The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-12
TEE TURK AND HIS RELIGION.
A Mu.s nlman's view or Christianity and
MONA mime danish

To rBt EDITOR OF THE SrN SIR II u
gratifying 10 me "a Muslin IN this country
10 lind moderate views held in your columns
on the subject Of Turkey, while considerable
portion of yellow Journalism Is suffering from
highly developed fever Of Turkophohia.
When one reads something like Tho Turks
and their religion Of murder, &c. one is re-.
minded OF an Eastern story which IL lust
applicabe to the case, man saw the dev'l
In a dream, with stature graceful like that
of cypress and the face shining like the SUN
The man asked him why his likeness was
painted on the walls of the public baths 40
ugly and hideous The devil replied Ihat
YOU saw Is not my likeness, but the brush
Is in the hand Of my enemy"
Those who know the Turk aud his religion
know we'll that what We read dairy IN the
press is neither the faithful picture of the
Turk nor that Of his religion. but gr"teso"e
product OF heated imagination
The Eastern question. which perennlhiiy
crops up like the sea serpent. IL a pretty old
question and dates since the birth Of the
prophet Mohammed in 81 A. d. II Is the
irresistible logic and powerful truth OF the
tsnets OF Islam, which could succ issiuliy
compete vi n Christian creed whenever
grounds that made the leaders of the Christi an
Church during the last thousand years
Of the founder OF Islam and his religion. IN
order thereby to prevent the Christians from
becoming Muslims. espet lily In mediavai
deliberately circulated broadcast throughout
Christendom from generation to generation,
the deluse Of human blood that flowed over
Syria and Palestine for about two es centuries
the thea st ii Of the Christian Europe toward
Islam has been one Of social hostility ana
Since the destruction of Abbasid Khil1fett
by Mongol hordes and CONSEQUENT fratriodai
isuds among ne Muslin hngs 1se uh hs ADJ D.
vancement Of lteratures and sciences stopped.
and ignorance and letharEy prevailed I'm IN
MSsm Spon Mnsms
point the hitter left it,, Before the Muslin
all-powerfui and the division amonr Muslin
powers and their weakness afforded hu-
Iopeans an opportunity OF expioihng M4shin
Turks has been repeated a thousand times.
but still 1t has not lost its soothing influence
upon the eagerly Inclined 70 listen to IT ears ears
acquainted With the game Of European inter
national politics, know well that these period
zeal explosions in the Balkan peniptspsla are
who make these small nstionalties as their
cat "a paw to extricate out OF fire the chestnut
of their ambition. 1t is pity that the Amerl-
can fleet should be sent to Beirut to advance
the interest OF other Powers and encourage
the spirit of rebellion.
For thirteen centuries Christians and Jews
have been living In Armenia, Syria ana Egypt
under the rules Of different Muslin dynasties,
and there is no trace IN history that either
Christians or Jews were EVE, ever PIT TO aWGro
show how such ' r S in their past history in
regard to the Jews.
Those who run the sensational press IN TINS
times has Become ike big family: and 70
run down particular race because of the
difference of religion is not calculated to be
for the welfare Of the human race: 70 treat
three hundred million Musiims as II thG nave
does not reflect credit on those who do 1t.
1t is criminal folly on the part Of the Syrians.
who are safe here, to excite Their own coun-
trymen in Syria and fll them with false hopes
Behalf by denouncine the Turks. When a
mosque with 200 Muslims in prayer is blown
up with dynamite by Macedonian rebels
the humanity Of the American Journalists
does not seem to be touched. but W hen Few
hundred rebels are ked nn in af fsna we5 hrs
tians Massacred by the Turks. Why should
they not carry on an agitation against the
American occupation OF the Philippines II
they are true to their principles?
saved from the disgrace of blackmailing
Turkey at tho time OF her trouble by Great
ing imaginary grievances, as was done by
Austria and France to their lasting shame,
tool to the ambition OF some int crested parties
from among the great Powers Of Europe.
MOHAMMAp BAR AKATULlAH.
New YORK. Sept. 0.