aammar
16-09-2012, 06:20 AM
De Lacy O'Leary (1872-1975)
He was a British clergyman and had many writings, including the Arab Thought and its Position in History (1922); Islam at the Crossroads (1923); A Short History of the Fatimid Caliphate (1923); The Arab Peninsula before Muhammad (1927); and others.
From Islam at the Crossroads:
The most fantastically absurd myth
“This makes it clear, however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.”[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36661#_ftn1)
[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36661#_ftnref1) De Lacy O'Leary, Islam at the Crossroads, 8.
He was a British clergyman and had many writings, including the Arab Thought and its Position in History (1922); Islam at the Crossroads (1923); A Short History of the Fatimid Caliphate (1923); The Arab Peninsula before Muhammad (1927); and others.
From Islam at the Crossroads:
The most fantastically absurd myth
“This makes it clear, however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.”[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36661#_ftn1)
[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36661#_ftnref1) De Lacy O'Leary, Islam at the Crossroads, 8.