How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its followers! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dob, 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 exists wherever the of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. 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.
Individual Muslims must 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.
