{"id":2580019,"date":"2026-03-15T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-quote-on-islam-that-youve-never-heard-winston-churchill-predicted-europes-fall-to-islam-all-the-way-back-in-1899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:54:43","slug":"the-best-quote-on-islam-that-youve-never-heard-winston-churchill-predicted-europes-fall-to-islam-all-the-way-back-in-1899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-quote-on-islam-that-youve-never-heard-winston-churchill-predicted-europes-fall-to-islam-all-the-way-back-in-1899\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Quote on Islam That You&#8217;ve Never Heard &#8211; Winston Churchill Predicted Europe&#8217;s Fall to Islam All the Way Back in 1899"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-best-quote-on-islam-that-youve-never-heard-winston-churchill-predicted-europes-fall-to-islam-all-the-way-back-in-1899%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580019&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece revisits Winston Churchill\u2019s early observations about Islam from The River War,noting that although written when he was young,his statements depicted Islam as a threat to Europe and described Mohammedanism in stark,militant terms.It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cites passages alleging negative social effects<\/a> and even slavery within Islamic law, and it notes contemporary reactions, including Gad Saad\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> that invoke Churchill\u2019s views. The article uses these quotes to argue that Europe\u2019s secular, multicultural consensus has displaced religiously grounded ethics, advocating a return to Christian moral foundations and invoking biblical counsel (Matthew 7:25-27).The page also contains multimedia elements, advertisements, and a corrections form.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill recognized Islam&rsquo;s threat to Europe in 1899.<\/p>\n<p>If only he could see the continent today.<\/p>\n<p>That year, Churchill published &ldquo;The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan,&rdquo; telling the account of Field Marshal Lord Horatio Kitchener&rsquo;s conquest of that country.<\/p>\n<p>For context, this was a younger Churchill, not even 30 years old, and yet to rise to the political heights history would remember him for.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that fact, his observations regarding Islam are as timeless and politically astute as any by the British statesman. The quote was posted to social media platform X by Lebanese Canadian commenter Gad Saad, who took to mocking the left and current British Prime Minister Keir Starmer by using one of their favorite insults against Churchill.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Winston Churchill was an Islamophobe. &ndash; Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keir_Starmer?\">@Keir_Starmer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYtS2MbkDk\">https:\/\/t.co\/mYtS2MbkDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GadSaad\/status\/2031169177172762988?\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; the quote said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; it continued.<\/p>\n<p>Before delving further, note the <a href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/publications\/finest-hour\/finest-hour-113\/datelines-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full quote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It would likely land Churchill in prison today.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-christians-slaughtered-in-africa-after-islamists-find-them-worshiping-at-night\/\" title=\"Dozens of Christians Slaughtered in Africa After ...ists Find Them Worshiping at Night\">absolute property &#038;mdash<\/a>; either as a child, a wife, or a concubine &mdash; must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The intellectual class champions a secular world without values endowed by the Creator.<\/p>\n<p>Thought leaders increasingly defend multiculturalism over a Christian code of ethics.<\/p>\n<p>The only moral grounding allowed to be espoused unapologetically in Europe is one of acceptance &mdash; and this is hardly a meaningful grounding for a just society.<\/p>\n<p>Europe now should remember Christ&rsquo;s words in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%207:24-27&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 7:25-27<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>We are seeing this house on sand collapse without faith in Him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Although Churchill had not yet become the famed leader we remember, his observations about Islam were pointed and, by today\u2019s standards, remarkably enduring. The passage quoting him resurfaced on the social platform X, shared by Gad Saad to poke fun at the political left and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>The quoted material presents Churchill as arguing that, while individual Muslims may display admirable qualities, the influence of Islam as a whole impedes social progress. He characterizes Mohammedanism as a militant, proselytizing faith that had already penetrated Central Africa, and he warned that European civilization might decline if Christianity were not safeguarded by scientific progress. He also warned of harsh religious and social consequences under Islamic rule, including views that women are essentially property and the moral and civil structures attached to that system would delay the abolition of slavery while Islam remained influential. The article notes that such statements would be controversial or even condemnable today and suggests that contemporary thought often favors secularism and multiculturalism over a Christian moral framework. It casts this shift as a departure from a Christian-derived ethical grounding and cites Jesus\u2019 teaching about building on rock as a metaphor for a society anchored in faith rather than in shifting, worldly tolerance. 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