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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
 220  221

C. Selected List of Books on the MoslemWorld  222
 222  223  224

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




ILLUSTRATIONS.



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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

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Colored Map of the Moslem World

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Colored Chart of the Moslem World