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RE:@Arnav Singh
by balaord on Apr 03, 2008 08:42 AM

Against Humanity??Muslims were torch bearers of tolerance to the most part.There were rulers who were cruel -but by far Islam set the standard for human rights..

Read history and dont educate yourself from the sensational media

The universally accepted ideals which you guys seems to be so obsessed with are actually
influenced by Islam.Read Two Time Pulitzer Prize winning author's ground breaking New Book
God's Crucible-Islam and the Making of Europe-This book explains how Muslim
spain's legacy of tolerance and rich heritage of scientific accomplishments shaped Europe.
Historian David Levering Lewis challenges the eurocentric historians and the current
ludicorous and biased popular perception of Islamic civilization

This is one of Washington Post's publication's review of the book

readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/02/classics_chaos_gods_crucible.php

Boston Globe on this book

boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/01/13/midwife_to_europes_modernity/


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