"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."
Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition,
Vol. II, pages 248-50 London )
From the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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