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The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith

1896

In the hours of its political degradation Islam has achieved some of its most brilliant spiritual conquests : on two great historical occasions infidel barbarians have set their feet on the necks of the followers of the Prophet — the Saljuq Turks in the eleventh and the Mongols in the thirteenth century —and in each case the conquerors have accepted the religion of the conquered. [...] Morover it is not in the cruelties of the persecutor or the fury of the fanatic that we should look for the evidences of the missionary spirit of Islam any more than in the exploits of that mythical personage the Muslim warrior with sword in one band and Qur'an in the other ---but in the quiet unobtrusive labours of the preacher and the trader who have carried their faith into every quarter o [...] that in which the Prophet is presented to us as a preacher as the apostle unto men of a new religion.' The life of the founder of Islam and the inaugurator of its propaganda may naturally he expected to exhibit to us the true character of the missionary activity of this religion. [...] They realised that the triumph-of the new teaching meant the destruction of the national religion and the national worship and a loss of wealth and power to the guardians of the sacred Ka'bah. [...] When this was told to the Prophet he said This is the greatest of the duti n that they owe to God with respect to His servants.' And tl e proof of the universality of Islam of its claim on the acceptance of all men lay in the fact that it was the religion divinely appointed for the whole human race and was now revealed to them anew through Muhammad the seal of the prophets " (xxxiii.
philosophy religion
Pages
393
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142238
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Preface
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Chapter I. Introduction
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Chapter II. Study of the Life of Muhammad Considered as a Preacher of Islam
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Chapter III. The Spread of Islam Among the Christian Nations of Whstern Asia
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Chapter IV. The Spread of Islam Among the Christian Nations of Africa
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Chapter V. The Spread of Islam Among the Christian of Spain
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Chapter VI. The Spread of Islam Among the Christian Nations in Europe Under the Turks
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Chapter VII. The Spread of Islam in Persia and Central Asia
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Chapter VIII. The Spread of Islam Among the Mongols and Tartars
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Chapter IX. The Spread of Islam in India
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Chapter X. The Spread of Islam in China
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Chapter XI. The Spread of Islam in Africa
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Chapter XII. The Spread of Islam in the Malay Archipelago
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Chapter XIII. Conclusion
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Appendix I
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Appendix II
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Appendix III
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Appendix IV
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Titles of Works Cited by Abbreviated References
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Index
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