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George Bernard Shaw wrote

>But the Europe of the present century is far advanced. It is beginning to be enamored of the creed of Mohammed. I believe that if today an autocrat of Mohammed’s caliber assumes world leadership, he could solve all problems of humanity splendidly. The world will become an abode of peace and happiness. I predict that tomorrow’s Europe will embrace Islam.

Did you know that Nietzsche also lavishly praised Islam, which today seems a rebuttal to his fear that God is dead And Napoleon too considered Islam the greatest of all religions and praised even in his exile.

>> No.12709414

Pretty sure that G. Bernard Shaw quote is a fake, akhi, but jazakallah for sharing anyway.

>> No.12709429

>>12709414
Letter to the Reverend Ensor Walters (1933), as quoted in Bernard Shaw : Collected Letters, 1926-1950 (1988) by Dan H. Laurence, p. 305

>> No.12709457

>>12709386
>And Napoleon too considered Islam the greatest of all religions and praised even in his exile.
Isn't it because he basically wanted to emulate what Muhammad accomplished in terms of conquest?

>> No.12709467

>>12709457
Napoleon said he wanted to be remembered as a law bringer rather than a conquerer

>> No.12709471

>>12709429
https://idlethink.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/being-an-unforgivably-protracted-debunking-of-george-bernard-shaws-views-of-islam/

>> No.12709611

>>12709471
>>12709471
Yes, it is in a letter, not that interview