What Non-Muslims Say About Islam, The Quraan and Muhammad(Peace Be Upon Him)

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What Non-Muslimssay About Islam, The

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"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, ofa cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that isMuhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may wellask, is there any man greater than he?"

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" t is not the propagation but the permanency of his religion that deser4es our wonder, the same pure and perfect impression which he engra4ed at Mecca and Medina is preser4ed, after there4olutions of twel4e centuries by the ndian, the African and the $urkish proselytes of the 5oran. .. $he Mahometans ha4e uniformly withstood the temptation of reducing the ob6ect of their faith ande4otion to a le4el with the senses and imagination of man. 7 belie4e in %ne 8od and Mahomet theApostle of 8od7 is the simple and in4ariable profession of slam. $he intellectual image of the (eityhas ne4er been degraded by any 4isible idol; the honours of the prophet ha4e ne4er transgressed themeasure of human 4irtue, and his li4ing precepts ha4e restrained the gratitude of his disciples withinthe bounds of reason and religion."

'dward 8ibbon and #imon %cklay, ! #$%&9 %: $!' #A&A '< 'MP &', ondon, + 1=, p.- .

"!e was aesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope7s pretensions, aesar without thelegions of aesar> without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fi edre4enue; if e4er any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right di4ine, it was Mohammed,for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports."

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"$he religion of slam is growing faster than any other religion in the world." M 5' CA A ',2= M


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can say, am 4ery mush impressed by finding true astronomical facts in the *urHaan.

Professor Alfred 5roner who is one of the worldHs most famous geologists"$hinking about many of these questions and thinking where Muhammad came from, he was afterall a bedouin. think it is almost impossible that he could ha4e known about things like the

common origin of the uni4erse, because scientists ha4e only found out within the last few yearswith 4ery complicated and ad4anced technological methods that this is the case.

Eoe eigh #impson, Professor of %bstetrics and 8ynecology at the t follows, think, that not onlyis there no conflict between genetics and religion, but in fact religion can guide science by addingre4elation to some traditional scientific approaches. $hat there e ists statements in the *urHaanshown by science to be 4alid, which supports knowledge in the *urHaan ha4ing been deri4ed fromAllah.

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"!istory makes it clear howe4er, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the worldand forcing slam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantasticallyabsurd myths that historians ha4e e4er repeated." 33(e acy %7 eary, # AM A$ $!'&%##&%A(#, ondon, + 0B, p. .

"$he Muslim community is much more aware of its religion and the use that religion plays withinits community." (r Peter @rierley, e ecuti4e director of the hristian &esearch Association, aondon3based charity

" ha4e always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful 4itality.t is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing

phase of e istence which can make itself appeal to e4ery age. ha4e studied him 3 the wonderfulman and in my opinion for from being an anti3 hrist, he must be called the #a4iour of !umanity.

belie4e that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he wouldsucceed in sol4ing its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness> ha4e prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the 'urope oftomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the 'urope of today." 338.@. #haw, $!'8'


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where4er on the world they are will recogniDe each other as brothers." Mr. &. . Mellema, !olland,Anthropologist, Criter and #cholar.

" t is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, whoknows how he taught and how he li4ed, to feel anything but re4erence for that mighty Prophet, one

of the great messengers of the #upreme. And although in what put to you shall say many thingswhich may be familiar to many, yet myself feel whene4er re3read them, a new way ofadmiration, a new sense of re4erence for that mighty Arabian teacher." 33Annie @esant, $!' :'A

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