"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 Muslims 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 it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

 个别穆斯林可能会出现灿烂的气质，但穆斯林宗教的影响会麻痹社会的发展。除此以外，这个世界没有更强的的退化力了。伊斯兰教是死气沉沉的，好战的，和传教极强的。它已经传遍了整个中非，产生了大量无畏的勇士。 如果不是基督教的庇护以及和其相关的科学的强壮，现代欧洲文明可能会衰退，正如古罗马文明的衰退。“

丘吉尔 1899      Sir Winston Churchill; 1899 (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol II, pages 248-250 London).