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Going down again I looked through the two book-cases and found
books like Paine's “The Age of Reason/' Renan’s “Life of Jesus/’ and
on the table a copy of the “Freethought Weekly/’ The mission was
organized in 1921 by the same Indian who erected the mosque in Detroit,
but when Islam in Detroit became defunct he shifted his activities to
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Chicago-as containing more negroes, so the leader infoi^ned me. I went
[ -jWay with some vivid impressions:
1—The appeal to race prejudice is a real appeal,
I x: 2—The pastor of a negro Baptist church half a block away scarcely :
? knew of the existence of the mosque and knew nothing of its activities. \
»iV Each convert is addressed by an Arabic and Moslem name,
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i V,| append a copy of a tract given to me. On pne page is a transcript
' of Islamic ejaculations and prayers,, transliterated into English letters
/ and also translated. On the other page is the following:
islam : \
' * The Religion of Peace .»
t’. - Islam means “PEACE.” “Verily the religion with God is Islam,“ says the
t Holy Koran. A Moslem is one .who accepts Islam, which is.the religion of
all the former prophets, including Buddha, Rama, Moses and Jesus. The !.
z : L Master Prophet Mohammed is the founder of Islam. One cannot be a •«
• Moslem unless he accepts all the messengers of th$ world who came to this
world for the reformation of mankind, therefore, a Moslem honors and re- \
'-** '. apects all the Divine Teachers of the universe. t
* •-*. Holy Koran is the final, perfect and universal law which satisfies tho needs
of nil the uution* and ages and it was revealed to tho Holy Prophet* Mu-
- hammed, for tho guidance of man. Vedas, Torah, and Gospel were also
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-VHoly Books, but they wer^thncly and national. . ••
|-=X--V>:A Moslem believes in the unity of God, in His angels, in the life after
l- death, in the judgment of his deeds and trusts in the boundless mercy of *
CP - : Allah. One of the practical obligations of Islam is to say five daily prayers
: to God.
’ . - As God revealed to the former Prophets so does He even now, one of the
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living examples being in the holy person of “Mahmud,” the blessed
. successor to the Promised Messiah Ahmad,. founder of the Ahxnadia
Movement in Islam.
• - INVITATION TO TRUTH
We hold our religious meetings and services every Sunday at 12:00
-- o'clock at ..................................................................................
All welcome. Questions, visits and correspondence invited.
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“AL MASJID”
Moslem Ahmadia Mission
4448 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.

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The Board closed its fiscal year April 30, 1927, with a
deficit of $32,346.14. Four friends have sent in $1,000
apiece since that date and a few smaller gifts have been
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received, toward the deficit. Unless this burden can be
removed before October 1st when appropriations are made
for the following year, it will be difficult or impossible to
maintain work on its present basis. Can theTriends of *•
the Arabian Mission do something to meet the situation?
Checks should be made payable to the
“Board of Foreign Missions, R. C. A/'
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