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IN June s. one-eighth Of the
people Of the Notwithstanding
vast numbers OF war-like Moros I'M
FER the American flag in the Philip
nines-will mourn the death Of al
Arabian camel driver named Mo-
manned. who was gathered 10 his
fathers on that day, 800 years ago.
For this son OF the desert founded
= greet and powerful religion, which.
with fire and sword. has been
spread over nearly half Of the earth
and today numbers go. 900. 900 fol-
lowers. Moreover, he changed the
course Of history and results Of that
change still are being felt after
thirteen centuries.
The crusades of the middle ages
we're undertaken against the MOS
lens. who denied Christians access
10 the holy places Of Palestine. As
the result Of that warfare, Europe
came in contact with the Saracen
civilization Of the east. which gave
us our present-day arithmetic, al
zebra. certain sciences, and such
commodities as sugar and cotton.
Columbus might not have been
enabled TO discover America If Fer
dinand and Isabella had not nm
ished their conquest OF the last
Moslem kingdom in Spain and
thirsting for world power after this
victory. agreed 70 back the needy
adventurer in 1892.
The World war might not have
happened If. for 400 years Euro
mean powers had not been quarrel
ing over lands once held by the
Moslems
Fx-King Alphonso XIII Of Spain
still might be on his throne II It
had not been for SPANS unfortu-
nate set backs in fighting the Mo-
hammedans in Morocco. one OF the
causes Of the recent revolution.
II NGLAND might have peace in
T. India today il it we're not for
the stubborn attitude OF the 10000
600 Moslems there. who are insist
ent that no form Of self govern
ment be given India which does not
contain assurance that Moslem
rights will not be drowned out b.
the 300 900 900 members Of the
Hindu faith.
General John J. Pershing might
have remained an obscure army Of
ficcr and never commanded the A.
r. r. II he had not won early fame
bv his crushing defeat of the fierce
Moros OF the Philippines, causing
President Roosevelt to promote the
46-year-old captain over the heads
OF S62 other army officers and make
him a brigadier-g general.
And so the shadow of this camel
driver who founded Mohammedan-
ism extends through the dim CEN
turtles Of the past down to today.
TN less than a century after Mo-
i hammed's death, powerful armies
imbued with the faith he had
taught had carried fire and sword
into many countries-soon Syria,
MeSopotamia, Persia. Egypt, runs,
Tripoli, Morocco and Algeria we're
converted to Islam.
The movement spread across the
Mediterranean and made Spain a
Moslem country. It flowed through
the Pyrenees and threatened France,
until stopped by the great Chris
tian victory won by Charles Martel.
It spread east into India and I'll
tered into China. Arabian traders
carried it to the islands of the Pa
cific. Converts grew by millions.
For centuries. Spain had a splen-
did Moslem civilization, which kept
alight the lamp of learning when II
was almost quenched by the rest Of
Europe. Under the Mogul emperors
there were brilliant reigns in India