New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-22
ISLAM And THE SLAVE TRADE.
ONE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER
MAHoMETAN TEACHING OPPOSED TO SLAVERY
THE THREATENED ANTI MosLEM CRUSADE.

To fhs Edtt0r or Thc rtDHHe'
Sir: Tho imputaion of some American journals tiat
Mabometan favor Of slavery is to be held accountants
eor tho recent death OF Major Barellot ane other
hostile acts I'm Africa is libel peculiarly unjust ~
ls p, that from the time when General Goraon issueu
his memorable slavery proclamation, tn@1 uooun'"'
has been the ground for the BELIEF mat Islam se''
ifs seal full in favor of that hated instituuoh But
IL Is equally that General Gordon han no uea Vi
o,u,~,b,t,nr 70 any such falIacy 1t merely suited
Lord Granve's purpose 10 make that interpretations
whom calling on the Christian powers to ala IN MS
civilization of the led Sea- he sought to enforce his
invocation by the charge that the justice oil slavery
* n doctrine OF the MOslem faith ana ichel oi
Mahometan political economy.
wbfls the ottention Of Europe has been given to
other lands the Mahometans have reached by the"
indefatigabe conQuests the very heart Oh coh'c"'
peopcd by negroes The opportunity OF "hoiesaio
capturo has certainly been given them, but while one
half of Africa has under this silent invasion, inc
invaders have not committed any acts which would
mark them as a slaye holding people We ma ica
sou for this I'm tie only IN which we need seek
fin the fact that slavery Is contrary TO the religion
of Mahome,. There is nothing In mat Religion W
Justify the enslavng of the negro and there Is acuay
more said against 1t by Mahometan writer's IMAM by
Christian authors. st. Paul returning tho runaway
slave TO Philemon, set forth the doctrine that every
one was to abide in his own calling, the converter
slave being the Lords freeman, and the converted iee
man being the bondservant of Christ.
Nabomet taught that humanity IS composed OF t"o
distinct races-the believers and the unbcieVerS' OF
the blessed and the cursed. The believers arc Vi
course the Moslems. The unbclieving accursed III
cIdc ,be negro. but also the Caucasian. 1t is doc
trnal for the blessed TO treat the cursor as III
fertors But such oppression, forced upon white and
itch alike is not that which we call slavery"
According to the Koran no person can be enslaved
e,cent after the conclusion OF regular battle fought
,n the conduct Of q war between believers anu IN
bcI,evcrsn Butt the Arabian prophet proceeds to
saw when the has ended, restore ueih N''o
prisoners) to liberty, give them up for fahsoIi'
Again I'm the IIadis, Mahomet says; - Inc "orsI Vi
mon Is he who sells men, In the 10th Sura he boldly
attacked the custom Of distributing widows as nei1
taces. When, in the Of tme the falthlul
neglected tho manumssion Of prisoners OF war Ma
bcmet taught that emancipation must DO lnsis'ou
unon as a charity Looked at I'm any light, thore ID
nothing in the Koran intoxicating or eAehua'ins s'
erv The history OF Islam shows the most ngia nc
gard for these unmistakable precepts'
Moreovor the converted slave finds place In that
history for not only has he been systenancay pu0o
on the Mahometan equality but he has time ana AGAIN
,0 ., tho HIGHEST state positions and that altogether
r,csnectve Of color or previous condition. Mahoh-
ee chief cartan was the emanclpatcd Zeid inc ntSe
Muozzin was the African, B'Ial the DghaznaVl' oSI
asty was founded by slave, SaOaHlarBn inc N'''
KING NJ Delhi the redOutable Koot Buddhan, was ah
ex-prsoncr Of one Of the holy wars. other ike III
cIdents might be cited, and that with inc oIuo''''
flat narallel instances are in Christian history
| L. rdio the Kizamat- Adaiat and the sadr-Diwani
low, vrero IN tho effect that the only legal slaves
| v,o tte holy war captvcs' or their descendants
Tho Indian Government recognized this from 'he NeiS
first Lord Auckland stating In bis Minute Oh '"e
