Bernard Lewis

Historian

Bernard Lewis was a prominent historian known for his expertise on the Middle East and his analysis of cultural conflicts.

Born
May 31, 1916
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42
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#1684

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"I think the important point which I've been trying to get across is that Islam, from the very beginning, is strongly, clearly opposed to autocratic dictatorial government. The idea which we so often hear expressed in the Western world, that's how they are, that's how they will always be and they can't do anything else."

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"Islam explicitly rejects dictatorship and there are no traditions of the Prophet or passages in the Qur'an which clearly give dictators this support."

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