Word: mohammedans
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only effectual action will deprive Turkey of sovereignity over Armenia.- (A) Disorders, such as the present are inherent in Armenia's subjection to Turkey.- (1) Armenia is Christian, Turkey is Mohammedan.- (2) In collection of "farmed taxes" hereditary hatred finds expression in revolt followed by massacre.- (3) Hope of aid from Russia and the Christian world encourages Armenians to revolt and-(4) Turkey is glad of a pretext for massacre.- (B) No efforts of the powers have been successful in terminating these disorders.- (1) The treaty of 1856 was followed by the Bosnian massacres of 1857, by the Lebanon...
During the Mohammedan government at Bagdad, science made great headway. The Arabians were essentially a scientific people. They invented a new branch of mathematics, algebra, and were skilful in chemistry and astronomy. Constantinople became the greatest seat of learning in the world. With the fall of the Turkish Empire came the Renaissance, and Greek learning was spread throughout Europe. It was accompanied by a decay in morals which pervaded the whole social organization. This explains the hostile attitude which the church took toward the New Learning...
...mind the self-sacrificing of men for the life of others, - Esther interposing herself to save the Jews, or the engineer standing by his engine as it rushes on to certain destruction. This spark of heroic fire which is in men is God-like; and Jew or Christian, Mohammedan or Pagan, who can look death in the face and say, "Where, O grave, are thy plagues," is victor over death and is redeemed from the grave. Jesus Christ was such a martyr, for he interposed his life to save his disciples. Christ's life could not be destroyed by physical...
...which they were members. The two hundred and thirty-four slips which were filled out, are divided as follows: Protestant Episcopal, seventy-two; Unitarian, sixty-two; Congregationalist, forty-two; Baptist, fifteen; Presbyterian, seven; Methodist Episcopal seven; Universalist, five; Jewish, four; Roman Catholic, three; Lutheran, two; Friends, one; Mohammedan, one; "Christian," one. Twelve men were neither members of any denomination nor inclined to favor any one in particular...
This perhaps applies to the Mohammedan Koran, for this and the Bible are the two great religious books of the world and have made their way into the household of those who follow the Mohammedan and Christian religion respectively. The enormous influence which both these books have wrought ought to secure our undivided study. The Bible, it is true, was a Semitic book-a book of the Jews, but later it was reshaped by general Greek influence and also reinterpreted by the advancing thought of the ages. Professor Tov said that he referred especially to the English Bible...