Mahomed, the second sheikh, was declared by his father on his deathbed to be the long expected Mahdi, whose advent had been prophesied by the original founder of the Mahommedan faith. The prophesy declares that a great Mahdi will...[p. 383]
...courage; in pluck, endurance, and daring they have been tried—severely tried—and they have not been found wanting. But what I maintain is this, that they, like any other warlike and manly race, would infinitely prefer - and is it unnatural ? - the rule of one of their own faith, race, and colour to that of a white-skinned infidel from another continent, whose every idea differs so radically from their own. The inference is...http://books.google.com/books?id=V_RXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380
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The Geographical journal: Volume 16 - Page 124 - Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - O. J. R. Howarth, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1900
Egypt- The Senussi. Nineteenth Century 47 (1900): 400-412. Threlfall. Senussi and his threatened Holy War : a Warning. By T. R. Threlfall. Account of the origin of the Senussi sect, and forecast of the probable schemes of the present leader.http://books.google.com/books?id=_DAMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124
In New Zealand as a child I learnt that Moslems would kill me because I was not a Moslem...
I thought everyone knew that..
When I immigrated tio the US 40 years ago I found that theere were Americans who didnt know about Moslems...
Maybe I should have told them what I knew...
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