Real Revolution — Page 134
134 have always been part and parcel of those religions, even before the impact of Islam. It is on the contrary due to the fact that the followers of these religions have, in time, tried to steal from the teachings of Islam. Not to speak of such cases of theft in the field of religion, there are instances of some Europeans having copied the works of some. Muslim scholars but claimed the authorship for themselves, a number of publications having lately been put into the hands of the public wherein such cases of theft have been exposed. Only a short time ago I obtained a book from England which deals with the science of music and proves that the Europeans stole this science from Spanish. Arab sources, the author claiming boldly that he could quote the names of books from which. European authors had copied out but witheld the name of the real authors. He even quoted indignantly an instance preserved in the British. Museum Library. He says at number so and so is a book in the British Museum which contains a letter by some Christian addressed to such and such a clergyman, to the following effect: Dear Sir,. Muslim music being of a high order, in comparison with which our own music appears extremely uncouth, it is my wish that I should translate Muslim books on this science for the European people. But. I am afraid by copying and publishing the works of