The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-24
The PLACE o. THE ARAB IN THE MODERN COLONIAL
TON OF AFRICA THE POTENT INFLUENCE OF MO-
HANAlEDANISM In TIE ACHIEVEMENT Iberia IN
THE MOST AFFECT POVERTY In THE MIDST OF IN
COMPUTABLE WEALTH.

medan Influence. During the 18th
century Mohammedan Negro Dyn-
asty arose In the Upper Niger aud In
the Western Sudan One Of these
black kings made pilgrimage tn
Mecca, oblained from the high au-'
thorities the title OF Lieutenant
Prince OF the Sudan. He made Tim
bul<tu his capitol--it grew very rapid
iy and became the centre Of great
learning and mart OF commerce.
The grand son OF the founder 81 this
powerful Negro state became very
rich and powerful with every expand
Ing Influence in the Affairs OF North
Africa. Ishak- bin-solkya. the Negro ru-
Ter, attracted the rapacity OF the ruler
Of Morocco, who had driven the Por-
tuguese out. now picked a quarrel
with the Negro Monarch ana after a
bitter cattle the black ruler was de-
feated and the victors extended their
rule over his country There were
many changes In the ruiership Of
North Africa after Mohammendanism
gripped 1t through the centuries but
wMhether the ruler was Caucasian
Greek, Albanian or Negro, the religion
OF Mohammed dominated. During the
period from 1220-to 1910 North Az
RIGA lay entirely under the Islamic
power-but large numbers OF Euro-
peans and Asiatics colonized Egypt
and Mauretapia.
The Jews constituted powerful fac
tor in the political and commercial af-
fairs Of this part Of Africa--which Ia
fluence continued until the modern
Christian and European conquest of
the continent The Arab conquest left
the first to discover the Island of
Madagascar and make II known to his
tory; 1t should be stated also, that the
Mohammedan civilization OF Africa
was the first event that brought that
portion of the continent beyond the
Sahara and Upper Egypt within the
cognizance OF civilized life and his
tory. The Arab is also credited with
enlarging the food supplies of the
country-it Is said they introduced
possibly the banana they extended,
II Is claimed. the list " domestic ami
mails, the horse. the css the goat
the sheep poultry especially the
chicken among the native tribes. But
the direct and far reaching results of
drawing into the continent the Por-
tuguese - themselves only recently
emancipated from Mohammedan rule.
Both their language and their GUS
toilS dIt u5tu very IaIHely IN AIfiCu
today--in many parts it Is the COM
mercial language. II is due to Islanic
Influence that the Portuguese were to
advance considerably the colonization
Of Africa by the caucasian races which
now dominate the continent The
rulership of the Arab has been des-
potic, he believes in slavery and has
been constantly at cross purposes with
those who have labored for its abo-
lition. His civilization Is in many
respects superior to paganism--but HIS
religion is the most formidable bull
warlS to the spread of Christian truth
among the natives. The missionary has
much more inviting field when zeal
ing with the raw savage than with
those who have been inoculated with
the Mohammedan doctrine. But as
stated above the treatment Of religion
and missionary operations form an in
dependent part Of our discussion and
may be left at this point. We have
been concerned In the letter today that
we see the part the Arab has played
IN the present colonization Of our
fatherIand.