By David Ignatius
Monday, 15 July 2013
THE NEWS JOURNAL
By David Ignatius
DELAWARE---Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain last May. With tears in his eyes, he found himself wondering how the Arab Muslim genius of a thousand years ago had veered in modern times toward such chaos and repression. The Cordoban spirit was described by Maria Rosa Menocal in her book, "The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain." She described how the Arab Muslim rulers of the time promoted a freedom of thought that, in addition to producing great art and the beginnings of modern mathematics and science, also allowed other religions to prosper. [link]
By David Ignatius
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