...OVER ISLAM!
Posted on 03/07/2006 6:30:18 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
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 Moslems 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 (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 [London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899]).
Looks like Winnie had Islam sussed a long time ago.
Well stated!
Too bad Muslims will be the majority in England by 2010!
They're already the majority in Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and two other cities in Churchill's beloved homeland.
Churchill was not even 25 years of age when he wrote that.
Amazing.
Interesting, too, that Winston was 24 years old when he wrote this. I'm pretty sure I wasn't that wise at 24. Oh, wait, I'm still not.
Five seconds. Dang.
Truly. He would've been a helluva Freeper.
As the horn is to the rhinoceros and the stinger is to the wasp, so the Mohammedan faith is to the Arabs.
vo·ta·ry
n. pl. vo·ta·ries
1.a. A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
b. A devout adherent of a cult or religion; a committed worshiper: the votaries of Aphrodite.
2. A person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower.
3. A person who is filled with enthusiasm, as for a pursuit or hobby; an enthusiast.
They're already the majority in Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and two other cities in Churchill's beloved homeland.
Frightening! Even more so if I lived in England. Will the Brits wake up? Is it too late already?
I've read three of his books on WWII. Got to finish the set; my writing improves greatly after reading Churchill.
How many books in the set?
The age is of little concern. The words ring true yet today reinforcing the text "He who fails to learn the lessons of history is fated to repeat it."
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Win Da Man!
Churchill was born in 1874. He must have written this in his early twenties.
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