The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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laeaN bpppuHlegGHcs ~ tNtH hNlleVefs,
has I~rn esnahlef4nly lhlHa@i thFotah
The miesatlau ea,nai ~ me aitfactine
inh,irnca ~ TurApy, N seems thaf sven
CENTURY lhe nurafHr N Noalen Cgraaaiane.
C~herhSntsas, Abkhaaea and iahee4 N ao'iths
ea-tets R1suia waa ~ leaas hve tiiura -
lars" ~ N " now ~. tog, IN N" cNUsea
tho Str~am NJ voluntary emigration ~
rufh"y has N 1afe pears aaauHsef estfaof.
binary dluenstona Tia eslne tAlnR has
happened In the faltaa ~penlneula. Weiearn
that sinca The last Husso. Turkish var fnote
than a million Mohammeians from BneRla,
Srrvia and Bulgaria have emiarsted 10
Turkey. II IL natural enough that the
Mohammeian In regions where he used
IN 10 master cannot brook "a be treated on
an equality with the Christian Tdvas. who
formerly were subject 90 him, and eepecSally
where the Christian element which low has
aasumsd tho mastery " not distinguished
for charitableness and forbearance. Our
author points Out that the Muesulman Of
India or Algeria would not dream Of emigrat-
ing, nor even In Russian Turkestan, for. in
spite II IL hardness. the Russian regime
il preferable 10 the misrule Of the Amirs
Of Bokhara and Khiya.' t"i
Prof. vambery believes that II the Turks
we're expelled from Constantinople and
the Ottoman Empire were overthrOwn,
even In Asla Minor. the future Of the Mos
lens in Anatolia. Syria and Mesopotanhia
would find oounterparts In the present
condition Of their ooreligionists In India
and Algeria. In Asia Minor they have
nothing TO fear. he predicts, from Russia or
Germany. h outoom Of the formers
endeavorp in the Caucasus lie not encourage
ing for the Orthodox propaganda, while
Germany's intentions are so far Of q purely
economic nature. and the idea Of strengthen
ing German prestige by weakening Islam
Is unlikely TO present itself TO the German
mind. What no says about Anatolia he
would apply also in the main to Syria, and
with still more emphasis to Arabia. The
French and the English may in time ex-
tend their political spheres Of authority
in these parts, but 1t is certain that neither
Of these two Western Powers has religious !
aims in view. Neither can our author
foresee any danger for Islam in the future
on Persian soil for there the followers Of the
Shiite sect form a compact and greatly
preponderant force, only $1,000 confessing d.
the Christian faith among a total OF o.
500, 600 inhabitants. Prof. Vambery gives
reasons for believing that in central Asia
the Russian Orthodox propaganda will
have more difficulty in shaking the faith
of Sarts, Tadjiks and Osbeks than ID has
encountered in shaking that Of the Grimean
and volga Tatare- SO. too. with Afghanis-
tan. Whatever form it's political future
may assume. hereafter, our author is oon-
WINGED that the Mohammedsn faith will
there be ~safeguarded by the conservative
and fanatical mountainous. In India
1t is notorious that an energetic and con-
tinuous propagation OF Islam has long
gone on under the eye Of the English rulers.
In China the nearly twenty million Moham-
medan subjects Of the Celestial Emperor
are at present safe from all interference.
Nothing but Russian encroachment would
endanger them, and one Of the conditions
of the understanding reached the other day
between Great Britain and Russia ia that no
such enoroachment shall be attempted by
the latter country. In q word, the decline
of Islam's political power in Asia must
not by any means be looked upon as the
death blow to its spiritual energy. t.,d
To the question whether a renaissance
in the intellectual and moral condition Of
Islam can be brought about through tho 4
adoption Of Western'oulture, Prof. VamberyI
replies that the outlines Of such a coming \
transformation are already clearly discern-
ible in India, Egypt and also in Algeria
Especially in the two first-named countries
does Moslem society give unmistakable
evidence OF an intellectual awakening and
of a right perception Of the situation. Tho
endeavor Of thoughtful Moslems, in India
for example, is at present to rouse the ma
tional consciousness by trying to recon-
cile modern knowledge and free inquiry
with the spirit Of Islam. Prof. 'Vambery,
who speaks as an expert, holds that thisis not
a difficult problem, and there is no doubt that
in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
A. D., such reconciliation was easter ior
Islam than for medieval Christianity.
Attention is directed to the fact that at
Aligarh and at other places In India schools
nave beer established where European
branches Of learning and Moslem subjects
are taught together, a systematic effort
being made to clear away all obstacles
which have had a disturbing influence by
cramping and injecting the pure doctrine
Of the Koran. Under the egis Of the liberal
institutions Of Great Britain, an association
Of Mohammedans has arisen which, while
adhering firmly TO the religious unitarian
precepts Of the Koran, recognizes the neces-
sity Of a rhodernization and simplifostion Of
principles, thus becoming a mediIm
between East and West. We learn that this
school, the tenets of which are discussed
in the book before US, gains ground from
day to day. and that, thanks to the care
bestowed by the English on the educational
department in India. the association prom
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