The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-22
NOSLEN'S POPE
SAYS CHRISTIANS
LIKE POLYCANY

Cbnstantinople, July 21.-1"The
Moslem is permitted to marry moro
than one woman under the strictest
rules and regulations. The result
is a general monogamy. The Chris
tian is forbidden to marry more than
/ one woman. The result is wide
spread polygamy and immortality.
If man and woman have made
mistake in marrying, why perpet-
uale the mistake? Perhaps each of
them could make another person
happy"
Such are two utterances of the
Shiek-U l-Islam, the venerated arch
priest of the 200,000,000 of Islam
throughout the world, in an inter-
view granted today to a commission
err sent to his highness by the Chi
cago Exam iner.
Never before in the thirteen CEN
turtles that have rolled by since Mo-
manned, Prophet of Allah, existed
has Shiek-Ul-Islam granted such
an interview.
Departs From Precedent.
Most remarkable of all, the Sheik-
Ul-lslam spoke TO no one who is not
a Mosem, of woman, of marriage,
of divorce, of the Koran. Never
was such thing known; to breach
such subjects to the head of Islam
had been regarded as the height of
audacity-as sacrilege.
Your highness," said I, after be-
ing admitted to the presence" eve
are anxious to be enlightened as to
lslam's present altitude toward
polygamy. toward the veil and
shawl which so many Turkish wo-
men are discarding, and above all,
toward the so-called feminist move
ment, whose fundamental purpose
Is to bring about equality of the
sexes; equal ty of opportunity for
women and men,
Islam is far more solicitous for the
welfare of the woman than any
other reli9icn." replied the prophet
of Allah. islam is earnestly anx-
ious to keep her away from the de-
PRESSING and degrading influences
and stru ggles of the street free from
e-"rl,ation with men, and to confinc
her within the precincts Of the home,
S the Lord ordained.
Islam approves of polygamy?"
/ ventured.
Expects Polygamy to Endure.
What | have said about the veil
Gn1 shawl applies with equal force
70 NGlyeamy," responded the Shoik-
Tl-lslam wsrily THAT is, polygamy
wHs devised by Allah thirteen CEN
t'rtes ago and 1t cannot be changed
nv til" transient within or division or
Erection Of men and laws.
When Ccd, in His infinite wis
dom, sent His apostle to this world,
Fc SO ordained that Arabia should
tho rNdle Of the TIVE Faith.
At th time, in Arabia, there were
three women to one man. The men
Of Arabia were accustomed to an I'M
restricted plurality of wives. Ara
bia is tropical country and as such
polygamy becomes a physiological
necessity. Our Lord directed that a
faithful man have more than one
wife; as many as four wives at Il
timc.
But he said Moslem must divide
his time and attention equally
among his several wives. If he goes
out he must take them all He must
buy for them exactly the same wear
ing apparel Even in the distribu-
tion of his affections he must not be
partial to one of them.
THESE are severe rules to follow.
What do they all mean? They mean
that Moslem who cannot fulfill all
the conditions laid down by the Lord
physically \ temperamentally and
economically, must marry only one
woman.
Tho Christian is forbidden to
marry more than one woman; the
result is widespread polygamy and
immortality.
"Our religion does not regard
with disfavor or as immoral the at
tent'on of a Moslem to another
woman, provided that he has fulfill
- oil bis duty to his wives am in
olined to believe that the world is
floating in the direction of Islam"
YOUNG CATHOLICS AT DETROIT.