ISLAM IN AFRICA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 8

ISLAM IN AFRICA.

.While.i confirming 'the: : reports;as Wthe spread, of.- Mohammedanism A in : British East Africa, Sir-Alfred;. Sharper, Governor' of JNyasaland, .recently 'gave ;a : . fairly reassuring ::'■ opinion- on; the'-'.situation.. Twenty ;years'ago; lie says,* Mohammedanism \ was -. almost : non-existent.; in- vNya'sa-■ land.. .Since' then it has spread greatly,', particularly.; during." theV'last:-eight": or? nine; years, tribe called ' the :chief converts. ,West.. of Lake.'Nyasa,: however,.-, Islam has : practically'no;.'. in-: ; fluehce;, while-. : Christianity is '.very.. strong among a. capable.; and/enlightened ■'■'race; Mohammedanism has; 'spread;, tovNyasa-; Jand. from .the. East Coast (hot;froin7 the Sudan),'and is largely- due,'to the Arabs'from Zanzibar.; ■;■ Sir Alfred*does not:be-: lieye there is,.'anything:.in the', shape 'of 'a Mohammedan missionary':propaganda'.' The..movement has grown, of itself and is as.'yet quite' harmless,-although .Islam must;;always: be : .more .or, less :,opp~osed to "European government:- ~ : Tho Protectorate .'Government-has. taken, up .a strict., ly impartial attitude.'Sir Alfred -thinks' that the European influences'south' of :th'o Zambesi are strong enough to stop",-.the' movement from7spreading ' further, -'in. that direction; . ~7. ■■ ..7 ~">.: 7'7