Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-08
lNmr.ern: d.rcl ilaniral P,eshs.s,ion |

| N'''N'' -h"ICA ID, looU.-lEc I:iE III f:IGn
! siosy re-; xaa lis hold upon tho ioysliy of III,
pe9p'c. Ii is st orc, religion, . po!itic |
economy, ard arh:loscphg. Iba Koran Of The
Mohawno!an is no. oDIy tic f.uasaiu, but tho
| measure SID llIl' OF ali uuj. l. crrendsrs
a2t &c ''u>h the worship Ct Father as Of o
Fac Il PROPOSES 30 s!tisly tho c:nscicrce
| T'ttcu. 20 ato1cmcu!. Ii demands five seasons
Ter srayc7 esca day. tut does not develop a
spAl:G:! l:'c. !ho paradise of tho Mahanus-
dan is lD kccping With tho Taste, and pursuits
OF Eia earthly tX,sierce-a la2h in wh;c:; "a
| ;.os iiSp0Es tEcuS Ives III groves ct palm and
sngGr cine, wfeta tho tlithtui ore retreshod
| Nl:h fruits and f)Wrrs and endless banul..s;
where pipes aEc cDliycc al i5ituM aud hnu!is,
At ii:c:i tlan.
wes pcatriuily inpT,std si,h ihe neaus
oy HhIcA the faith Ct The False Proptc; is kent
nl'Ve 10 the hears OF its professors and talir
zlsl enklndIcd ln its preparation everywhere,
when visited tho mosque " Azhar to sec the
great Moslen University, There arc between
three end four hundred professors, aud about
tcn thousand studentp, who CONG from different
rans OF Egypt, from Turkey, Syria, Nu5ia,
Psrsla ard various Muhammcdan countries
hrnugEout the world.
We entered By Wha: is called the cato OF the
Darbrrs, end the first detachment Of pupls
Consisted OF several hundred boys, who aro re-
qul;cd 10 commit tho Koran to memory. DR..
Lansing told roc that eomo of them could ro-
peat the whole Of it iron uegionirs to end.
Whet lesion is this to our Suuday schools at
home, where 70 little attention is paid to nom
or!zirg the holy Scriptures
We wcrc them ushsrcd into the Great Ccur!,
Whero the lor tcicg covered with mats and
esrpcts; each professor sits on tho hoor, his
C ass, vsrylnR from thirty to ity 10 number,
seated 10 circle around him. them under,
sIood the msauirg OF tho suss,go whrre Panl
tell US that he vas brought up at tho feet OF
Gamallcl. | stopped at tho outer edse Ct QUO
nt these circles aud watched tho professor o. ha
delivered his lecture, and wished that | cou.d
understand him. DR.. Laosing Informed mo
that ho Wss ono OF tho teachers Of rhetoric
Ills couotestc' was oDo Of great bcnevocpc,,
and his marocr wss very persuasive. He rsn-
My rocked to aud !ro as lie discussed his theme
nnd the students TO- we'd b;ck wards and forwards
ktcilrE time with bicl 10 tho movements of
tbclr bodies, Their attention was most marked.
lhry If, a1ently smiled at what [ supposcd
were hl1 good polpts or illustrations, and somo
sincs little murmur Of assent would run
rcand the clic:p. Not ono of them seemed to
notice cur preserc,, although We were cpIu-
pany ci foreigners, standlug over them ID O
dress as ou:lADdsh to them es theirs was TO us.
