The West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction.
Ibn WarraqNot only is the West so successful economically, but it leads the world scientifically, and culturally.
Ibn WarraqSurprisingly one of the forces for secularisation was Christianity itself. As soon as it accepted the idea of a contrary opinion, the moment that European opinion decided for toleration, it decided for eventual free marketing opinion.
Ibn WarraqOf course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in the Near East, yet nobody mentions those facts.
Ibn Warraq