THE MOSLEM WORLD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 31, 16 November 1939, Page 6

THE MOSLEM WORLD.

OPPOSED TO NAZI CREED. • f GERMAN CLAIMS REPORTED. (Received This*[Day, 1.5 p.m.) RUGBY, November"l4. The almost daily assertions in Arabic broadcast from the German short wave station at Zeesen that the Moslem peoples are all ready to rise in arms against the Allies are described in a letter to “The Times” from the secretary of the Colonial League as. yet another example of wishful thinking by the Nazis. He says, despite the vast sums spent by the Reich Ministry of Propaganda over the past few years in attempting to alienate the affections of the Moslem world', the followers of Islam in the British and French Empire®, and in neighbouring countries, remain steadfast in their loyalty to the democratic Powers. Out of a

total of 210,000,000 Moslems scattered ‘ over the globe, tlicire is not a single community that is not opposed; to the Nazi creed of racial' hatred and domination alike on religions and political grounds. He cites in this connection the Arab newspaper “Alefba,” of Damascus, which says: “We do not know to what Arab peoples the Nazis

refer. In no case do Arabs need defending. They are, above all, against Germany, against Nazi-ism, and against the aggressor. Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Arabia. Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf, Zanzibar, Yemen and the protectorate of Yemen are manifesting their hostility towards Germany. Where are the Arab countries that remain for the German race to incite?”