! Indian Law Commission That al slavery Is eA-
/ cludod from amongst Muhammedans by the slric'
letter OF their own law Everywhere IN Islam per
conc contessnc the unity of the GOdhead cannot DO
made slaves No true follower OF the ffophe' Has
failed to observe this letter OF the Koran
There Is, however the Mahometan slave deaicr' uul
Ia te invariably a man devoid of any religion, ana
- esrocalIv renegade conc, rng tho true faith" lie
e looked upon by the sincere worshlpper win t"o
most unuttcrable loathing and scOrn The Mahoinoo1
/ mothers teach their children TO avoid hlm as thcy
would an evil enemy" On Sunday, the hrst gay OIL
July I was the guest of house In Alntao, SYRIA anu
the children showed little box Of coins Whioh
they were saving blessed act enJoihed ny tHclr
| mother. until thev should have amasscd enough to
free one Of the slaves held by man Of this CLASS
| This practice is common among the Mshche'ah
children: and indeed Of the highest OF the many
blessed ambitions Of pious Mosem Is the ransom
ing OF the slaves held by tho rcnegades Mahometan
slavery may be accountable FOR Major Bareuots deau
ard perhaps ere this for the loss Of Stanley but It
holds these IS Of a character worse man tna'
Of nfdels and m the exercise Of the true faith e2-
| tends 10 favor to them or TO their works.
The cessation Of the slave trado has long since
been made part Of the public law OF tho ottoman
Empire Caratheodory EfendI, writing to Belgian
paper in August last, says There are criminal ana
wicked men in all religions Have not Christian slave
holders been guilty Of mlsdecds similar 10 those I'm
puted TO their Mosem brothers in Africal And in
! what perchancc would Christianity and the doctrines
Of the Gospel be responsible for the horrors OF the
! Inquisitionl Probably not a single Moslem believer
| can be found who would dlsapprove the crusade
| against the odious slayehunter" Manifestly The
whole Mos,cnl world IS not TO be blamed because a
few who call themselves by the OF the Prophet
are dealers In slaves. Yet al this very hour, Cardinal
| Lavlgede IS going up and down Europe, preaching
| - ~ crusade against Islam on this very account
! IIe asks the determination Of Islam for this one
| reason lie has preached his singular crusade III
England and in Belgium. whore Leopold H. Is engaged
| In a project for the civilization OF Africa. which re-
I Cuires for It's realization cordial alliance betW,ei
has mt himself al tie head OF Tie movement founded
/ though Il IS on calumny against the religion tl
tbc 6neen;s ally the Sultan. In Brussels, the Car
dIna has addressed largo audiences in the cathedral
and through the columns Of The newspapers As
suredly an attack upon the Mahometan world IS pro
Mr. Allen, secretary Of the English Antl-sayery So
cley writes Cardinal Laviqere Informs me that hi:
crusade Is progressing very avOrably-more than
thousand volunteers having applet to DO employed Fl
any capacity for tho suppression Of tho slave trade
willie MANY hundreds OF thousands a francs have
been promised Mr. G. D. COLLECT, In reply, he's
said: Subscribe money TO send men into Africs
IN vou know what they mean 10 do there and III
you know that they viii not begin by insulting thos'
whose aid Is indispensable to the success OF that Oh
Ject." $500,
Tits year marks tie seventh centenary OF notable
crusade, but IT + 10 be hoped that In the sever
hundred years that have elapsed since saddns time
the Christian world has learned better than TO attempt
conversion with the sword. even with something ohr
than spccious prcteyt. There arr. from Java To 'h
/ Congo. ,hrcc hundrei millions Of Mahomctans wh
Will resent such conversion 10 The last man Nhlh
viii do well beware OF making IL blind for cru
SADIE against religion which rechons 50 many VaItl
defenders. u N H.
York, Dec. 81. 1888.
THE NEW sOUTH'S TOLER4TION FOR THE NEGR
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