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Winston Churchill on Islam
Winston Churchill was arguably the most important personality
of the 20th century. Had it not been for his steely will, for his steadfastness
and his ability to mobilize the British people and to infuse them with
his strength and confidence, the Second World War might well have been
lost, and the Nazis — with all the horrible consequences that
would have had — might have become the masters of the globe.
Our friends of AFSI (Americans for the Safe Israel)
published in their magazine “Outlook” evidence of another
aspect of Churchill. Many years ago, in 1899 (!) he formed and published
ideas about Islam that are fully resonant today. Here is a paragraph
from one of his books, cited below.
Gerardo Joffe, President
by Sir Winston Churchill
The River War, Vol. II, pp. 248-50, London; Longman, Green & Co.,
1899
“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…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 paralyzes 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…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.”
Facts and Logic About the Middle East
P.O. Box 590359
San Francisco, CA 94159
Gerardo Joffe, President
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