Israel Quotes by Bernard Lewis

The object of jihad is to bring the whole world under Islamic Law.

— Bernard Lewis

You see in the Muslim traditions, it's very clear: maintaining law and consultation, not being arbitrary and oppressive. Consultation. And also in…

— Bernard Lewis

In most of the countries in the Muslim world today, most of them are autocratic regimes that are unpopular if not detested…

— Bernard Lewis

A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human…

— Bernard Lewis

If the conflict is about the size of Israel, then long and difficult negotiations can eventually resolve the problem. But if the…

— Bernard Lewis

Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost…

— Bernard Lewis

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

Islam does give human dignity, certainly. The point I wanted to make is that it is great foolishness to try to impose…

— Bernard Lewis

“As Osama bin Laden puts it: "In this final phase of the ongoing struggle, the world of the infidels was divided between…

— Bernard Lewis

Muslims naturally saw Christendom as their arch rival. One point that is really important to bear in mind, particularly in addressing an…

— Bernard Lewis

I know it is said repeatedly that I was in support of the American invasion in Iraq. It is simply not true.…

— Bernard Lewis

In opposing we always talk about freedom in the Western world, Muslims always talk about justice. Very often we mean the same…

— Bernard Lewis

Muslims are very keenly aware of the history of their community, of the history of that relationship between their community and the…

— Bernard Lewis

It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings,…

— Bernard Lewis

The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the…

— Bernard Lewis

I think confronted with the modern world or with the rest of the world, I think people are becoming aware that the…

— Bernard Lewis

“[...] the governor of the Hijaz sent an order to the district governor of Mecca prohibiting the trade in slaves. The district…

— Bernard Lewis

“ (Note: The following was written in 2003, before the full implication of US military commitment in Afghanistan and Iraq could be…

— Bernard Lewis

My position on that has been misrepresented again and again and again in the media. Let me make it clear. There are…

— Bernard Lewis

Blaming the imperialists nowadays is obviously absurd, as is blaming the Americans, who obviously don't have the slightest desire to control anything…

— Bernard Lewis

They call themselves Sephardic Jews, but that's not the important thing. The important thing is that some come from the Muslim world…

— Bernard Lewis

In the Christian world, as you remember, Christianity is in the 21st century, Islam is in the 15th century. I don't mean…

— Bernard Lewis

I think the important point which I've been trying to get across is that Islam, from the very beginning, is strongly, clearly…

— Bernard Lewis