contained in a recent number of the Islamic Review as follows:—
We wish his Lordship could have realized how deeply he was paining the hearts of many Muslims by this inaccurate statement, and also what share he was contributing in Living the axe to the roots of the British Empire. From him we at least had expected a foresight, a fuller grasp of the situation; for he was the Bishop of the Metropolis of the British Empire, the majority of whose subjects, next to the Hindus, who number about 245,000,000, unfortunately consists of Muslims. If he could not bring about mutual understanding and intelligence, good-will and tolerance, between the Muslims and the Christians—the two principal constituents of the Empire—then he ought to have at least refrained from making matters worse. We wish that he could have realized that tactics like these only help to rivet the fetters of prejudice every where. …" Would that the Bishop of London had realized how many he would be misleading, and how far-reaching the effects of these statements would be!
The rebuke is severe, but not one whit more than it should be. Not very much less indiscreet was Dr. Ingrain's eulogy of a particularly offensive and vituperative work directed against Islam by Miss L. H. Sawbridge. In this book the author pours contempt on Islam and vilifies
