Show M w x yi f fi I TM i I MOHAMMEDAN EDA N INDIA IN D IA GREAT AMONG OF CHANGES TI THE TIIE THE TIIE lEI PROPHET FOLLOWERS GOING ERS ON ON ONI I 1 I i j I II I IJ I 1 t s 1 i ST J h 4 I Ir 1 Y Vf J r r r a m I L I i il sc t 1 I A 1 fr j h I l tl 1 rl j s J i L Jt 1 l I I I c I I t C r I 4 l t j i 1 t 1 I t f i kt L J i iI f S f t t 0 t t L 1 I 4 I l I I 1 l I K I I t j J t 0 l i i 0 I 1 I 1 tie I i LI 0 I I C f 1 I 1 INDIAS INDIAS BIGGEST MOSQUE THE COURT COVERS FOUR ACRES THE PEARL MOSQUE I Ih They h um r Sl tv tw and roan One Fourth of n Tim Court Ire Are of ot and Inside ld Are ro Prayer 1 I Tim Tho of ot limo ho Photographed for tor The News l ewe by Frank Frnnk O n Carpenter u S 1111 Y tY t 1 gr gr sl 1 correspondence e I 1110 Surrounded by bythe b bD bythe the rhe mighty m ruins of or khar D I a ad Shah Jelan the IT man Jan emperor n of or Indias III I la 8 of ot the tho Mohammedan e of f i i write nt You Vou u nil all know how howitt toe itt M I gula ul c V this tide country six lx c t sven seven hundred hun J ur ago They fh n rt fed ged ed it Vt fm fr r m one end to tho Iho c or r en the and built lem F me f th most Ino l gorgeous JU M and m fortifications li V tJ i world 11 has hns ever seen een They or a great greal government and fur for torI I al na n Hi nl y j ruled As is AsI Ast I t tie the t e r of of f their remains I r rI Iter ita ter I al rate wr tc on loiter letter IH Is h hI Isu t u 1 t tV t r des i Tho Ia of ef India now flow number one onet t 1 h of It f the whole w lIole population 1 Wo 0 uro aro aroI i i timed named I t look upon Ulon India as Ila a n ali nIa li Ia of et the It Il is fe so no 0 but bul h It hEar Itta ta Ear ne M M 11 for every avers throw D j M os 01 uJ au n muscle rn and In inc In t r Nf f fi ii It he Is la the tho tranI s er f r H ke f t rm n II UK loll element elemont In the tho thoin in t f t I Lt 1 IN ml mil It If f a II clad civil war warf wurt f t I J j r the I ls he a II u rev gs the tho land from front fromer fromor or er enl tM t to 11 tt Iye r lui liaw c cr r of tho the ex ox x 1 rl if f M i lan India Tho rho fol foI I l twee wr cr f cl 1 j pr r are s a over th thi 5 i and In It onto he rr pr J r n it c they p are In III tho tin mn mil l kris There i ire re 6 all nil told tol l rr rJ i it la J t tre 0 than the entire tin In i of tho rho a 0 Grman empire It t Is le nl al rrt m t 1 tw twe e many m tn ny n ni as the tho Mohon ana of nt Turkey Arabia Palestine IH 1 ETIa ana of ot Ii i the Moi of tho world TIlE THE B MOHAMMEDAN I n WORLD T Two o r rt no there was nun n a 1 ro at nt CV Cairo which tr mt tl J c i Hurt number t her of ef followers of he tit In I it It nt at I A leads lead leadar K g Ij d tran authority makes maker I the 10 M and L I I have hale se t n 1 MU scat tirs which claim the ahe lie number nil all told lold a n as much ns its J 10 0 O Pulling It H at e I 11 h e on 11 tho II ho Fire Fifi slits side Id the he Indian In ar r r J re of ot the tho ther gm 1 r t n 1 ahead of home of t TurK lurk a Hi II rr who elm are nr and nj w wa cI art r It c c i como t those tho o of ofa ofIl tP I a Il 4 Tr Pere a II ar an 11 1 J various parts of Ater t I e c nn t inn only Oil about In has ha and we WEt have hae hn at nt least ot of a n million omen among g tl the tho a Morns Moros s of ot tho Ins Islands ls I found nil all oer over the Dutch l Last Iut ast ladles Indies They Th are In Borneo Sumatra and the tho There Thero ern moro more than of them In J Java Jaa a alone und and ono ends their mosques l throughout hout the th settlements menlA along tho the Straits of ot Malacca and about the tho Gulf Chuff of Elam Klam I The Tho kingdom of ot Slam Slain In is I to be bo but It has a 1 million mIll 1011 I r met Mo In Burma and an 1 I have havo seen thorn them praying with their faces toward t to ward rd Mecca In different parts part of ot the Chinese o empire Indeed I s as sur surprised ur to find no so o many of this thin re religion ligion lon In III China nil all told has