Age Quote by Richard Engel

“By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between…

— Jim Al-Khalili

Damascus was the seat of the Ummayad Caliphate in the 7th and 8th centuries.

— Richard Engel

The Arab peoples possess an ancient and highly developed civilization that is in many ways more sophisticated than our own. For instance, they invented…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Middle East by the Arab Muslim caliphate, ending with Muslim fragmentation and the Iranian Buyid capture of Abbasid Baghdad, saw Muslim and Maronite establishment…

— William W. Harris

“Muhammad’s violent end years and final violent words were quickly followed by those who succeeded him in power, after his death in 632 AD.…

— John Price

At the end of the day, Iraq was a part of the fight against terrorism.

— Haider al-Abadi

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

— Maz Jobrani

Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had always been…

— John Bagot Glubb

ISIS is the new jihad - violent jihadist vanguard in the Middle East and globally.

— Michele Flournoy

The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from…

— Richard Engel

“One cannot, therefore, understand Arabic science without considering the extent to which Islam influenced scientific and philosophical thought. Arabic science was, throughout its golden…

— Jim Al-Khalili

“Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the…

— Jim Al-Khalili