"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays
on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man
as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident
habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and
insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or
live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and
refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to
some man as his absolute property either as a child, a wife, or a concubine,
must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great
power among men.
Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the
influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow
it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from
being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has
already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it
not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science
against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might
fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome." – Winston Churchill, 1899
Posted by Andy Stevens, Anacortes Washington Tea Party
Chairman
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