Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
MOSLEM FAITH
GAINS CONVERTS
English Nobleman One of Latest
to Espouse Mohammedanism-
The Religion Appeals to Him
ARE OVER 600 ENGLISH CONVERTS
Has Been Mosem Community In
England for Number of Years
Lawyer Bears Title of "shiek Of
the British Isles"

London-The British people some
time ago quit worrying about the un-
conventional doings of members of
the nobility. True, when the peerage
began to establish breweries, set up
grocery stores, and otherwise indulge
In the vulgar pursuits of trade there
was considerable perturbation over
these evidences of degeneration. But
as the signs multiplied year by year
the public apparently became more
or less reconciled to the inevitable.
Hence, only momentary annoyance
was manifested when Earl Russell
few months ago, by joining the Fa-
bian Society, publicly proclaimed his
adherence to the tenets of Socialism.
And no unusual shock was experience
ed last month when the Earl of Sand
wish, presiding at the Inauguration Of
clinic of psychotherapy in London,
not only confessed his belief in faith
healing, but boldly asserted his own
ability to cure certain diseases with
out the aid of medicine or surgery.
BY this time English folk were
| prepared for almost any new depart
ure among the supposedly most con-
servative collection of human beings
in the world. But quite naturally
there was some curiosity as to who
would be the next to break loose and
what might be the nature of his par
ticular lapse from conventionality.
| They didn't have to wait long. Roland
George Allanson Winn, Lord Headley,
fifth baron of the title, who has a
seat in the House of Lords as rep
resentative peer of Ireland, came to
the front with an announcement that
he had been converted to Moham-
mechanism. A few years ago tlfis
would have been a real thriller, but
the news of his lordship's confession
of faith aroused less interest than the
accompanying information that there
exists in England today we'll or
ganized and exceedingly active pro-
paganda having for it's object the
|
There has been a Moslem COM
munity in this country for number
of years, founded by Liverpool
lawyer named Quilliam, bearing the
title of "Shiek OF the British Isles" :"
But is was only with the arrival
from India about a year ago of
| Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din as a special
missionary that the work of pro-
selyting Britishers to the religion of
the East began seriously. 1t is
claimed that there are now more
than 600 native born English men
and women living chiefly in London,
Liverpool, Manchester and Edinbor-
ough, who have espoused Moham-
mechanism and that the number is
steadily increasing. One of the first
tasks Kamal-ud-Din set for himself
after reaching this country was to
restore and refit the Moslem Mosque
at Working, which has now become
the headquarters of the faithful in
England.
1t was largely through the infiu'
ence of this Islamic missionary that
Lord Headley, who far many years
had made a close study of Moslem
doctrines, particularly during his
term of service as a civil engineer
in India, was led to make public an
nouncement of his conversion Ka-
mal-ud-D Din, who forsook lucrative
law practice in India to carry Mo
hamets message to the rulers OF
his people, was frankly jubilant when
interviewed at the Working mosque
concerning the results of his work
1t would require only few more
conversions among the British law
makers, he contended, to put an END
to the sedition in India that is caus
ing the British so much anxiety
these days.
Lord Headley is our brother
welcomed in Mecca at any time. Il
he should go to India-which / hope
he will do-he could do more fol
Great Britain in one short visit thar
10 viceroys could accomplish in {
, life time"
|
. lam, he said is the matter of poly
gamy. 'It is true that Islam allows
polygamy," he declared, "but onl!
In exceptional cases or circum
stances In India not more thar
one Moslem in thousand has more
than one wife. None of the con
verts in England has espoused poly
gamy, nor are they required to-"
In explaining these reasons for hi
conversion Lord Headley said: 81
Is the intolerance of those profess
ing the Christion religion that NOR,
than anything else was responsible
for my secession. Mohammedan
may feel sorry for those holding
to other beliefs, but they do no
condemn them to everlasting dam
nation because of that fact Th
|. purity and simplicity of the Nc
hammedan religion, Its entire Tree