haB front from twenty to forty tort million follow tollow followers ers of tho the prophet It has hns ono one pray province provIne men ince which contains another which has and another Altogether one fifth of the thu whole population of ot A Asia la laIx I Ix is I Mohammedan and they the form torm the tho ruling element In Afghanistan nelu Ulu Persia Arabic Arabia Syria Asia A la Minor lUnor and Chinese Turkestan I AFRICAN II A A to Alden Africa that Is a n Mohammedan continent In III that It has hall more moro Mo than members of any other othel religion Three or four yours oar ears ago ugo I went around the tho whole of ot Africa and an 1 I 1 was WIla seldom Idom out of sight wight of n a Mohammedan prayer rug rul Morocco co lam lias 1011 magnificent mn mosques mo lut and Imd In Algeria and aad Tunis there are fanatics who frequently endanger the tho lives of ot Christians Christiana There Th a ra are nrc tt t nil all along Illon tho the Niger and especially In the country about aboul Timbuktu of rite Iho Sahara has Ims thorn theta th lII anti Barbary has hall some of nt the most Intolerant n of ot t believers Egypt In is I almost nILe alto altogether gether Mohammedan end and in fact north of twenty degrees degree 90 per rent ont of thin the people say liB their prayers facing acing Mecca There Thero are aro In the tho Congo Free Pree state and others othere south of ot the tho l In both hoth northern and central Africa the tho Mo me alive Their religion Is In spreading from the Nile to toward toward ward l the Congo watershed It H Is growing In strength lr In to the tho th Niger basin and also In Herman Berman East Enst Africa westward from Zanzibar Thero Thera la Is a 11 great gr t unrest In Egypt nail anti I found I them talking of H R holy hn war the tho Christian In Morocco Algeria anti and Tunisia n WANT 1 GOVERNMENT S Thero There Is IH a bit big bl awakening of the tho In n India hula In III the tho re reform roo reform form Corm now I rOI they are aro asking for their full share In III tho limo council of ot the tho viceroy A delegation recently demanded five fin seats seatH In ht that council Gum us UH many man provinces tu to tubo tobe bo ue elected d b h by Mohammedan den dan voters voter and additional n Mohammedan elected l hy by y property a awell as II well troll ns n one to bo be 1 by hy the tho viceroy of ot It has hns al at already I ready rORd been heen he n decided to give hIe them abig a n abig big representation and arid train from now on they III C will u Ill auk ask for tor more nail ami moro morn of the office So Ho fur far the tho havo have been getting more than Ihan theIr hare altars and the tho feel foel It They rho think they th have havo been beon pounded b h by both bath the tha British and people of other othor religions religion without reason reMon In III a n recent ono of ot them thom compared their position an its like hike that of nf the Iho toad lORd In the tho I schoolboys fable tahle Fold Bald 1 the man titan to the boy ho h are you ou throwing stones at It Its only a n toad Yes Yell was Ill Up Um reply of the boy ho bo and anal Ill 11 tarn It to 10 Ii bo be a n toad load The orator claimed lIuI that the other Beets seitH ern trying to him the Mohammedan to be ho a tour Ho Iii claimed that this has ban born been thole action for years and concluded co e ei by b t r Y Baying that the Mohammedan toad like Ilk that th t of Shakespeare might yet t have hao a n pre dons Jewel In lt II Its head and IL It should be properly proper treated l EDUCATING TUB KANS The of ot India have havo practical practically ly I monopolized the thu th in schools They rhey are greedy greed fur tur education end and so SU sous soLie us Lie u II step atop to government They arc quick to 10 hum rn and an l they comprise the greater port of ot the tho E stu tu denta In lit time the government gt schools The Thu are lire naturally Illiterate It Is le a n principle of ot their that there thero is le nothing good Rood