Islam the Future World Religion — Page 5
‑ 5 ‑ not under Christian rule. There are three major world religions, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Hinduism possesses no significant proselytizing move- ment. A recent minor sect, the Arya [Samaj], has emerged [with aims of conversion] though their following is small. Hitherto, their efforts have yielded limited success and their preaching activities are restricted to uncultivated communities which are in fact [just other types of ] Hindus. We are then left with Christians and Muslims and as I have mentioned with relation to the former, their preaching activities have succeeded in converting millions of people. Muslims though have completely failed in this, even though Islam commands them to preach their faith. Consequently, this has significantly weakened the Muslim commu- nity, and in addition, a series of setbacks and catastrophes have led [some] to believe that