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THE SWORD OF MOHAMMED AND ALI
Author(s) -
Zwemer S. M.
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
the muslim world
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1478-1913
pISSN - 0027-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1931.tb00829.x
Subject(s) - sword , creed , islam , symbol (formal) , race (biology) , ancient history , history , religious studies , theology , art , classics , philosophy , sociology , gender studies , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics
“Islam alone of all the great religions of the human race was born sword in hand. Islam has always relied on the sword, and for thirteen hundred years the mullah who reads the Friday prayers in the mosque wears a sword, even if only made of wood, as a symbol of his creed”. —Sir Valentine Chirol in Foreign Affairs , Vol. I, No. 3