Customer Reviews
Read it before giveing openion - By: Aamir, 22 Feb 2008 
Like a typical fanatic he writes without reading the book & without even understanding what the book is about.
It is not about Islam, it is about Muslims.
With a large number of Muslims like him we can understand why they are so backward.
a good read - By: University Student, 10 Feb 2008 I bought have read this book, & also used it especially for the part on muslim spain.
have found this very helpfull as other books do not realise the vast impact islamic civilisation has had on the western world. here are some extracts from the book:
« Caliph (prince) Al-Hakam (961-76 CE) a peace loving & scholarly man surrounded himself with scientists & scholars, creating a library of 400,000 books (pg 108 Tim Wallace Murphy)
« Price Al Hakam established schools & centre¡¦s of learning open to people of every social class. (pg 108 Tim Wallace Murphy)
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« ¡§Religious tolerancein Muslim Spain ensured education for many regardless of their faith.¡¨ (Pg129 ¡V Tim Wallace-Murphy)
« Classical learning crossed from Spain into Christian Europe with the help of Jewish scholars who could easily translate between Arabic, Hebrew & Latin (pg113 Tim Wallace Murphy)
« It was well known & respected collegesin Al-Andalus that became the models on which Oxford & Cambridge were based (T.W.Murphy pg 119)
Comment, not review - By: agnostic, 03 Feb 2008 
I have not read this book, but rather the controversial reviews about it.
All I would like to say is that if you want to learn about Christianity, read the Bible;
If you want to learn about Judaism, read the Torah;
And if you want to learn about Islam, read the Quran.
These seem to be the most logical & accurate ways to learn about any religion, avoiding any opinion or bias.
Interesting book but not what I expected - By: gnostic, 27 Oct 2007 
I expected something else but the book is interesting.
It begins with description of the Jewish & Christian religions then it goes onto Islam & the effect of civilisation that it had on western Europe. Then he spends considerable amount of time talking about the crusades & the massacres of the Muslims by the Christians,in Antioch, Jerusalem, Constantinople - Christians, Bilbeis etc.
He also says the debt that Europe owes Islam is immeasurable & that Muslims should be left to resolve their own problems & not coerced.
It's a worth a read or borrowing for anyone & for Muslims the 13th chapter is the one that they should read, if not the rest of the book.
brilliant, objective and easy to read - By: truth-seeker, 23 May 2007 The author deals with the subject eloquently! he starts with a long introductory chapters about the jewish & christian religious beliefs as a background to islam.
the author deals mainly with the impact of andalucia, muslim iberia, on the european Renaissance
very recommended
