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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (4256)	1/29/2007 12:47:46 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

Churchill understood Islam in 1899. "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism (Islam) 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 which exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism which deprives life of its grace and refinement, as well as, 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, 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 Islam had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome..." Sir Winston Churchill; (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: