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"] The motives which nerved the armies of Islam were a strange combination of the lower instincts of nature with the higher aspirations of the spirit. LY SENSE THE MOTIVES WHICH NERVED THE ARMIES OF HIS LAMP WERE A STRANGE COMBINATION OF THE LOWER INSTINCTS OF NATURE WITH THE HIGHER ASPIRATIONS OF THE SPIRIT
orders and manifestoes. The mission of Islam became one that only the sword could accomplish, robbery of the infidel became meritorious, and conquest the supreme duty it owed to the world.... The religion which lived an unprospering and precarious life, so long as it depended on the prophetic word alone, became an aggressive and victorious power so soon as it was embodied in a State.[40] [Sidenote: And by von Kremer.] Another learned and impartial authority tells us: The Mussulman power under the first four caliphs was nothing but a grand religio-political association of Arab tribes for universal plunder and conquest under the holy banner of Islam, and the watch-word, "There is no god but the Lord, and Mohammed is his apostle." On pretext of spreading the only true religion the Arabs swallowed up fair provinces lying all around, and, driving a profitable business, enriched themselves simultaneously in a worldly sense.[41] [Sidenote: Religious merit of "fighting in the ways of the Lord. DED SONS OF THE DESERT THE PROPHET WAS TURNED INTO THE LEGISLATOR AND COMMANDER HIS REVELATIONS WERE NOW LAWS AND NOW MILITARY ORDERS AND MANIFESTOES THE MISSION OF HIS LAND BECAME ONE THAT ONLY THE SWORD COULD ACCOMPLISH ROBBERY OF THE INFIDEL BECAME MERITORIOUS AND CONQUEST THE SUPREME DUTY IT OWED TO THE WORLD THE RELIGION WHICH LIVED AN UNPROSPERING AND PRECARIOUS LIFE SO LONG AS IT DEPENDED ON THE PROPHETIC WORD ALONE BECAME AN EXQUISITE AND VICTORIOUS POWER SO SOON AS IT WAS EMBODIED IN A STATE AND IN THE LEARNED AND IMPARTIAL AUTHORITY TELLS US THE MUSSULMAN POWER UNDER THE FIRST FOLD CALIPHS WAS NOTHING BUT A GRAND RELIGIO POLITICAL ASSOCIATION OF ARAB TRIBES FOR UNIVERSAL PLUNDER AND CONQUEST UNDER THE HOLY BANNER OF HIS LAMP AND THE WATCH WORD THERE IS NO GOD BUT THE LORD AND MOHAMMADUS HIS APOSTLE ON PRETEXT OF SPREADING THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION THE ARABS WALLOWED UP FAIR PROVINCES LYING ALL AROUND AND DRIVING A PROFITABLE BUSINESS ENRICHED THEMSELVES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WORLD
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