The Moslem World

Research Report

THE MOSLEM

WORLD

by

Samuel M. Zwemer

1908

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Biographical Sketch of the Author
Samuel M. Zwemer (1867-1952)
(from the introduction)

Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer was a missionary for many years in lands regions west and northwest of the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain where two of his daughters are buried. He learned Arabic, became a master of the Moslem philosophy. He loved the Mohammedans and worked constantly to evangelize the Moslem world.

Dr. Zwemer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. In 1929 he was appointed Professor of Missions and the History of Religion at Princeton University, a position he held to retirement in 1938. Following retirement he taught courses at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Missionary Training Institute and at Biblical Seminary in New York City.

Note: See the Columbia International University biography of Samuel Zwemer for further information.

CONTENTS

PREFACE xi - xiii xi xii xiii

I The Great Arabian Prophet 1

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031

II The Spread of His Religion 31

031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056

III What the Moslems Believe and Practise 57

057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084

IV A General View of the Moslem World 85

085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

V Social and Moral Evils of Islam 109

109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134

VI The Story of Missions to Moslems 135

135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162

VII The Present Problem and Peril 163

163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188

VIII The Day of Opportunity 189

189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214

APPENDIXES

A Chronological Table of Important Events in the History of Islam and of Missions to Moslems 215

215 216 217 218 219

B. List of Missionary Societies 220

C. Selected List of Books on the MoslemWorld 222

INDEX 225-239

225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Page	Click for plate at 100 ppi
frontispiece	Mohammed (an artist's conception)
Facing page 35	upper: Extent of Caliphate Empire, 907 A.D. lower: Extent of Ottoman Rule, 1907 A.D.
Facing page 37	upper: Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem lower: Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo, Egypt
Facing page 73	upper: Pilgrims at Mecca lower: The Kaaba
Facing page 79	Moslem Pilgrims Going to the Tomb of Moses, east of Jerusalem
Facing page 91	Interior of a Mohammedan Mosaue, China
Facing page 117	upper: Outdoor Dress of Egyptian Woman lower: A Scene in Moslem Lands
Facing page 123	upper: Moslem Day School, Tunis lower: American College for Girls, Constantinople, Turkey. Class in Biology
Facing page 141	Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey
Facing page 155	Moslem Converts, India
Facing page 169	upper: American Mission Home, Cairo, Egypt lower: Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria
Facing page 175	upper: Hospital, School and Chapel, Bahrein, Arabia lower: Central Turkey College, Aintab, Turkey
Facing page 181	upper: Mohammedan High Priests, Leaders of the Constitutional revolt, in Teheran, Persia lower: College Football Team, Constantinople, Turkey
Facing page 197	upper: American College for Girls, Constantinople, Turkey. Class of 1907 lower: Assiut College, Assiut, Egypt. Freshman Class, 1907
End	Colored Map of the Moslem World
End	Colored Chart of the Moslem World