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...still eloquent propaganda if pretty hopeless theater. It is easy to see why it was one of the first works burned by the Nazis when they came to power. Laid in Jerusalem at the time of the Third Crusade, it offers a setting in which Christian, Jew and Mohammedan can hardly help being at one another's throats. But by restricting them to purely verbal combat, Lessing has them end up in one another's arms. The noble-minded Nathan rids the hot-tempered Crusader of his intolerance, the keen-witted Saladin of his doubts...
India will be left in a disunited, chaotic condition by any move for independence. Withdrawal of foreign capital will ruin the young country's economy, while cleavages between Mohammedan, Hindu and northern seats will destroy any vestige of national unity, the Professor emphasized...
...recognize that the present conflict is a great emergency where all men of character must stand together united," they informed General Douglas MacArthur. "We will disregard differences in religion between Christian, Filipino, Mohammedan or pagan. ... To all of this we have sworn on the Koran...
...expected that many more Mohammedan Moros, each looking forward to dark-eyed harem beauties in heaven for every Christian Japanese they killed, would join as fast as they could be sworn...
...Hitler. And anyone who wanted could listen to his radio and hear Axis propaganda. The Shah confessed himself a frequent listener to Japanese broadcasts in Iranian. "The Japanese," he said, "never mention themselves, but always talk of what Germany can do for Iran. They . . . invariably describe Hitler as a Mohammedan who is a direct descendant of the Prophet, and who was born with a sacred green belt about his middle...