The Islamic Review August 1933

The broad outlook of Islam as opPosed to the intoleance of the Christian sects the-learning and culture in the Islamic countries of the middle ages;' compared with the ignoran.0 aiid.:supergition of otherlands at that time the 246"HOW I CAME TO ISLAM logical theory of compensation as against the Christian idea of Atonement were a few of the points that first struck me. [...] A large portion of humanity —namely the Untouchables " of India—is still groaning under the tyranny of the last-named civilization but the combined evil of all has reached its height in European civilization whereof the guiding principle is selfishness seeing the strength of the powerful only in the weakness of the subject races. [...] The etoral depravity the class-war the economic upheavals the greed of money and of exploitation the jealous and fiery struggle for supremacy the callous blood-sucking of the weak the mutual envy and suspicion the relenless fight for the dwindling markets on the one hand and excessive industrial development and sweating factories on the other are all unhealthy symptoms. [...] After the miraculous Arab advance came the Persians the Moors the Egyptians the Afghans the Moghuls and the Ottomans etc.--all profitted from Islam—Ottomans the most. [...] EID-UL;AZHA AND FRIDAY PRAYERS IN THE EAST END OF LONDON The festival of Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated for the first time in England under the auspices of the Society.