outside le the Kor Jor Koran an EIn and 1111 1 In the punt the only Incentive for tor or them to learn has hIlS been that they Ihl might aught read their Accenting lethe to le the thu best estimates about 90 PG 10 per ler emit cant of ot till the of Tripoli Al 11 1 gerla and Egypt g lIt cannot read r and und write The Thu are aro a all ull Illiterate tho the thoI I are lire almost an as bud bad and heroIn hero heroIn In III India DC G per pel cent of ot the thu cannot mad That In le I there thoro uru only four tour peri parsons In every overy hundred among them th m who can road read and write und mind that under the tau English govern goorn government government ment t in a n country countr Tho The have hae been discussing dis discussing cussing their since the Kussian war They Tho feel that It Is their o own oln n fault that they the have hae not a II greater i share harv In th the government The desire delro fur for education Is spreading Clamp Cheap ChII translations of ot the Ih sacred sacred books book miree being circulated and associations n fur for the thu Improvement mind and elevation of nf tho the are being formed The Tho Themore more lc are nr now sending their boys bo to schools schooL and many matey arc patronizing the tho Mohammedan col college lege Ige at Title Thin Institution la III sit situ 11 u about Tg is miles mil front from here In one line of oC the old cities of India It was WaR start started started ed 11 35 years ago ngo n an as a a small but hut It Is now an modern col aol college college lege giving a 11 degree of bachelor of arts It Il luis has a staff of h 3 an As a but hut Its trustees are aro and many of ot the professors lire are of that religion III In addition to the ordinary studies It pays especial attention to Arabic Arah and 1111 1 Persian Fenian and an l the tho students are uro carefully Instructed In the Mohammedan Mohammedan religion The Thu Koran In Is I read In inthe tho the chapel and prayers are arn enforced 1 the tho boys bos bowing owing I toward Mecca an as they tho ho hogo go through devotions The students are ar doled devoted d to tomo modern mo athletics athletic They Thoy pace haco a II cricket team which Is I one of the best brt In India and they the strain and tug at nt foot fool hall bail halland bailand and run upon on the truck Tho The college Is III Independent of ot tho government und mind it itIs Is to l largely el supported by b the contributions contributions lions of Mohammedan In addition to thus this school there oro minor institutions In some of the tho Mohammedan cities and the th mission missionaries aries arc are enrolling more moro and an 1 more In their schools hoots from year ear to year y lr This Thill Is III especially no so with the Y 1 M 1 C A which has ha bonny board boardIng Ing log clubs lu II and hotels In which and eat eal top together This means lacuna mui mud much h In a II caste country like India The missionaries toll tell me nIl It Is Ismore Ismor Ismore more mor difficult to lo convert tho the than tho the The are or the th stronger race mee They ire are better fed and better elter bred They Tho donot do donot donot not believe bellee Jn child marriage and they encourage noure the remarriage of widows Ido The most moat lt r of f them live In cities cites anti eat at meat Tim This majority of the live lle 11 in the country subsist upon vegetables n and have barely enough to keep soul and body bod together r The hate the tha and would start a religious war against them at any time If It the British should hould leave 1110 INDIAS I L BIGGEST 1 I have huv often otten been asked by hy Chris Christians Christiana tiana at hump homo whether the u a were or hypocrites or ur really be believed paved Iod In their th lr religion I ian can an you ou there thero IH la no doubt of If their belief The They h ha have M as 81 a faith as ue tie e have and RI are arc ar much lees levs backward b In III showing It When Ihen we wo pray pm we sneak n ik back