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...Mohammedan philosophy, with its simple doctrine--"that there is no God but God, and Allah is his prophet"--is noble and deep. But it was this too great simplicity of religion which was responsible for the decadence of Mohammedanism. The Christian religion entertained a great hope for the development and benefit of the race, while the Allah of the Arabs was a stationary God. To the expansive quality of Christianity was due its widespread growth...
...promisef of future paradise in addition to present prosperity, secured for him many followers, Mohammed was a practical reformer and did not press the people too far. He took the chief of the tribal deities and elevated them to the position of omnipotent God. His Allah was based on the tribal theology, and hence the rapid progress of the new religion...
...various branches of science and art may now be taught, they are not likely to make much advancement among the Mohammedans. These people display an astonishing apathy and a total absence of the spirit of inquiry and research. They confide the secrets of nature to the supreme care of Allah, and consider it entirely uncalled for to trouble themselves about such matters beyond the extent required for their common wants...
...same time threw her my handkerchief, when, retreating, she opened a small window, and with a piercing cry of Phfessahouwhyte, was received by a younger Mollah within. I caught a glimpse of interior apartments, where the moon-faced houris of the Dhin's household reside, and, Allah al Akbar! Mahomet himself has not many such. By this time the Dhin appeared, and threatened that my connection with the body of Mollahs should cease if I did not immediately withdraw, but Alla Pajama, - God is Great, and I will yet pollute the tombs of their forefathers. My tablet can contain...