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DELEGATES OF THE LUCKNOW CONFERENCE.
< struck in the opening address by the chairman as he dealt with the
unity, the opportunity, and the importunity of the Moslem problem.
The increasing number of Moslem adherents all over the world, the
well-nigh miraculous change in the political condition of the nearer
East, the social unrest and reform and educational development among
so many classes of Moslems, and the Church’s change of attitude to
Missions, all these are divine calls to action, and that right early.
This theme was reiterated in the discussion of the afternoon on
the Pan-Islamic movement. The paper on Turkey showed how the
whole tendency of the ITamidian reign had been toward this one
object. Intoleration, espionage, massacres, all were used to further
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. the cause of Islam. The Moslem faith was given every possible
encouragement, and the Christian faith every possible discouragement.
And although it might be thought that with the coming of the con-
stitution the two religions would be more on a par. yet the reverse
is the case. As a rule. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity means lib­
erty for the Moslem, equality among Moslems, and fraternity with
Moslems. And while in Turkey the Pan-lslamic spirit is shown In­
active opposition to the rival faith, in Africa the same spirit is shown
in active propaganda of the faith of Islam. Merchants, students,
mullahs, and even Moslem missionaries are exerting themselves to
their utmost to spread the religion of Islam among the Pagan races

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