Islam Rediscovered
24. A Case of Discovery*
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witnessed again ever since the first centuries of the
Hijra. You all know the good work which Abdulla
W.H. Quilliam has been doing for several years in
Liverpool. Besides winning actual converts whose
number runs up to some two hundred in all, he has
rendered valuable service to the Muslim world by
his books and pamphlets which have dissipated
prejudices and awakened a lively interest in Islam
all over the civilised world. Some of his pamphlets
are widely read all over India and Burma, and have,
I believe, been translated into Burmese, Hindustani,
Persian and Arabic. Don’t you feel that it is your
bounden duty to strengthen his hands as much you
are able to do, and to help him to disseminate the
faith of Islam in Europe as he has been doing with
such signal success for so many years? Will you,
therefore, organise a grand central Islamic Mission
here in Hyderabad and open branches in Europe,
America and in Japan? God’s choicest blessings will
descend on Hyderabad, and especially on the Head
of its beloved and beneficent Ruler: Mir Mahboob
Ali Khan, His Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad!
It has been well said, that our choice even in the
most exalted matters often proceeds from mixed
