Why Did They Become Muslims

were appointed to higher positions, which in turn motivated the
young people to go to school. Even the village shepherds were
surprisingly learned in religious and ethical knowledge. This
prosperity lasted until 1255 [1839 C.E.], when the Law of
Reformation, which Reshid Pâsha, a freemason who co-operated
with the British in their intrigues to demolish Islam, had prepared
during his office as the foreign minister, was passed. Today also
Muslims have many books teaching the essentials of the Islamic
religion. How lucky for us that we have attained the honour of
preparing some of them. Our book Could Not Answer and this
book, which you are reading presently, have been prepared in a
plain style, and the principle of ‘sweet language’, which the
Westerners boast having in their books, has been observed in its
full sense. All our books contain the judgements and comments
made on Christianity and Islam by the greatest scholars of the East
and the West. We have translated and published some of these
books in European languages. We take pride in the palpable
effects of these books, both at home and abroad, all over the
world. Letters of appreciation and gratitude which we receive from
all the countries of the world make us forget the pains we have
taken in preparing these books. Most of the innumerable letters
we have received contain acknowledgements such as, “I have
learned true Islam from these letters of yours.” We cannot imagine
a greater reward. Any Muslim who reads these books will easily
give the proper answer to any question he is asked about religions
and his knowledge in this subject will command the admiration of
anyone talking with him.
There cannot be a single person who will not be infatuated
with the charms of the Islamic religion once he has learned its
true essence. A Muslim who has read these books of ours will
only sneer at the aforesaid fallacious propaganda of missionaries.
For their assertion that Christianity brings welfare, riches,
abundance and happiness is without foundation. The events of
the Middle Ages, when Christianity dominated over the
European states, are the historical evidence of the fact that not
only is Christianity far from a factor conducive to the social,
cultural and economical improvement of a country, it is the sole
impediment to progress. The fanatical Christians prevented
progress, stigmatized every new scientific or technical discovery
as a sin, asserted that man has come to this world only to suffer,
annihilated the works belonging to the ancient Greek and Roman
scientists, burned and destroyed the works of art surviving from
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