[Mb-civic] FW: Churchilll quote

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From: "Shon Saleh" <shonsa at hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:31:28 +0000
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Subject: FW: Churchilll quote


>Subject: Churchilll quote
>Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:26:34 -0800
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>"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 civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the
>civilisation of ancient Rome."
>---Sir Winston Churchill, from The River War, first edition, Vol. II,
>pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899).

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