THE OATH OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED TO THE FOLLOWERS OF THE NAZARENE
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TRANSLATED BYANTON F. HADDAD 1902
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PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF COUNSEL NEW YORK

This oath, entrusted by Mohammed to his Caliphs, is an expression of his authoritative command tothem as to their attitude toward the followers of Christ throughout the whole world.

The oath referred to was issued by the prophet Mohammed to the Christian Monks of Saint Catherine atMount Sinai.

It was signed by the great Assistants of Mohammed and was written by the hand of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in the worship place of the Prophet on the third day of Moharram in the second year of El-Hajrih

16th century
John Nelson becomes first Englishman to convert to Islam

1630s
Oxford and Cambridge universities establish chairs of Arabic. Scholars influenced by Arabic texts on mathematics, astronomy and medicine

1649
First English translation of the Koran, by Alexander Ross

1860
Britain's first mosque recorded in the register of religious sites, at 2 Glyn Rhondda Street, Cardiff

1887
William Henry Quilliam, a Liverpool solicitor, converts to Islam while in Morocco. He goes on to found the Liverpool mosque, the Muslim Institute and the Madina House, an orphanage in Liverpool


1910
Syed Ameer Ali, an Islamic scholar, convenes a public meeting at the Ritz calling for the establishment of "a mosque in London worthy of the tradition of Islam and worthy of the capital of the British empire"

1912
Khwaja Kamaluddin, a Lahore barrister, arrives in London with the sole objective of removing misconceptions about Islam. A year later he begins publishing Islamic Review

1914
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English convert Lord Headley (Al-Haj El-Farooq) establishes the British Muslim Society

1928
London Nizamiah Trust is established to consider proposals for a central mosque in London. George VI donates land in return for a site in Cairo for an Anglican cathedral

1940
The government allocates £100,000 to buy a site for a mosque in London

1941
The East London Mosque Trust purchases three buildings in Commercial Road, Stepney, and converts them into London's first mosque

1944
George VI attends the opening of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Regent's Park

1947
Thirteen ambassadors from Muslim nations set up the Central London Mosque Trust

1973
Islamic Council of Europe founded with its HQ in London. First dialogue between Christians and Muslims on the theme of "Islam in the parish"

1974
The British Council of Churches appoints an advisory group to study Islam in Britain

1977
London Central Mosque finally opens in Regent's Park.