Winston Churhill (& grandson) On Islam

[The Cat]

Winston Churchill On Islam
The River War, 1st edition, Vol II, pages 248-250 (London, 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. 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 proselytising 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."

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On 14 June 1921, hard on the heels of the Cairo Conference, at which he had presided over the re-shaping of the Middle East, including the creation of modern day Iraq, he warned the House of Commons:

--''A large number of [Saudi Arabia’s King] Bin Saud’s followers belong to the Wahabi sect, a form of Mohammedanism which bears, roughly speaking, the same relationship to orthodox Islam as the most militant form of Calvinism would have borne to Rome in the fiercest times of [Europe’s] religious wars.

The Wahabis profess a life of exceeding austerity, and what they practice themselves they rigorously enforce on others. They hold it as an article of duty, as well as of faith, to kill all who do not share their opinions and to make slaves of their wives and children. Women have been put to death in Wahabi villages for simply appearing in the streets.

It is a penal offence to wear a silk garment. Men have been killed for smoking a cigarette and, as for the crime of alcohol, the most energetic supporter of the temperance cause in this country falls far behind them. Austere, intolerant, well-armed, and blood-thirsty, in their own regions the Wahabis are a distinct factor which must be taken into account, and they have been, and still are, very dangerous to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina…''

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For in the end, Churchill saw the Sudan campaign as a conflict between barbarity and civilisation. Of the battle of Omdurman he wrote: “Civilisation — elsewhere sympathetic, merciful, tolerant, ready to discuss or argue, eager to avoid violence, to submit to law, to effect compromise — here advanced with an expression of inexorable sternness.”

From Winston Churchill (1874-1965) also on Islam:
"Islam, which above all others was founded and propagated by the sword - the tenets and principles of which are . . . incentives to slaughter and which in three continents had produced fighting breeds of men - simulates a wild and merciless fanaticism" (quoted by Michael Savage).

Two more related quotes:
--''A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.''

--''An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.''
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[The Cat]

Googling on Churchill and Islam, I came to this conference report made by Winston's grandson, also named Winston Churchill. He gave it in Jackson, Tenn. about a month ago.

Churchill warns of Islamic threat, recounts grandfather’s legacy
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=24058
By Tim Ellsworth
Baptist Press. Sep 27, 2006.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Radical Islam poses to Western civilization a threat similar to that of the Nazis and the Soviets, Winston Churchill said Sept. 26 at Union University.

Churchill -– author, journalist, former Member of Parliament and grandson of the former British prime minister -– spoke before about 1,800 people at Union’s 10th annual Scholarship Banquet to raise funds for students scholarships.

“Together we have overcome far more powerful enemies than those that assail us today,” Churchill said. “I have every confidence that, in confronting this new challenge, America and Britain -– together with our allies -– can prevail and shall prevail, just as together we have triumphed in the past.”

Churchill noted his grandfather’s crusade against the Nazis and the Soviets and his efforts to woo the support of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the fight.

“By the power of his oratory, he persuaded his fellow countrymen -– though the situation seemed hopeless -– not to surrender in those crucial weeks of late May/early June 1940, when all effective resistance to the Nazis on the continent of Europe had come to an end and many, including the friends of Britain abroad, thought that we were finished,” Churchill said. “It was this alone that made possible -– once America joined the fray some 18 months later -– the liberation of the nations of occupied Europe and the ultimate defeat of Nazi Germany.”

If it weren’t for his grandfather’s resolute opposition to Germany, Churchill said the Nazi swastika might still be flying over Buckingham Palace, the houses of Parliament and the capitals of Europe.

One of the qualities that made Churchill so successful as a leader was his prescience, the younger Churchill said. His grandfather was one of the first to warn about the dangers that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union presented.

The former prime minister also spoke about the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism 85 years ago, and the younger Churchill said recent events have proven his grandfather to be prophetic. The threat from radical Islam comes in two forms, Churchill said. The first is the global terrorist threat that everyone recognizes. The second is a demographic threat confronting Europe.

For example, Churchill pointed to the population trends in France, where 10 percent of the population is Islamic. But among those 20 years of age and younger, that percentage rises to 30 percent. Given the rates at which Muslims reproduce, that means France will be an Islamic state in only one generation.

“Europe is sleepwalking towards disaster,” Churchill said. “We would sooner commit national suicide than be accused of being politically incorrect.”

Churchill concluded his remarks by examining the essence of leadership, as embodied by his grandfather.

“It comprises many elements: knowledge, wisdom, prescience, honor and courage,” Churchill said. “As Winston Churchill himself declared, ‘Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.’”

Previous keynote speakers for the scholarship banquet include George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell and Lou Holtz.
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Authority has the same etymological root as authenticity.

[Lotus Feet]

Thank you

Lotus Feet
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Sons of God commit no violence in thought, word or deed. For they are the light of divine love.

[pilgrim]

he New York Times and Hitchens, two exemplary specimens of the Western Secular Fundamentalism condemned Pope BXVI for his lecture and his one line quote from the 15th century Byzentine empreror and defended holy prophet Muhammad and Islam as a man and religion of peace, and claimed the Pope is ignorant about Islam.

The West is fighting Islam while guarding its back against stabs by the secular Fundamentalists who have been drilling holes over the last 250 years in the ship of the West to sink it.,

Best regard, Pilgrim
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[Karin1]

Wow, The Cat, thank you for that. Published in 1899, nothing has changed, has it? Winston Churchill was a very wise man, and I admire him and his legacy. It's too bad he died in 1965, because we sure could use him now. What vision!

[The Cat]

[markie]

[marky]

[Lotus Feet]

very possible...there are certainly new leaders in integrity coming up the ranks all over the world. It will depend on the people !

Lotus Feet
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Sons of God commit no violence in thought, word or deed. For they are the light of divine love.

[jimmytheclaw]

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4943

free copy of the book at above link. its an interesting book
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[The Cat]

Churchill never wrote ''Islam'' but Mohammedanism and talked about the Mohammedans, except once where he wrote Moslems referring to their individual qualities as opposed to their religion. That is quite intriguing...
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[Alla]

Churchhill was a very intelligent man. I have always enjoyed learning about him and reading/hearing his thoughts. It is good to see his grandson possesses the same intelect, foresight, and articulation.

Thanks for this Cat!
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