In 'nis u5'Vcslty young men ara prepared
Ter civil Ilia, but their lrslaing ia chiefy a re-
Si0uS CO.. The example affords great moral
leasop. D1nded though they may be, rhsr
Industry aud sell denial ara wUr;h7 Of better
cat-c. Irc7 sit on the fl)or, take their meals
q: food int artbclsDt 10 sustain iin, aud toll
mts. lanrIl .nsly 10 the mltat Of p,iys;ioas of
csng2 kind, and d. i. a c,rcfc!ly
Ehg prOcsIs IN :htS. s,haais rrcciv. n,
'.arics, but are supported bp AIMS or ti,cr an
i"dnsrY wien uo' eb2oeeL in iaachiss, while
thclr rGpls ara d2s,liu;e ,f Gonltor.s Of aoy
sad, nr. Schaif s:Ys: Tho smu!iairy aad
Eel Denial o; sha siu3cui liic is ssondc.iul Oar
;i"ce&'cl' stua a:a you'd aGa stand it y7aue. "
This university ia .tla sTos'es: p!opa: :aad:st in
-!itu;ioa Il tho wn:l'. It's objec: ia the ]iGu-
in 81! hjchamtHndani.m throughout Aiti.&
rni Asin, saA NJ ioEc as ); IS main.anct. The
lsEarl isi,h sill cIc!,au"i r. i;a :, cryai pore:
u !t:& wcGib.
Ia {! is c1aa>Gi;9! ! c,n1As os:i; gone m"H-
tlnn -; M fysticai c,rcmUh,esn ri the DrrviNhca
in he ngsupes q FL hkhar md liasr H. a.o
20 which Inre;goe'a aTo aGmitrnd Grc,y Friday
a::@;ioo:.. ino Er;t ct ,hese bio uu Is a lazy,
'!ioSy lr.k'ac fli!GiGg, into afIc,l tho visitor
desc Od8 !,g t IL SAT OF Ftcpa iIoIi tEe srrc:.
II bHa;ltc7i"T is . Il iof os polished wood FIJI.
r0codti b. o .alug, nn'aida 81 ~hich
strangirs ara permitted TO s:anl. Nii:cn
sc entered nh"u3 di2,u H;re:s:;sa
:9e,o s:su& tho ,or ir'iia itc r,!!, ,ircs go,
10 :: lu5c i!tlug .okc., irlm Gi,.c:i a,pcl;:: II
!orsa, dIab'cllo;ed ski:', d:lcecjirG h@Ia:a ne
knees. Ga TIC eastern ado tho ojils 1T tho
tsk,;s EaE Sia1C'cg CT carpesp4ic, cm3cia-
tst!, and s5strsctsd, with az sspcc. OF teop sad
ness le a gallery above us wsro !ono mrsi
csrs, Haoc, We could not sec, playing saI,
to'eIal air on heir rude instruments. Presently
piaiatiro voice wa9 hoard rccitins VIVA! took
to bo prayer c- chapter of the koran, The
st;icg DeT7i7bes occasionally bcwlug forward
toRard the fl)or. Thcn tie leader, who wo:o
tho green tu,baa-a sign that ho had made t3e
pilgrimage to MGcca-w2iked sicTiY to the c3n
trs OF the circle, AID the cthers rso and b,g.n
| ma:chiDg round mak:cg prOfouud rbeisanoa
ss thoy rassed toe sacred c'rp5t. Presently
| tho time CT the music tec,m9 quicker, and one
| by oao they c,Dtnencad 20 wh!r!, uolil finally
| they spun like tors en- their toes, their aycs
| closed. their heads thrown back aud their arms
| extended. Tneir rapid syratioas made their
skir,a cxpaod ia tho most extraordinary man
| r, AID ole gets dizzy and almost sick 10
Ha' caiog thts, sD!uoieg walters Whiiling, il is
said, at tie rake CT sixty revolutions q minute
| But this perloranca is nothing to what is seen
10 the Mosque k,sr el Ain, to shich VIC rcxs
hss.cued. There tho Hoalng Daryishss
disp'ay their fanatical dc7otioDs. About
fifty Ct them arrsogc tbemeeyes 10 a
circle, after the fashion of cur Indians 10
Var danca. Just outside TIE ring stands q
u'an II ho chants s1me Arabic exhortatiobs 40
com 9aeiad By Q performer on plsintive reed
tlatc. After awhile other musici,rs SQUAD the
darsbuskab Is funnel shaped drum with skin
stretched across the broad epd) AID the tam
BOURNE, and the Hca in the ring begin to bow,