The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and theCrusades)Islam or thoroughly subdued, Islam went into a period of intellectual stagnation from which it
has not yet emerged. Even more nagging is the question of why, if Islam really did reach such
a high level of cultural attainment, it went into such a precipitous and lingering decline.What happened to the Golden Age?
It'strue: Muslims once led the rest of the world in various intellectualend ea vor s, not abl y
mat hem ati cs and sci enc e. But th ere was su ch adecl ine after this "Gol den Age" that
of the age itsel f there is scar cely anytrace left in the Islamic world,
Winston Churchill on Islam:
"How dreadfu l are the curseswhichMohamme danism lays on its votari es!
Beside s the fanati cal frenzy , which is as danger ous in a man as
hydroph obia in a dog,there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits,
slovenly systems of
agri cult ure, slug gish meth ods of comm erce , and inse curi ty of prop erty exist wher ever the
foll ower sof the Prophet rule or live. A degrade d sensual ism deprive s this life of its grace
and refinem ent; thenext of its dign ity and sanc tity. The fact that in Mohamm edan law
ever y woman must belo ng tosome man as hisabsol uteprope rty—eithe r as a child , a
wife, or a concu bine—must delay the finalextinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has
ceased to be a great power amongmen.
"Indiv idual Moslems may show splendi d qualit ies. Thousan ds become the brave and loyal
soldie rsof the Quee n: all know how to die But the infl uenc e ofthereli gion para lyses the
soci al deve lopment of thos e who foll ow it, No stro nger retr ogra de forc e exis ts in the
worl d. Far from bein gmoribund, Moham medan ism is a milit ant andprose lytiz ingfaith, It
has alrea dy sprea d throu ghout Centr alAfrica , raising fearle ss warrior s at every step: and
were it not that Christi anity is shelte red in thestrongarms ofscience—the science against
whichit had vainly struggled—the civilisationofmodernEuropemightfall,as fell the
civilisation of ancient Rome"