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William Montgomery Watt est un universitaire britannique spécialiste de l'islam. Il a écrit plus d'une trentaine de livres. Il a étudié à la School of Oriental and African Studies de l'Université de Londres. Il devient membre de la communauté œcuménique Iona en Écosse en 1960. Il a enseigné notamment à l'Université d'Édimbourg. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. mars 1909 – 24. octobre 2006
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“Parce qu’elle s’opposait à l’islam, l’Europe a déprécié l’influence des Sarrasins et
mis exagérément l’accent sur sa dépendance à l’égard de l’héritage grec et romain. Il importe donc aujourd’hui pour nous de corriger cette orientation erronée et de reconnaître pleinement notre dette envers le monde arabe et musulman.”

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William Montgomery Watt: Citations en anglais

“I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a “Muslim” as “one surrendered to God”; but I believe that embedded in the Qur’an and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn.”

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Islam and Christianity Today: A Contribution to Dialogue https://books.google.com/books?id=4YlTAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Routledge Library Editions, 1983, p. IX.

“Because Europe was reacting against Islam it belittled the influence of Saracens and exaggerated its dependence on its Greek and Roman heritage. So today an important task for us is to correct this false emphasis and to acknowledge fully our debt to the Arab and Islamic world.”

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The influence of Islam on medieval Europe, Edinburgh University Press, 1973, p. 84

“Islam is now Wrestling with Western thought as it once wrestled with Greek philosophy, and is as much in need as it was then of a 'revival of the religious sciences.'”

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Deep study of al-Ghazali may suggest to Muslims steps to be taken if they are to deal successfully with the contemporary situation. Christians, too, now that the world is in a cultural melting-pot, must be prepared to learn from Islam, and are unlikely to find a more sympathetic guide than al-Ghazali.

The Deliverance from Error https://www.amazon.com/Al-Ghazalis-Path-Sufism-Deliverance-al-Munqidh/dp/1887752307, Introduction