The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.
“In a few years there will be only five kings in the world the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.”
“They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.”