The golden age of equal rights in Spain was a myth, and belief in it was a result, more than a cause,… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“As Osama bin Laden puts it: "In this final phase of the ongoing struggle, the world of the infidels was divided between… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
These internal clashes in Israel nowadays are in a sense a continuation of a clash between Islam and Christendom through their former… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Muslims are very keenly aware of the history of their community, of the history of that relationship between their community and the… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Islam explicitly rejects dictatorship and there are no traditions of the Prophet or passages in the Qur'an which clearly give dictators this… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
You see Christians and Muslims have one thing in common which they do not share with their other religions as far as… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“Different groups in the [Middle East] drew two lessons from [return of the shah in Iran] - one, that Americans were willing to use… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the nuclear weapons… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
You see in the Muslim traditions, it's very clear: maintaining law and consultation, not being arbitrary and oppressive. Consultation. And also in the Muslim… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
I know it is said repeatedly that I was in support of the American invasion in Iraq. It is simply not true. I was… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Certainly Tunisia was the first in Muslim world. It's been like that for a long time and women play an important part in Tunisia.… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
In the West nowadays, it's very common to talk about the Judeo- Christian tradition. It's a common term. The term is relatively modern but… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
When we talk about the Judeo-Christian or the Judeo-Muslim tradition, it's important to remember that we are speaking of a Jewish component of civilization,… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
In opposing we always talk about freedom in the Western world, Muslims always talk about justice. Very often we mean the same thing. But… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
You see in Turkey, they had a remarkable success story in building up a democracy. I was in Istanbul for most of the year… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western world make… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
In the Christian world, as you remember, Christianity is in the 21st century, Islam is in the 15th century. I don't mean to say… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
