Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam – International – Jerusalem Post

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Churchill’s fascination with Islam is demonstrated in a letter from Sudan, where he was serving as an officer. Written to Lady Lytton in 1907 and referenced in The Independent report, Churchill wrote that he “wished he were” a Pasha, a rank of distinction in the Ottoman Empire.

The historical record also shows that Churchill was critical of Islam, The Independent report noted.

“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,” he wrote in his 1899 account of Sudan, The River War,

“Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralizes 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.”