William Montgomery Watt quotes

I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a "Muslim” as "one surrendered to God”; but I believe that embedded in the Qur'an and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn. (William Montgomery Watt)
Because Europe was reacting against Islam it belittled the influence of Saracens and exaggerated its dependence on its Greek and Roman heritage. So today an important task for us is to correct this false emphasis and to acknowledge fully our debt to the Arab and Islamic world. View quote
William Montgomery Watt
Islam is now Wrestling with Western thought as it once wrestled with Greek philosophy, and is as much in need as it was then of a 'revival of the religious sciences.' View quote
William Montgomery Watt

William Montgomery Watt

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Occupation: Historian
Born: March 14, 1909
Died: October 24, 2006
Quotes count: 3

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