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LECTURE II.—THE WEAKNESS OF ISLAM.

§ 1. Power of Truth. Often used to support Falsehood; as in Islam. § 2. Errors about Divine Nature: Master, not Father. Agnosticism. Allah defective in Holiness and Love. GOD a Despot. Islam not Anthropomorphic in doctrine. Deification of Power. GOD commands breaches of Moral Law. Sin. Moral obliquity of view. Reprobation. Fate. Meaning of Islam. § 3. Muhammadan ideas about Prayer. Night Journey. Prayer five times a day. Not communion with GOD. Formalism. Directions regarding Prayer. Hypocrisy and Pharisaism. Merit of Prayer in particular places. § 4. Muslim piety. Formal and servile: but Faith needed. What is righteousness? None righteous. Sin: how done away. God not great Moral Being. Divorce between Religion and Morality. § 5. View of Sin unsatisfactory. Man's true Natural sensual. No Original Sin. No, likeness between GOD and Man. Merit. Sin a disease: Guilt not recognised. GOD the Author of Evil. Is Paradise a sensual one? Sin an external pollution. How to get rid of, Tortures of Conscience. § 6. Denial of an Atonement. Christ's Deity and Death denied. "Qabr Sayyidina 'Isa 'bni. Maryama." Felt need of an Atonement. Hasan and Husein. 'Imadu'd Din's case. § 7. Man's need of Salvation. Salvation from Punishment sought. § 8. The Muslim Paradise. Gardens, fountains: Maidens. Joys of the Justified. Tortures of the damned, Influence of such ideas. Traditions on the subject. Houries. Horses. Camels: Children. A woman of Paradise. Hell. All Muslims ultimately saved. Mystics' explanations of delights of Paradise. Beatific vision. Error of understanding such phrases in Christian sense. § 9. Other defects in Islam. The Earth's formation. Mt. Qaf. The Bull. Historical inaccuracy of Qur'an, Queen of Sheba. § 10. Islam destitute of Proof. Doomed to Extinction. An Antichristian faith. —Pages 49 — 122.

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LECTURE III.-THE ORIGIN OF ISLAM.

§ 1. Islam must have had an origin. Personality of Muhammad. § 2. Religions of the Pre-Islamic Arabs. Ash-Shahristani's evidence. § 3. Arabs worshipped inferior deities as mediators. § 4. Arabian idolatry, its origin. § 5. Origin of Islamic rites. The Ka'abah. § 6. The Hanifites. § 7. Sabaeans and Jews. § 8. Influence of Talmudic Judaism on Muhammad, Examples: Cain and Abel: Abraham. Other Talmudic Legends. Judaic. influence. § 9. Influence of Christianity on Muhammad. Christian Legends. Apocryphal Gospels. The Virgin. Christ.. Rejection of certain doctrines. Docetism. § 10. Influence of Zoroastrianism. § 11. Life and Character of Muhammad. Authorities. Call. Fabricates revelations. Muhammad's miracles. § 12. Composition and preservation of the Qur'an. First redaction under Abu Bakr. Second redaction under 'Uthman. § 13. Rule of Faith and Practice. Shi'ah authoritative Traditions. Modern Reform Party. § 14. Muhammad and the charge of Intolerance. First stage: second: final stage. Obligation to persecute. § 15. Summary.—Pages 123-190.

LECTURE IV.—THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY.

Introduction. § 1. Family Life, influence of Islam upon. § 2. Political Life. Religious Life. § 3. Intellectual Life. Indebtedness to Greeks, etc. Transient glory of Arabic learning not due to Islam. 'Umr and the Alexandrian Library. 'Umr and the Libraries of Persia. 'Abbaside Khalifahs. Rationalism. Revival of Islam the deathblow of learning. § 4. Slavery: sanctioned by Muhammad. Contrast with spirit of Christianity. Concubinage. Circassian girls. Position of Women., § 5. Attitude of