"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. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; 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 Spencer Churchill, The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., published in 1899).
Winston Churchill stated that Islam "above all others (religions) was founded and propogated by the sword" providing "incentives to slaughter, and in three continents has produced fighting breeds of men--filled with a wild, merciless fanaticism."
Obviously, the behavior of Muslims we see around the world is an unfortunate aberration from the normally peaceful, true nature of Islam. Yeah. Sure, buddy.
Demi Kaeffer
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Authoritarian Religion
Islam is to religion as Communism is to government.
That is not to say that Islam is actually a religion. It isn't. It has been referred to as Mohammedanism, which is a more accurate label. Mohammedanism infers the truth that Islam is nothing more than a cult.
A cult is defined as the "idolization of somebody or something: extreme or excessive admiration for a person, philosophy of life, or activity" (Encarta World English Dictionary 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation). Judging by the all-too-typically violent and excessive reaction by Muslims to cartoons depicting Muhammad with a bomb in his turban, clearly the definition fits.
Muhammad is to Islam as Lenin is to Soviet Communism.
Who would have believed even twenty years ago that Lenin's idolatry would have been toppled so easily after so many years of such a brutal regime? Why would it be so hard to imagine Islam going the way of the Soviet Union?
Why does that thought bring such a rush of hope?
That is not to say that Islam is actually a religion. It isn't. It has been referred to as Mohammedanism, which is a more accurate label. Mohammedanism infers the truth that Islam is nothing more than a cult.
A cult is defined as the "idolization of somebody or something: extreme or excessive admiration for a person, philosophy of life, or activity" (Encarta World English Dictionary 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation). Judging by the all-too-typically violent and excessive reaction by Muslims to cartoons depicting Muhammad with a bomb in his turban, clearly the definition fits.
Muhammad is to Islam as Lenin is to Soviet Communism.
Who would have believed even twenty years ago that Lenin's idolatry would have been toppled so easily after so many years of such a brutal regime? Why would it be so hard to imagine Islam going the way of the Soviet Union?
Why does that thought bring such a rush of hope?
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