What Islam Did For Us

Within the Holy Qu’ran, Christians and Jews are described as ‘the People of the Book’ and have been treated with respect and toleration by the world of Islam throughout its long history. The People of the Book, are those faiths, such as Christianity and Judaism which, like Islam itself, are founded upon a written source of spiritual revelation.1 Furthermore, as we will also discover, Islam’s contribution to the development of European culture has been profound.