Britain would not allow Egypt to govern itself according to Islam
It is absurd to suppose Europe will look on as a passive spectator whilst the retrograde government based on purely Muhammadan principles and oriental ideas, is established in Egypt. The material interests at stake are too important …the new generation of Egyptians has to be persuaded or forced into imbibing the true spirit of Western civilization.
His real thoughts on women's rights
As Lord Cromer tried to lecture Muslims on women's rights, he was a member and one-time president of the UK 'Men's League for Opposing the Suffrage of Women' campaigning against giving British women the vote. The perfect answer to such people, who wrongly considered themselves to be in a position to lecture Muslims, came from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Atatürk granted women's suffrage in 1934, long before some European countries did.
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