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86the 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 almi’rāj- 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 Aqshām, 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 theAlmighty, who sent the Barnasha to crush the Horn and chase out the legions of Rome from the East, raised Mustaphā Kamāl, who saved his country and restored the honour of Islam!(e)Itisto be noted thatthe Jewswere 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)