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...And some people still do not
see a reason to worry!
"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."
The
attached short speech from Winston Churchill, was delivered by him in
1899 when he was a young soldier and journalist. It probably sets out
the current views of many, but expresses in the wonderful Churchillian
turn of phrase and use of the English language, of which he was a past
master. Sir Winston Churchill was, without doubt, one of the greatest
men of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He was a brave young soldier,
a brilliant journalist, an extraordinary politician and statesman, a
great war leader and British Prime Minister, to whom the Western world
must be forever in his debt.
He was a prophet in his own time. He died on 24th January 1965, at the
grand old age of 90 and, after a lifetime of service to his country,
was accorded a State funeral. HERE IS THE SPEECH:
"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 sensual-ism 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."
Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol II,
pages 248-250 London ).
Churchill saw it coming.
AND
GUESS WHO TOOK THE BUST OF CHURCHILL OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE?
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Aside: I posted essentially the same
thing a few years ago, but a newly concerned MoSup just sent me this,
so- as a homage....
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