Books Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore

“The charm offensive was complemented by the work of a number of Islamic intellectuals with strong links to the Egyptian Islamic movement in general…

— Tarek Osman

“MOHAMMED’S BIOGRAPHER He was an evangelical pastor, but not for long. Religious orthodoxy was not for him. An open-minded man, a passionate polemicist, he…

— Eduardo Galeano

“most intellectually intriguing episode in Ibn Hanbal's life was his fierce struggle with Al-Mutazillah, an isolationist school of Islamic philosophy that flourished in the…

— Tarek Osman

“The debate over whether the sacred book was created or existed eternally had enormous practical implications. The Mu’tazilites developed a method of Koranic interpretation…

— Robert Spencer

“He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin was (ha!), how it…

— Aravind Adiga

There is not a Musselman[Muslim] alive who would not imagine that he was performing an action pleasing to God and his Holy Prophet by…

— Denis Diderot

“It is a great shame for anyone to listen to the accusation that Islam is a lie and that Muhammad was a fabricator and…

— Thomas Carlyle

“The admirers and followers of the Al Koran insist on the excellent moral precepts interspersed throughout that wild and absurd performance...Would we know, whether…

— David Hume

He's [Jesus] the most fascinating character in history, really - the character who's made more difference to the world than anyone since him. I…

— Philip Pullman

“Ibn al-Wahhab was not the godfather of contemporary terrorist movements. Rather, he was a voice of reform, reflecting mainstream eighteenth-century Islamic thought. His vision…

— Natana J. Delong-Bas

“There was a natural overlap, for example, between the deep anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime and that of some leading Islamic scholars. The Grand…

— Peter Frankopan

I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals and people,…

— Louis Farrakhan