Ong of the most ext hallucinations of the present dsy is the belief of a certain type of mind in the possibility of what is called a Holy War, which expression is always meant to cover a united onslaught by the whole Moslem world on some tyrannous infidel Power bent on the de struction of Islam. Doubiless the idea found its origin in various passages of the Koran in which the duty of warring against infidels is plainly set forth. We may cite for example such lines as these:—'I swear by God, in whose hand is my life, that marching about morning and evening to fight for religion is better than the world and everything that is in it, and verily the standing of one of you in the line of battle is better than superero-
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