Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-29
rio oryegbondcncc Of The Dcscf Nc5 5 Frank G catcar

The mosque of the barber Of
kalrouan IS situated outside the city.
II Is entered through a vestibule lined
with tiles and lacelikc carvings, The
minarct is faced with tiles and the
court IS surrounded by arc1des of white
marble columns. The huber's tomb Is
covered with black velvet and there are
ostrich eggs and other offerings given
by the pilgrims hanging above IT,
The grand mosque, another Mohamr
medan shrine Is situated Just inside the
wallis. I visited 1t yesterday by means
OF ms card. 1t IL one OF the largest
mosques OF North Africa. aud Is impos-
ing ana beautiful The building Is Of
rectangular shape, with a tall minaret
at one Side.
This mosque has arcades upheld by
marble pillars running around a court
OF more than an acre, with an immense
hall at one end The latter has a cell
ing of many arches. upheld by a forest
OF columns al marble aud pprphyry.
Tho walls arc decorated with Moorish
plaster work. go carved that IL looks
Ike lace, and also by mosaics Of mar
bic ana lapis laxul The pulpit Is OF
wood from Bagdad. and its panels are
carved win texts from the Koran
Wany OF the columns OF this building
We're brought here from the ruins of
Carthage. which city was taken by Sidi
okba lust before he bull Kulrouan.
THE MOl4AMAfEDANs.
This IS good place 70 learn spme-
thing about tho Mohammodans and
lheir religion. In North America and
Europe where one secs only Chris
tians. II is hard to believe that there
are millions upon millions who look
upon us as herctlcs and think We arc
ON the straight road to hades Every
man + see here considers me already
damned and FOR the past three
months ! have been travelling among
people who IN their souls call me
Christian dog and feel that they would
have sure passport to heaven II
tEcy could put me out of the way. /
have before nc the figures which rep
resent the religious divisions Of tho
world. and 1 observe that more than
onc-tenth " all the people on earth
are Mohammedans Here is the ac-
count In round numbers:
Total world population. 500, 100000
MOhamm edans ..,...+ iT5,O00,O00
Christian ,....t....t... bO0.OOO.OOD
Confucians ...,.,.. 100000
Brahmabs ....-,.-.,t. 2lA.OOO,p0o
BuddhiSts ............ 2l,U0p.pOO
Jews Observation-Disclosures. l0.000.O00
other religions. .,...... 1SS,o00. 900
This means that IL all the people
on this big, round globe could he col
lected together into one place one per-
son In every three would be a Chris
tan, either Protestant, Catholic or
Creek one in every five would he
"A Coufucian a Cinnamon with yellow
face and almond eyes: and one In
every seven or eight would be a dark
skinned Brahman from India One
In every 10 or less would he a Mo-
hammedan: and the rest would be
made up OF pagans, Jews, Taoists.
Shintoists and others.
The Mohammedans are scattered
all over North Africa, They form the
bulk OF tho population Of Morocco.
Algeria, Tunisid. Tripoli and Egypt.
and there are millions Of them in
the Soudan. There are about 10000
00O Mohammedans In India. Arabia
is populated by them. They form the
predominating influence in Persia,
Asia Minor and Turkey, and there
are millions of them in China and In
the islands of the western Pacific
ocean. We have n degraded Mohamt-
med sect In the Sulu Islands and Min
danao. and there are many In Borneo,
Java and in other parts OF the Dutch
Fast Indies. Jerusalem Is now held
by these people Mussulmans guard
the church OF the Holy Sepulcher. and
the Mosque of omar stands on the
sic OF NDiJHlpD lttIlplts
mechanism as a religion is increasing
rather than decreasing and whole
tribes are now converted at one time
In this African continent.
THE RELIGION OF THE PRO-
PHET.
There is no doubt but that the Mo-
hammedans believe in their religion
They teach charity and brOtherlY love
They preach against aVarice and the
lending of money at interest, and they
de not drink intoxicating drinks Their
faith Is quite as strong rs ours. and
they practise IL more rcligiously.
sec men at their prayers here every
day; they pray in their shops or out
Ia the delds; and in going through
the bazars one often observes the
merchants stud ying the Koran Near
IN every tIrhancd and gowned man |
meet carries a rosary on when he
counts his prayers as he goes over
his beads; and i've times every day [
hear the shrin cry OF the mueszin or