Mission encounters convinced Sheikh Muhammad that Christian colonization threatened Somali Islam

Evidence

However apocryphal these accounts may sound to modern ears, in Somali terms they are highly credible, and without doubt they commemorate encounters with the mission which served to confirm Sheikh Muhammad’s belief that Christian colonization sought to destroy the Muslim faith of his people. This fired his patriotism and he intensified his efforts to win support for the Salihiya, preaching in the mosques and streets that his country was in danger, and urging his compatriots to remove the English ‘infidels’ and their missionaries. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 207

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Contact with the Catholic mission confirmed the Sayyid’s view of Christian colonization; Mission schools’ Christianization of Somali children confirmed Sheikh Muhammad’s fears about colonial threats — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 206

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• Contact with the Catholic mission confirmed the Sayyid’s view of Christian colonization (similarity 0.92)
• Mission schools’ Christianization of Somali children confirmed Sheikh Muhammad’s fears about colonial threats (similarity 0.90)