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world.

In one respect, the English are like the sity. Education amongst them is high, and in establishing Orientals. They make haste slowly: but they are extremely keen when they perceive the full significance of a contacts with other Muslims all over the matter, they certainly do hold on to the end.

I have met their delegation at an All The event of changes in the British Cabinet,

World' Muslim Conference in Geneva, and justifies this line of thought; because, as the Americans say, the English now mean was delighted with the cultural excellence businésa.

of these young Yugoslavian Muslim Scho- lars. Even then they were anxious' about a possible German threat to Muslim countries.

These changes were not wholly unexpect ed; and beyond the fact that Mr. Churchill became the Chairman of the committee of Servico Ministers, there is nothing, exciting in them. It is merely a reshuffle calculated to push on with the war and to win. In the opinion of some here "haste has been made after seven months of slow progress". In any case it has now come with its resultant activities.

ALLIED CO-ORDINATION

Several meetings between the British and French authorities have taken place to co

and ordinate propaganda work, blockade methods of enlightening the neutrals about their precise position in relation to threat from the Germans. The Allied machinery- of-war is now in full operation.

-THE NIZAM'S GIFT

Meantime Lord Zetland has spoken on the wireless, telling the world of India's war efforts; and he has once again mentioned the handsome gift of £100,000 by His Exalted Highness the Nizam out of which a bomber squadron has been provided for the Royal Air Force.

IRAK'S NEW CABINET

Muslim opinion here considers that the latest reorganisation of Iraklan government, including General Nuri Pasha's reversion to his former post of Foreign Minister, may Indicate further consolidation against Nazi aggression.

A SAUDI MEETING

Considerable interest is being taken in the forthcoming meeting between His Majesty Sultan Ibn Saud, the king of Saudi Arabia, and General Nuri Pasha, now the Foreign Minister of Irak.

THE ARABIC LISTENER

PALESTINE VISTAS

Many things In Palestine, as seen by a recent Muslim vialtor, are actually better now in that country than before the war. Owing to the improvement in the situation, It has been found posgible to relax security measures and to be more lentent with cer- tain classes of, offenders who are brought to trial.

A great new oil refinery is being con- structed at Haifa to treat the Irakian oil, pumped there from a distance of some six hundred miles through the desert. It will cost nearly five million pounds,

and the

-By- SIRDAR SKBAL ALI SHAH

enterprise is employing more than three thousand Arabs and Jews. Both production and employment are increasing,

The political tangle does not worry any- body now, least of all the Arabs, whose ex- citement has considerably abated since the introduction of the recent Land Restriction Laws; prior to which many Arabs were be coming fandless peasantry.

Extraordinarily good roads now span the country. Take the latest link between Egypt -and-Palestine, a distance of.,275 · · miles, which can be covered by car in eight hours.

B.E.F. AWARDS

London, To-day.

A further list of awards by the Commander-in-Chief of the B.E.F. for acts of bravery in France towards the end of May comprises ten Military Crosses, three D.C.M.s. and seven

There is a definite interest now in London in men and matters connected with the Mus- lim peoples, and more especially the Arabs. The B.B.C. had started an Arabic broad cast on 3rd January, 1938. As the useful ness of the service grew, many listeners desired to possess the texts of the Talks which were delivered in Arabic language M.M.S.--Reuter. from London. It took them three years to satisfy the demand.

But now the Arst number of the Arabia Listener, which lies before me, admirably Alls the breach. Composed; printed and published in London in the Arabic language and Arabic script, it is certainly a fine per- formance.

Although modest in size-16 pages-lt fully justified the hope of its usefulness. This issue contains contributions from such well- known Arab writers as Tufiq-ul-Hakim, Ahmed Amin, Mr. Barbour and has extracta of Muslim interests from the British-press in addition to many photographs and sketches from that gifted Egyptian artist, All Noor.

A full list of future Arabic programmes is given. There are also some pages of Eng- lish lessons for the Arabs. It is without doubt a publication which will bring Islam and this country closer in friendship and co-operation!

YUGOSLAVIAN MUSLIMS

According to the last census there were nearly a million and a half Muslims. In Yugoslavin. There is a considerable `in- crease in their number now, as they have. the highest birth-rate in that country.

Since the Liberation in 1918, the Bosnian Muslims have taken an active part in the country's economic and cultural life. Several of them have taken their places amongst the finest modern writers in Yugoslavia, as for example, Safet Beg Basagic, Hamza Humo, Osman Nuri Hadzic. Hamza Humo ls known all through the Muslim world as a great interpreter of Yugoslavian Muslim Culture.

They possess several newspapers of their own, the most important being Gajret, Bo har and Hikmat. There is a chair of Oriental languages at the Belgrade Univer~|

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By George McManus

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