: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." - ''The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan''<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/churchillislam.asp Winston Churchill on Islam], [[Snopes.com]]</ref> | :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." - ''The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan''<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/churchillislam.asp Winston Churchill on Islam], [[Snopes.com]]</ref> |