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2004-05-11 Arabia

Old But Still Wise Advice to Put Christians in Charge of Moslem Countries

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-11 8:56:20 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "..... When that time comes the religion of the False Prophet will vanish in a single generation. The children of Muslims, familiarized to Christian ideas, will laugh at their fathersâ beards when they see them going through the absurdities of their worship; and fast young men, associating with Christians, and learning Christian manners and customs, will grow up to lord it over the lonely and deserted harems of the last of the Turks. ...."

Its been a 150 years since this was written. There does not appear to be any sign that the fateful generation has arrived. The Muslims were archaic and hopelessly behind times 150 years ago, but alas, they have made so much progress now. Let's see, they have .. er.. well they have ..no ...er.. . Well, their greatest acheivement and progress in the last 150 years has been to allow us to turn on the oil spigot - black gold - the "great civilizer."

Posted by Carlos 2004-05-11 9:35:28 AM|| 2004-05-11 9:35:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, that was in 1856. Look at how well it worked out in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Aden, Pakistan, etc. Yup, contact with Christian governors and magistrates led to really led to Christianization, right.

Some western customs DID penetrate in some places, notably Turkey - which interestingly enough, WAS NOT ruled by Christians. Hmmmm. OTOH western customs penetrated least in places like Saudi and Afghan, which were not ruled by christians. A complex picture to be sure.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-11 9:49:20 AM|| 2004-05-11 9:49:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I must applaud Harpers for publishing really old articles even if they are politically incorrect.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-05-11 12:30:18 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:30:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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