The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.
“Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?”
“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”