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Posthumous Legends of Mohammed; how they were Produced—Ancient

Arabia and its Religious Systems—The Vale of Mecca and its Former

Uses—The Birth of Mohammed, and his Religious Associations—His

Temperament and Character—The Beginnings of his Prophetic

Mission—Jews and Christians in Arabia and their Influence on

Mohammedanism—Their Errors and Shortcomings a Help to the

Reformer—Strange Doctrines of the Christian Church in Arabia—The

Lost Opportunity of the Early Christian Sects and the Fatal Neglect

of the Surrounding Nations—The Nomads of Arabia specially Prepared

for Conquest by their Manner of Life and their Enlistment as

Mercenary Soldiers—The Question of Mohammed's Real Character—The

Growth of his Ambition and his Increasing Sensuality and

Cruelty—Blasphemous Revelations in Behalf of the Prophet's Own

Lust—Discriminating Judgment Required on his Career as a

Whole—Mohammedan Schools—Noble Characters the Exception—General

Corrupting Influence of the System—Its Conquests in Northern

Africa and in the Soudan—The Early Races of Northern Africa, and

the General Deterioration of the Country—The Piracies of the

Barbary States—Civilization in Modern Egypt Due to Foreigners—The

Bloody Ravages of El Mahdi in the East and the Fanatic Samadu in

the West—The Testimony of a Secular Newspaper

Correspondent—Professor Drummond and Henry M. Stanley on the Slave

Traffic and Mohammedan Civilization—The Alleged Missionary

Operations of Mohammedans in West Soudan—The Account Given of Them

by Bishop Crowther, Schweinfurth, and Others—Canon Taylor and the

Egyptian Pashas—The Effects of European Education—Palgrave on

Mohammedan Intolerance of To-day—Mohammedanism and Temperance;

Exaggerated Accounts of it; Proofs to the Contrary—R. Bosworth

Smith's Protest against Canon Taylor's Extravagant Glorification of

Islam—His Plea for Missions.