The Turkish Peace — Page 22
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 22 out against the African American residents of Muskego last month that made headlines in the news? Only that a young African American boy visited a side of a lake that was reserved for white people. The whites violently stoned him, igniting a fire that again left the world astounded. President Wilson once asked how America could promote democracy abroad, while it was undermining it at home by failing to protect its most vulnerable citizens. Hence, no other country except for the British is untainted by such atrocities. Even in certain parts of the British [Empire], where the state does not interfere with the local law or customs, such shameful things take place. Why then does the United States bear such enmity towards Turkey? The reason cannot be greed because the Americans at least, have no desire to occupy other territories. It can only be the fact that the Turks are Muslim. I do not mean to say that since America or France or other such powers are Christian and, therefore, hate the Turks for being Muslim. The British are also Christians but they do not bear animosity against Turkey, rather, they protect the rights of Muslims and care for their sentiments. Similarly, it would not be accurate to describe France and America as Christian nations. The educated