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Passages from the Koran were quoted, prophesying the coming of the Kaiser as the Savior of Islam. PASSAGES FROM THE KORAN WERE QUOTED PROPHESYING THE COMING OF THE CASER AS THE SAVIOUR OF ISLAM
r, as if by magic, the whole country became Germanized. In all the mosques, Friday prayers were ended with an invocation for the welfare of the Sultan and "Hadji Wilhelm." The significance of this lies in the fact that the title "Hadji" can be properly applied only to a Moslem who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca and kissed the sacred stone of the Kaaba. Instant death is the penalty paid by any Christian who is found within that enclosure: yet Wilhelm II, head of the Lutheran faith, stepped forward as "Hadji Wilhelm." His pictures were sold everywhere; German officers appeared; and it seemed as if a wind of brutal mastery were blowing. The dominant figure of this movement in Palestine was, without doubt, the German Consul at Haifa, Leutweld von Hardegg. He traveled about the country, making speeches, and distributing pamphlets in Arabic, in which it was elaborately proved that Germans are not Christians, like the French or English, but that they are descendants of the prophet Mohammed. IM AND ABUSES BEGAN IMMEDIATELY MOREOVER AS IF BY MAGIC THE WHOLE COUNTRY BECAME GERMANIZED IN ALL THE MOSS FRIDAY PRAYERS WERE ENDED WITH AN INVOCATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE SULTAN AND HADJI WILHELM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE TITLE HADJI CAN BE PROPERLY APPLIED ONLY TO A MOSLEM WHO HAS MADE THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND KISSED THE SACRED STONE OF THE KA BA INSTANT DEATH IS THE PENALTY PAID BY ANY CHRISTIAN WHO IS FOUND WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE YET WILHELM TOO HEAD OF THE LUTHERAN FAITH STEPPED FORWARD AS HADJI WILHELM HIS PICTURES WERE SOLD EVERYWHERE GERMAN OFFICERS APPEARED AND IT SEEMED AS IF A WIND OF BRUTAL MASTERY WERE BLOWING THE DOMINANT FIGURE OF THIS MOMENT IN PALESTINE WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE GERMAN CONSUL AT HAIFA LET DWELL VON HADDEG HE TRAVELLED ABOUT THE COUNTRY MAKING SPEECHES AND DISTRIBUTING PAMPHLETS IN ARABIC IN WHICH IT WAS ELABORATELY PROVED THE GERMANS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS LIKE THE FRENCH OR ENGLISH BUT THEY ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
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