I hope this book will be well received and not attacked and vilified. I always tell anyone asking my opinion of Churchill's words on the question of radical Islam to read Chapter 3 of "The Story of the Malakand Field Force". He lived it and knew of that which he wrote. Talk about prescience, oh my. Charlie
On Apr 30, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Lee Pollock <[email protected]> wrote: > As some of you may know, Warren Dockter will be bringing out a new book on > Churchill and the Islamic World in a few months; it cover Churchill's > relationship with Islam over the whole of his life. Information is on the > I.B. Tauris website. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of PatFinn1940 > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 4:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Candidate Arrested for Speech in UK > > This is absolutely RIDICULOUS. When I first read the Churchill quote in > question a few years ago, I was struck by WSC's prescience. In some ways, he > was right--especially when it comes to the more radical Islamists, who want > to impose their Sharia law over English/British Common Law. > > To jail someone (even a politician) for views that some consider non-PC is > insane. Isn't that what places like Hyde Park Corner are set up for: to > give those with unpopular views a forum? Granted, this politician wasn't > there, but he should be allowed to express such views aloud. > > My two US cents..... > > On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:28:32 PM UTC-4, Charles Montgomery wrote: > I know this can be exaggerated, but it shows on what a slippery slope the > current atmosphere in Western nations is resting. > > Arrested for quoting Winston Churchill: European election candidate accused > of religious and racial harassment after he repeats wartime prime minister's > words on Islam during campaign speech > > He quoted WSC from "The River War", quoted him mind you, for something > written 100+ years ago. Part of which is: > > 'Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of > commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the > Prophet rule or live.' > > > > Read more: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614834/Arrested-quoting-Winston-Churchill-European-election-candidate-accused-religious-racial-harassment-repeats-wartime-prime-ministers-words-Islam-campaign-speech.html#ixzz30IR5bXlS > > Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
