Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville on Islam and cultural decline

„I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. As far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion more to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.“

Alexis De TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville criticizes Islam in the 19th century as a cause of decline in the Muslim world compared to paganism.
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Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th-century French statesman, historian, and political philosopher known for his analysis of democracy and political society in America.

Historical quote by Alexis de Tocqueville critically assessing Islam in the 19th century.


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Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859) was a French politician, lawyer, and writer. His seminal work "Democracy in America" analyzes the effects of democracy on the social structures of the United States. Tocqueville is considered one of the most influential political thinkers of the 19th century and a founder of modern democratic theory.

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