. I n Our o w n best society
ticed a j u d g e of h i g h COtlrt ill ~la-".-va-ee..is ignei~ed to such an extent t h a t
dras, a n I n d i a u k n i g h t o f the. Order* it .geeln~ to hav~ been stamped with
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T h e Atnericans. ar'~'~ller. and- Stouter than:, t h e Englls!l bui: n o t so. qulck-. - "
:.. T h e y do al! tl!6ir b u s i n e s s 0n t h e i r e x t f e m 0 ! y e x c e l l e n t teleplmne system, ' . " ~but are. slow" in. w r i t i n g work~., some:.pai-tg- o f . t h e i s t a t c s . a r e :fiucla colder
... tfian E n g l a n d , - b u t " t h e . A m e r i e a n s seem t o kfiiow b e f o r e h a n d ( w h i l e Englisia 'i
do n o t ) : . t l i a t t h e y h a v e to e n c 6 n n t e r t h e cold Weatli~0r.and-tllerefore~hev
. . . : p r O ~ i d e : f o r it.in time..q'iff~ hmises are b u i l t : t O be-Wellqfeated W/!~ht h e .
. heating, provisions inthe.l~a:~en{eiat a,i(l v e r y few:,ire., s e 6 ~ ~ g
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." ' : w h i l e i n " E n g l a n d - e ~ , e r y b 0 d y Seems t o be sneezing aiaLl ;,{'ipin~ his tX0se -
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in w i n t e r . . T l m w 0 o d -fvamew0tk housds ; i r e exquisite a n d : electric light :
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tlaelr beard . h u t keep . their, motistaclm, h e r e all "ar6undtl~e-cl.ean shave i.~( "
: the. fashion of t i l e d a v . , v e r y f e w k e e p n{0ustachi~S-and Very Seldom: a' f0reigner. ~[ew--iS seen With l o n g beal:d.7 .-A;I# dear~m~d ;r6sl, e c t e d . f r i e n d ; '
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