Excerpt from The Christian Approach to Islam
The substance of this book was delivered in a course of lectures at the College of Missions in Indianapolis, Indiana. The original lectures have been thoroughly revised and rewritten. The extended discussion in the daily press and the many articles appearing in various magazines and reviews reveal the interest the public is taking at this time in the Mohammedan question. There is a real revival in the study of Islam on the part of the general public, and a new inquiry within the Church as to the Church"s relations and obligation to Mohammedanism in the face of the revolutionary events that have taken place in the Mohammedan world during the last four years.
The world war is having a more startling effect upon Mohammedanism than upon any other of the great religions. The three outstanding Moslem centers, Cairo, Mecca and Constantinople, have been in the heart of the conflict. The Caliphate has been overthrown and the call for a holy war rejected, while Moslems have been actively engaged on both sides of the great conflict. The old Mohammedan world with its boasted solidarity is no more. No longer do the nations of the earth, as for twelve centuries, stand in terror before the united forces of Islam. While Islam is still a mighty religion, it no longer is an international menace. Millions of Mohammedans will continue to believe in their religion and worship Allah, but few will persist in their dream of Moslem world domination. Through the only call ever issued for a universal holy war Mohammedanism made its supreme and final effort for national supremacy and failed.
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