Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Here’s an Arab Muslim singing his praises:
“John Esposito was an early and courageous scholar who challenged Orientalist misrepresentations of Islam and Muslims in an era of deep polarisation”
Nothing “courageous” about this cretin. Even if he was only in it for the $$$$, he did a lot of damage to a time honoured institution of higher learning.
John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam
The pioneering scholar, who died on July 15, challenged Orientalist orthodoxies and reshaped the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
Hmm, Esposito was certainly challenged, but he never came out and took it up with anyone who challenged him. He was at best a creepy wakademic tosspot.
Here’s a more realistic picture of Esposito’s misdeeds:
John Esposito: Apologist of Islam or Messenger of Islamic Da’wah?
John Esposito is a professor at Georgetown University and the head of the “Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.” He is considered one of the foremost apologists of radical Islam in American academia. The term “apologist” means one who denies events and activities of a group or who uses selective perceptions and cognitive biases to whitewash reality. However, it is more fitting to view Esposito as a Da’i, or an Islamic propagator who uses Da’wah, the propagation of deceit.
From the very beginning, Islam has been spread by two arms: the violent jihad and the political Da’wah (16:125)i. Da’wah serves as a diplomatic means of religious legitimization through which to invite all human beings to accept Islam as the only supreme and perfect religion (5:3; 9:33). According to Da’wah, which preaches the message of Allah’s infinite wisdom (6:38), it is in humanity’s best interest to submit to Islam (7:158; 21:107). Since Islam is perfect, no one may doubt it, use logic to determine its validity, or judge it by human conceptions (4:115; 5:72-3; 10:69-70; 29:68; 36:64-5). Any of these transgressions constitutes heresy and warrants the death penalty.