of or the ham harn behind the woodpile or lr at nl least leant kneel kno l In our closets If It there thoro are ora others In III tho lino same room we may pray In bed The rho fh Mohammedan when the hour of prayer comes collies bobs down upon his knees In the open and l goes through his hll long devotions wherever wherever wherever ever h he may nitty b be You ou may ilia often see 0 trim him reading his hi the tho Koran while In his shop mui Inid you ou will till find 1 him praying pray praying ing everywhere If he IH is At nt all devout he ho goes goen to the thc mosque every or day Ia toll Ilm prays s thorn there In III public lie Ile alwa always s Cannes n before he prays und anti ml h hit takes taken tn off his shoos shoes b foro he lie Men upon the holy hOI floor hoar of his hU church He lie u s the stranger do likewise or requires him to put on nn over hl hlll hits shoes ho that the th sacred pavements may fin not lint be hp de tic defiled filed died d This is I what I had to do 10 when I went event with a high priest through tho the today although his hla told mo ate I r might ml ht keep kep my 11 hat on And ind this brings tn In the to 10 Indias great pst eat p t mo OU que 1 It Is III called tho the Jamma and It Is ii I situated here on the tho banks 1 of the tho on n a plateau u ot or reek rork between bd 1011 lo fort and tho the pity olty It t IH is something like MO EM years old aid hav having have ing been ho e n built by Shah bah Johnn the s man who erected nl the Taj Mahal at II considered the thc most mOl beautiful building of the Ih whole world worl l Tho The Jam Jamma JamIna ma inn Is ts I of ot n f red sandstone tone d 1 with white marble It his has h u three great domes dome and mighty minarets from tho rho tops of ot which the 01 Irana sell call the tho th boon hourt of ot prayer five fI times a n day It Is I e the biggest t mosque me lue In the thin world surpass surpassing surpassing ing anything In Palm Cairo or Constantino plo and larger than the famed Mohammedan Mohammedan churches of or Tho The Jam Jilin Jamma Jamm ma m n has hM 11 a 1 caved court of ot moro mare than four acres In front of ot It II and this Is III walled by b cloisters which run around l lIh Its Ih three the sides 1 Tho The or of the mosque Is I divided Into kneeling places of while white marble bordered with black In Each ElUh N fe large Ir enough h to t accommodate ono ant man upon uon his knees with spice space In front for tOI him hint to 0 bow his hl head to tho the stone All point fIut toward Mecca and ns as n I walked through the building I 1 saw 1 many man praying In the alcoves wor hll era eru were tn reading their IO oft off lit at atone t tone one ono side Ide a 11 crowd of ot women shrouded In white veils was wait sitting As A we o 0 walked through tho the high priest pointed 1 out tho the beauties of the tho trans hating tho the texts I of the tho Koran Horan it here hrc and there ther Ho Ito took mo me to the tho pulpit pul pulpit pit Ill which I is cut put out of or a I single block of ot solid Mild marble rind and as a special favor showed mile mo the tho greatest t treasure pos 8 NI by b the tho church hureh This is III kept In Ina ina a II vault nult of stone with numerous doors which are oro guarded by b two ed Id followers of ot tho th prophet At the direction of or the tho high priest lot t these doom duom were wro opened o l My 01 curiosity urlo II rose roso as key ko after key kc was used and when whon nt III last I was Willi shown hown n B casket 1 covered with glass glans I expected a n great r nt diamond or orsome some tomo collection of rubles rubies and pearls l I looked In und and f saw w nothing until his hJ holiness s pointed to a II single rough nA red wiry 11 hair In the till center Tho The hair sas waa about two to tactics Inches long Jong and no so fastens fastened II by b glue to 10 the casket that It stood straight up 1 I was wag told that it was a areal areal real hair from th the mustache of Mo |