“…But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis—as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such. While the more generous spirits among the tribesmen become convulsed in an ecstasy of religious bloodthirstiness, poorer and more material souls derive additional impulses from the influence of others, the hopes of plunder and the joy of fighting. Thus whole nations are roused to arms. Thus the Turks repel their enemies, the Arabs of the Soudan break the British squares, and the rising on the Indian frontier spreads far and wide. In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace.”
Winston Churchill
Winston may have been a blowhard/coward/war monger but there isn’t any arguing the quote.
Churchill was one tough player for a society guy. He killed people in combat up close and personal. Read “The River War” and get an idea of what he had done by his twenties.
A lib would answer that evangelical Christians are just as bad. They know that’s not true, but libs aren’t constrained by logic or truth.
They hate the word mohammedan. That is why I use it. I also do not ever use the uppercase as a sign of disrespect. My ipad will sometimes slip in a capital M without my permission. Winston pretty well had their number.