courtesy David Walton
Srila Prabhupada said publicly many things to pacify the demons. But here is what he really thinks about Islam, etc "Muhammadan... Brain fag. And they are thieves."
Padmapani Prabhu sent ;
"Srila Prabhupada once wrote that those who reside in the Middle East were killers of brahmans in their last life (or lives), and they're cursed to live in the desert.
Here is an interesting conversation with Srila Prabhupada:
Hari-śauri: Yes. We had to go Atlantic and then right round the tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean, because the Suez Canal was finished then. It was blocked by the war.
Prabhupāda: Suez Canal still not open?
Hari-śauri: No.
Prabhupāda: What they have done, these...? They were getting, minimum, fifty thousand rupees daily.
Hari-śauri: Oh, at least.
Prabhupāda: So what, these nonsense politicians? They lost the money, and inconvenience to others. These rascal politician, they can do anything whimsical. They were getting money, not less than fifty tho
