لحم ودم

Islam is one of the world’s great religions. Let me be
explicit about what I, as a historian of Islam who is not
a Muslim, mean by that. Islam has brought comfort
and peace of mind to countless millions of men and
women. It has given dignity and meaning to drab and
impoverished lives. It has taught people of different
races to live in brotherhood and people of different
creeds to live side by side in reasonable tolerance. It
inspired a great civilisation in which others besides
Muslims lived creative and useful lives and which, by
its achievement, enriched the whole world.

Bernard Lewis is one of the worldÊs pre-eminent experts on the
Middle East. The author of dozens of books on the region, he is
currently Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.