Note 114 — Chapter XII · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
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“No extraordinary exertion seems for a long time to have been made on behalf of the new religion. An abhorrence of innovation and a most pertinacious and religious adherence to ancient custom, distinguish the people of Celebes beyond all the other tribes of the Eastern isles; and these would, at first, prove the most serious obstacles to the dissemination of Mahometanism. It was this, probably, which deferred the adoption of the new religion for so long a period, and till it had recommended itself by wearing the garb of antiquity.” (Crawfurd (2), vol. ii. p. 387.) ↑