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[66] Nor am I seeking to institute any contrast between the morals at large of Moslem countries and the rest of the world. NOR AM I SEEKING TO INSTITUTE ANY CONTRAST BETWEEN THE MORALS AT LARGE OF MOSLEM COUNTRIES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
 year as one would replace old things by new; but the women who have children are not sold.[65] [Sidenote: Islam sanctions a license between the sexes which Christianity forbids. The laws of Christianity deter men from carnal indulgences. Islam the "Easy Way."] What I desire to make clear is the fact that such things may be practiced _with the sanction_ of the Scripture which the Moslem holds to be divine, and that these same indulgences have from the first existed as inducements which helped materially to forward the spread of the faith. I am very far, indeed, from implying that excessive indulgence in polygamy is the universal state of Moslem society. Happily this is not the case. There are not only individuals, but tribes and districts, which, either from custom or preference, voluntarily restrict the license given them in the Koran; while the natural influence of the family, even in Moslem countries, has an antiseptic tendency that often itself tends greatly to neutralize the evil. NOT EXPOSED FOR SALE IN THE SLAVE MARKET THEY ARE ONLY MARRIED WHEN PURCHASED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE POORER PEOPLE BUY FEMALE SLAVES THEY KEEP THEM FOR THEMSELVES AND CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR AS ONE WOULD REPLACE OLD THINGS BY NEW BUT THE WOMEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN ARE NOT SOLD WHAT I DESIRED TO MAKE CLEAR IS THE FACT THAT SUCH THINGS MAY BE PRACTISED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH THE MOSLE IMPOSED TO BE DIVINE AND THAT THESE SAME INDULGENCES HAVE FROM THE FIRST EXISTED AS INDUCEMENTS WHICH HELP MATERIALLY TO FORWARD THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH I AM VERY FAR INDEED FROM IMPLYING THAT EXCESSIVE INDULGENCE IN POLYGAMI IS A UNIVERSAL STATE OF MOSLEM SOCIETY HAPPILY THIS IS NOT THE CASE THERE ARE NOT ONLY INDIVIDUS BUT TRIBES AND DISTRICTS WHICH EITHER FROM CUSTOM OR PREFERENCE VOLUNTARILY RESTRICT THE LICENSE GIVEN THEM IN THE POROUN WHILE THE NATURAL INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY EVEN IN MOSLEIN COUNTRIES HAS AN ANTISEPTIC TENDENCY THAT OFTEN ITSELF STENDS GREATLY TO NEUTRALIZE THE EVIL
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