The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-19

900 gods to give tha,n NE Hin.
are some sects which hats .aa-s
IN the PunJah there is or. ard
man who claims to be the -, .S 2
OF the Mohammedans a. MESSIAH
against modern education les
that the day Of resurre~+ ..~ SAYS
hand. s e..
In general there are aN-o...
sects among the Mohamme5ar~ many
Ihllseldlls. Mohammed told -. 7
lowers that after he died III. -a-
would be divided and seZ.-, son
sects would arise. Their .r ...ee
nan this IN the Mohammet.- re
IN INDIA the four principal s-n.... -.
the ~Sunnites, the Shiahs. tn W. go
and the new progressive sehurr v""S
is / nfavor OF education and ."4
everything modern. It : f~--
Last school that the chief unrest
The college at Aligarh reIress.
and among its members mr..
who belong TO the various 49,
leagues and Moslem agitato-s >"
The Sunnites and Shiahs ha<. r.--
been the most prominent .
throughout the Mohammedan u.~.I
The Sunnites acknowledged II. 49,
our caliphs to have been the --h,r.T
successors of Mohammed. where
the ShlahS claim that Ali. the cousin
and son-in-laW of the prophet. ~e...5
have succeeded him. There ar. -.~a-
thing like $4,000. 900 Suurlre, .r. the
world and only $1,000 Sh5au~
AS to the Wahabis, they dir. the
Unitarians Of Mohammedanjem They
claim to ave the purest relt1sor and
to found their faith not upon saints.
but solely upon the Koran and Mo-
manned. They do not WORSHIP the
tomb of Mohammed, and when tney
a nfIraH hn1inn ahaf1t % la-+sr ~
they destroyed the relics and stripped
off the ornaments Of that saerg. spot
There is another sect here known
as the order Of ASsasSins. Wh.h is
also found in Arabia and Persia It
was instituted by q mahdi nlu .p-
peared at the time of the Nfust5as
and who believed in political u>@.s-
sination as a cure for various ills
What They Believe.
In the main, however. the l.8an
Mohammedans believe much th. same
as their brothers Of this r"eIelua IN
other parts of the world THY. be-
lieve in one God and His prophets. If
which the chief is MOhammgo. They
have faith in predestinatiou eff good
and i'll and think the day Of .l4g-
ment will come. They heloN. IN
angels and witches and devils The
81 SiS t' y d. WA -
by Gabriel. Every mar has al angel
upon each side of him at all Tunes.
Each of these has a note boots ana
he writes down the good and tn. i'll
that the man does at the time ne
does it. The recording angel off tho
good stands on his right and O.. .NII
on his left, and when the M"b"w"e-
dan spits he always splits to the left
AS to the witches Of genii, tho. are
much like those described IT, lrs
Arabian Nights. They are mad" NJ
fire and can sun all s"t'- III
All the MohammccaH- "'-
lieve in them and that they -.. IA
the mountains which ~sUrrouI. the
world.
The Indian Mohammedans give
credit to most Of the prophets Oh HE
Mohammed said thpIs were
prophets and Over ..0
apostles; among the latter We're #a@ VII,
Abraham, Moses, Jcs-- ""i
Mohammed. They rank Jesus au|""7
the greatest Of the prophets a'+ t@.
erence Adam, Noah and AbraE@" ~
They believe in Jo=-= u-t
their prophet Jesus is differout .'..n
our Savior. According to then. lie
was sent to reveal the Sospe- T.. '.'4
and He foretold hat Moha. .".i
come. They do not .0.'Ee
that He was crucified, but th"t ~..',--
man was put in His plaee "'. 81.
miraculouslv taken to hra"'.
last dav He will come a2a. .""
break the cross and make m"
forms. He will reign as q hi'#
time and then die and be hur-@. ."
the tomb of Mohammed.
The Nohan1Inedan t"I.
I wish l could describe tn" II"
hell. The Buddhists ha..
Of ice and bells of fire, and w.
certain heIls believed in h} I"
nese in which the devil saw u.
godly to pieces. The he'll Of
hanmedans is Of fires kept .
men. The fatter fA'
more fire he makes Tor
The clothes OF tn"
are burning pitch, and Their
are varied by the continued.
IF scorpions, serpents ami .s'.
lies.
On the other hand the Nj
heaven is q garden Gil