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especially holy.
II reminded me Of a mosque which |
visited at kairouau in Tunisia. This
was built by the barber OF Mohammed,
who buried under its foundation three
hairs from the beard Of the prophet
The barber stole these hairs one day
while shaving Mohammed and carried
them about with him for the rest OF
his life. one he kept under his tongue.
another over his heart and the third
glued 10 his right arm. Upon his death
they were planted and the mosque
built above them. The Golden Pagoda
Of Rangoon, the most famous Buddhist
monument Of tho world. Is erected over
seven or eight hairs Of Buddha, and
down in Ceylon there is "A wonderful
temple which contains Buddha's favor
tie tooth.
THE PEARL MOSQUES.
Another beautiful mosque here is
known as the Mott Musjid, or Pearl
Mosque. II was built about go years
ago by Arungzeb. one Of the Moham-
medan emperors and II is the sister TO
the Pearl Mosque at Agra. built by
shah Jchan. Both OF these structures
are Of white marble eNquisitely carved
ana inlaid. That at Agra is perhaps
the most beautiful religious building Of
the whole world. Bnyard Taylor said
that II seemed to him so pure and
stainless and so absolutely perfect IN
revealing the spirit Of worship that ne
felt humbled 10 think that the chris
tian religion had never inspired us ar
ChiteCts to surpass IL. mis- temple 10
God and Mohammed IL OF the purest
white marble, with three great silvery
domes rising above Il. The court Is OF
marble squares, and inside are prayer
spaces like those OF the Jhmna MusJld
There is a great marble tank In the
center Of the court, and upon the walls
are inscriptions inlaid I'm black when
compare the building 20 pearl and
describe It's builder as the king OF kings
and the shadow Of God.
MoHAMMEDAN sECTs.
I find the Mohammedans here some
what different from those OF Egypt.
Turkey and Arabia. The religion has
changed greatly according TO the coun-
tries where it has been believed. Moros
are among the most ignorant followers
of the faith, and the same Is true Of
certain districts Of this country where
the people have mixed the principles
Of the Koran with those Of Hindooism.
In some villages the followers OF the
prophet believe in witches. They en-
ploy the llindoo astrologists to fix
lucky days for their marriages and also
pray 10 the HindoO gods 10 give them
sons. There are some scots which have
castles, and I'm the PunJab there Is one
led by man who claims to be tho
Messiah Of tho Mohammedans. He
breaches against modern education ana
says that the day OF resurrection IS at
hand.
In general there are about as many
scots among the Noham medans as tho
Christians. Mohamwcd told his follow
eI's that after he died the religion would
b. divided and 70 sects would arise.
There arc more than this In the Mo-
hammedan world. In india the four
principal schools are the Sunnites, the
Shiahs. the Wahabis and tho new pro-
grcssive school, which Is In favor OF
education and almost everything mod
crn. II Is from this last school that
the chief unrest comes. The college at
Augarh represents II. and among its
members are those who belong TO TIE
various Moslem leagues and Moslom
dgitators.
The sunnltes and Shiahs have Ions
been the most prominent sects through
out the Mohammedan world. The sun
mites acknowledged the first four caliphs
TO have bsen the r1ghtful SUCCESSORS OF
Mohammed whereas the Shiahs claim
that All the cousin and spn-in-law OF
the prophet should have succeeded him
There are something like $4,000 900
Sunuites in the world and only l5.oIooOl
Shiahs
As to the Wahabis. they are the Unit
tarans Of Northumberland. They
claim 10 have the purest religion and
to found their faith not upon saints,
but solely upon the Koran and Mohau-
med. They do not worship the tomb "
Mohammed. and when they captured
Medina about century ago they de-
stroyed the relics and stripped on the
OF that sacred spot
There is another sect here known as
tho order Of Assassins which Is also
round in Arabia and Persia IL was
Instituted by a mahdi who appeared at
the time OF the crusades ana who be-
lieyed IN political assassination as
cure for various ills.
WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
In the main, however. the Indian Mo-
hammednns bclicyc much the same ls
their brothers OF this religion In other
parts Of tho world. They believe ln one
God and his prophets, OF which the
chief is Mohammed. They have faith
in predestination Of good and IN and
think the day OF judgment viii come.
They believe In angels and witches and
devils The angels are legion and they
re headed by Gabriel. Every man has
an angel upon each side % him at all