The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20
A DEFENCE or ISLAM.
A Mohammetian Declares BtgOtry Is Not
Characteristic ef Turks.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir. The
case Of your correspondent, Mr. Tomo Ssr.
gentich, whose letter appeared In yeur pa per
Of to-day. 10 to be pitied rather than despsed
because the error OF his judgment is due TO
ignorance Of facts and not 10 deliberate mis-.
representation. His conception OF the liberty
of tho press In this country is equally too low,
and falls short Of the real standard main.
tanned In this land Of the free, when no says
In regard to my letter: For in no other
country, ! venture to say. would such letter
be allowed to see the light in the public press
His fret mistake 10 that the Muslin,s pray
TO Prophet Mohammad as the Christians
do to Jesus Nothing could be more abomin.
able In the sight Of the Muslims than to pray
to any creature besides ore tue God.
His version Of the official prayer. unfor.
tunately for him. is also not authentic. The
true version OF the prayer. known by heart
by every Muslim throughout the world. and
repeated Ave times every day. Is as follows:
seek refuge In Allah from Satan removed from
grace. In the name Of God. the most compassion.
ate and most merciful Praise be to God. the Lord
Of all worlds. the most compassionate and moss
merciful tho King or Lord Of tho Day Of Judg-
ment Thee do We worship. and Of Thee do We
ask assistance. Direct us into the neht path,
the path Of those unto whom Thou hast been gn
cious not Of those who have incurred thy wrath
H. c.. Jews who rejected Jesus Christi nor OF those
who arc gone sstrsy Il. g.. CHRISTIANS. who wos-
ship Jesus as Godl.
What barbarism or cruelty to humanity
IL involved in this prayer OF the Muslirs? OF
course, there 10 q cruel cut on the tender
conscience of Christians. who insist on wor-
shipping a man God But It cannot be helped,
for Islam came to adjust the poeltion. OF
Jesus Christ as Z true prophet Of God, aud to
the y ns s ak' 'o'
IA regards false stories. II your GORE
spondent knew from what sources they
sna s.pS II En- staa
70 narrowing accounts that are circulated
81 s 70 81
si Ss o q the Maseisssn Incident. Is probable
that the American ships x 70 not l have
would have been saved from the trouble Of
giving an explanation that the cipher symbol
S S1 dsT, in ens Awe s se1s
Correspondent Of the Berlin Taos6iai and
such Like as gospel truths then Te must Ss
are murdered and the Russian monastery
Bulsaria herself is. like Turkey. = ,te sau
mopolitan clique Of financiers., who are aim
ing at hrin gins the finances Of both the coun-
tries into their clutches. like those OF Egype.
Political considerations Of sinister nature on
the part Of great Powers have set these two
neghbors by the ears. to weaken them both.
can assure your correspondent that 70
liaious bigotry has not been the characteIls-
there ia an imported article through the
agency OF Panslavism. Greeks ana Ar,
menians occupy important posts under the
eminent with all her boosted humanitarian
ism. does not give any such posts to Der IN
dian subjects who are equals OF the Engilsn
in knowledge and capacity. The Sultans
despatch Of troops to scenes OF disturbances
in Macedonia has the same object In view as
had the United States when troops we're sent
who were destroying railway plants and other
properties. -
MoHAMMAp BARAKATuLLAH
NEW YORK. Sept. 10.