Has anything changed? Not in my book. And not in theirs, either.
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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
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
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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
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