Body Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of…

— John Keegan

Islam united all heresies persecuted in Byzantine Empire and synthesised them well into a conseffion that later became a symbol of Arab self-affirmation.

— Anonymous

The sense of Islam as a threatening Other - with Muslims depicted as fanatical, violent, lustful, irrational - develops during the colonial period in…

— Edward Said

Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we…

— Basmah bint Saud

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a…

— Karen Armstrong

“History proves beyond any possibility of doubt that no religion has ever given a stimulus to scientific progress comparable to that of Islam. The…

— Muhammad Asad

“Islam had, from its earliest days, embraced warfare. Muhammad himself prosecuted a series of military campaigns while subjugating Mecca, and the explosive expansion of…

— Thomas Asbridge

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a…

— Karen Armstrong

“One thing was for sure: I had no interest in questioning whether Islam was inherently a religion of peace or one of war, whether…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

“As Islamic liberalism waned, and resistance arose against the West and its influence, that very resistance started to replace genuine religiosity as the basis…

— Mustafa Akyol

The early Mussalmans accepted Islam not because they knew it to be revealed but because it appealed to their virgin reason.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To do Mohammed justice, his main attack was against the idolatries of Asia. Only he thought, just as the Arians did and just as…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton