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the Grand Mosque of Aya Sophia; the Greek Patriarch
of Constantinople went to London carrying with him a
precious ancient patriarchal cope set in gems and pearls
for the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was strenuously
advocating the restoration of Constantinople and the
grand edifice of St. Sophia to the Greeks. On the eve of
the Prophet’s (pbtuhem) night journey to Heaven -called al-
mi’raj- the sacred building was crammed with a great
multitude of the suppliant faithful who till the dawn
most earnestly supplicated the Almighty Allah to deliver
Turkey, and particularly the Sacred House, from those
who “would fill it with ugly idols and images as before!”
In connection with that patriarchal mantle or cope, I wrote
an article in the Turkish paper the Aqsham, showing the
existence of a schism between the Greek Orthodox and the
Protestant Anglican Churches. I pointed out that the copy
was not meant as a pallium of investiture and recognition
of the Anglican orders, and that a reunion between the
two Churches could never be accomplished unless one
or the other of the parties should renounce and abjure
certain articles of faith as heretical and erroneous. I also
pointed out that the cope was a diplomatic bribe on behalf
of Greece and its Church. The letter ended with these
works: “All depends upon the grace and miracle which
this bakhshish of a pontifical cope is expected to work!”

The result is too well known to be repeated here. Suffice
it to say that the Patriarch died in England, and the Almighty,
who sent the Barnasha to crush the Horn and chase out the
legions of Rome from the East, raised Mustapha Kamal,
who saved his country and restored the honour of Islam!

(e) It is to be noted that the Jews were the chosen people
of God until the advent of Jesus (pbuh) Christ (pbuh) . In the
eyes of the Muslims neither the Jews nor the Christians
have a right to claim the title of “the People of the Saints
of the Most High,” because the former reject Jesus (pbuh)