Bernard Lewis Quotes
- The golden age of equal rights in Spain was a myth, and belief in it was a result, more than a cause, of Jewish sympathy…
- During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only later became involved.…
- America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend.
- The object of jihad is to bring the whole world under Islamic Law.
- If the conflict is about the size of Israel, then long and difficult negotiations can eventually resolve the problem. But if the conflict is about…
- Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost and Judaism has…
- It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents…