Note 17 — Chapter XII · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
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Such being the missionary zeal of the Muslims, that they are ready to speak in season and out of season,—as Doughty, with fine insight, says, “Their talk is continually (without hypocrisy) of religion, which is of genial devout remembrance to them,”17—let us now consider some of the causes that have contributed to their success.