How the world views Islam
is clearly understandable when we go through the remarks of the thinking neo-
and non-Muslims. And as far as common man’s view, this is no more than a load of
disinformation borrowed from the unreliable media – which includes the
gutter-press and the biased TV channels.
(NEO-MUSLIMS)
Maurice Bucaille
(A French scientist who embraced Islam in the recent past, writes in his book
‘The Bible, The Quran, and Science’):
“The totally erroneous statements made about Islam in the West are sometimes the
result of ignorance and sometimes of systematic denigration. The most serious of
all the untruths told about it are, however, those dealing with facts, for which
mistaken opinions are excusable; the presentation of facts running contrary to
the reality is not. I was looking for the degree of compatibility between
Quranic text and the data of modern science…at the end of which I had to
acknowledge the evidence in front of me; the Quran didn’t contain a single verse
that was assailable from a modern scientific point of view.”
M. Asad Weiss
(An Austrian journalist who embraced Islam in 1920s, and served the Government
of Pakistan in the early days)
“Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are
harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is
superfluous and nothing lacking, with the result of an absolute balance and
solid composure…Studies and comparisons created in me the firm conviction that
Islam, as a spiritual and social phenomenon, is still the greatest driving force
mankind has ever experienced."
Sir Abdullah Archibald Hamilton
(An English statesman who embraced Islam in 1923)
“Since arriving at an age of discretion, the beauty and the simple purity of
Islam have always appealed to me. I could never, though born and brought up as a
Christian, believe in the dogmatic aspect of the Church, and have always placed
reason and commonsense above blind faith.”
Ali Selman Benoist
(A French Physician who embraced Islam in 1953)
“The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam was the Quran; I
began to study it, before my conversion, with the critical spirit of a Western
intellectual, which convinced me of its being divinely revealed. There are
certain verses of this book which teach exactly the same notions as the most
modern scientific researches do.”
(NON-MUSLIMS)
George Bernard Shaw
(1935)
“I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable
tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today…I believe
that a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would
succeed in solving the problems in a way that would bring it the much-needed
peace and happiness.
Napoleon Bonaparte
(1800)
“I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and
educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the
principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to
happiness.”
James A. Michener
(Reader’s Digest, May 1955)
“No other religion in history spread so rapidly as Islam…The West has widely
believed that this surge of religion was made possible by the sword. But no
modern scholar accepts that idea, and the Quran is explicit in support of the
freedom of conscience. The evidence is strong that Islam welcomed the peoples of
many diverse religions, so long as they behaved themselves and paid extra taxes.
Muhammad constantly taught that Muslims should cooperate with the people of the
Book.”
Sarojini Naidu
(1918)
“Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I
read in the Quran I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but
practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world.”