A rather strange question was included in an examination paper
set last week to persons taking the Colonial Course at Cambridge : " Do you consider Islam or Christianity the more suitable religion for an African community which finds its own religion inadequate in face of changing social and economic con- ditions ? Why."
The question may be defended, but it provokes various comments. The University of Cambridge is described in its Bidding Prayer as a seminary of sound learning and religious education. Does " religious " cover Islamic as well as Christian ? And is it to be inferred that British administrators in the colonies should, if they see fit in a given case, encourage the spread of Islam rather than of Christianity ? Is Christianity to be judged by its serviceability or its truth ? Nice points. I wonder whether it was worth while to raise them.
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