Luther famously called Islam ‘the scourge of God’ — a corrective instrument for Christian civilisations turned degenerate. Developing this insight, E. Michael Jones says in Islam and Logos that
‘Islam always arrives on the scene when Christianity has failed’ because it’s ‘the sign that God has run out of patience with lukewarm Christians who do nothing to preserve the social and moral order from soul-destroying decadence.’ (Fidelity Press 2016, p.102)
If Islam’s appeal is growing today, as Andrew Tate’s conversion would suggest, it’s the latest example of this centuries-old phenomenon. Indeed, you can’t understand the crisis of masculinity in Christianity and the West at large without understanding Islam. As Chesterton warned in ‘The Fall of Chivalry,’ Islam’s lack of ‘self-correcting complexity’ by comparison with Christianity meant ‘it allowed of those simple and masculine but mostly rather dangerous appetites that show themselves in a chieftain or a lord.’
But the caricature version of Islam presented in Western education means it’s poorly understood. This article will explain what I admire about Islam, why I think it’s superior to secular liberalism and why I am nevertheless not a Muslim.