Swastika Leads to Crescent, Says Religious Review Berlin, Oct. 12.
Interesting information upon the "de-christianizing" of Germany" is obtainable in several German magazines studying the present religious situations within the Reich.
Of particular note is the fact that statistics show Germans to be going Over towards Islamism. There is now a mosque in Berlin and an "Imam" religious leader.
In Austria, during the first six weeks after the Anschluss of mid-
March, more than 48,000 people changed their faiths. This movement of renunciation is now extending to protestant churches, and in Wurtemberg alone, the number has grown from 2,567 in 1936 to 6,138 last year. Figures for the first part of this year are not yet available.
Most converts enter the "non-Christian communities" which are trying to revive the religion of the Niebelungen but the review, "Fridericus" notes with satisfaction a trend toward Islamism, The swastika seems to lead to the crescent, is the way this magazine puts it. "Fridericus" explains. this trend, "it is natural that the Koran should exercise such an attraction in Germany.
It prescribes rules of living of a high moral level, which hurt in nothing the] mentality of the nordic Aryan. Havas, A.F.L. Calls for Boycott Of Japanese Goods Houston, Oct. 12.
Reaffirming the antagonism of Fascism, Nazism and Communism, the annual convention of the American Federation of Labour called today upon the people of the United States to boycott Japanese goods because of the invasion of China.—United Press.
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