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LeftishBrit

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Mon Dec 29, 2014, 07:47 AM Dec 2014

Shock horror, was Winston Churchill a Secret Muslin?!

Well, no, of course; but still there's a bit of irony in this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/sir-winston-churchills-family-begged-him-not-to-convert-to-islam-letter-reveals-9946787.html


The family of Sir Winston Churchill urged him to “fight against” the desire to convert to Islam, a newly discovered letter has revealed.


The Prime Minister who led Britain to victory in World War Two was apparently so taken with Islam and the culture of the Orient that his family wrote to try and persuade him not to become a Muslim....

"Churchill never seriously considered converting," Dr Dockter told The Independent. "He was more or less an atheist by this time anyway. He did however have a fascination with Islamic culture which was common among Victorians."...

....Dr Dockter, who assisted the London Mayor Boris Johnson on his book about Churchill, discovered the letter while researching his forthcoming book Winston Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East

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Shock horror, was Winston Churchill a Secret Muslin?! (Original Post) LeftishBrit Dec 2014 OP
"Secret MUSLIN?" Does that mean he was a flimsy politician? non sociopath skin Dec 2014 #1
I guess one could see right through him. djean111 Dec 2014 #2
Well, as a Conservative, he was very concerned about maintaining the traditional fabric of society.. LeftishBrit Dec 2014 #3
By all accounts, he was often at least two sheets to the wind n/t Bossy Monkey Dec 2014 #4
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