On Feb 16, 2009, at 11:44 PM, emptybill wrote:
"How dreadful are the curses which Islam lays onits votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man asrabies in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects areapparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems ofagriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property existwherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualitydeprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity andsanctity. The fact that in Islamic law every woman must belong to some man ashis absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delaythe final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be agreat power among men. Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but theinfluence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who followit. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund,Islam is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughoutCentral Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not thatChristianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science againstwhich it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, asfell the civilization of ancient Rome."
It's funny to hear that, as I always thought that the increasing popularity of Islam among Blacks seemed like "a new slavery" so willingly embraced. At least for the women.
