"Lokacin da mutum ya fahimci cikakken girman gwajin Larabawa (watau Musulmi), tunanin Larabawa da rubuce-rubucen Larabawa, sai ya ga cewa ba tare da Larabawa ba, kimiyya da falsafar Turai ba za su bunkasa a lokacin da suka bunkasa ba. Larabawa ba masu isar da tunanin Girka kawai ba ne, a'a, masu rikewa ne na gaskiya, waɗanda suka kiyaye ilimomin da aka koyar da su tare da faɗaɗa iyakokinsu. Lokacin da, kusan shekara ta 1100, Turawa suka fara sha'awar kimiyya da falsafar abokan gābansu Saracens da gaske, waɗannan ilimomi suna kan kololuwarsu; kuma dole ne Turawan su koyi duk abin da za su iya daga Larabawa kafin su samu damar ci gaba da kansu."
"Kamar yadda Musulmi da yawa a yau ke jin ƙasƙanci idan suka fuskanci Yamma, tarihi ya nuna cewa matsayin ya juya gaba ɗaya lokacin da Turawa suka kalli Musulmi. Watt ya kuma bayyana cewa: 'Jin ƙasƙancin da Yammacin Turai ya fuskanci wayewar Musulunci da shi yana da fuska daban-daban. Fasahar Musulunci ta fi ta Turai a wurare da dama, kuma akwai more rayuwa da yawa ga Musulmi masu arziki; amma wannan wataƙila ƙaramin dalili ne. A fannin soja, an taɓa tsoron Saracens a baya, amma yanzu jarumai Norman suna iya daidaita su. Faɗin mulkin Musulunci, duk da haka, abin tsoro ne. A farkon karni na sha biyu, mutane suna ganin duniya a matsayin ta ƙunshi sassa uku, Asiya, Afirka da Turai. Mafi girma daga cikinsu, Asiya, an yi tunanin kusan duka Musulmi ne, haka ma yawancin Afirka, yayin da ba dukkan Turai ba ce Kirista. Ta haka aka ɗauka cewa kusan kashi biyu bisa uku na duniya Musulmi ne. Ga kowane Kirista da ya taɓa haɗuwa da Musulmi, kuma, girman kansu da ba a girgiza ba dole ne ya dame shi. Gabaɗaya ra'ayoyin Yammacin Turai game da Musulunci ba su bambanta da na wata ƙungiyar marasa galihu a cikin babbar al'umma ba.'"
H.G. Wells a cikin littafinsa The Outline of History ya ce:
“When one becomes aware of the full extent of Arab (i.e. Muslim) experimenting, Arab thinking and Arab writing, one sees that without the Arabs, European science and philosophy would not have developed when they did. The Arabs were no mere transmitters of Greek thought, but genuine bearers, who both kept alive the disciplines they had been taught and extended their range. When about 1100, Europeans became seriously interested in the science and philosophy of their Saracen enemies, those disciplines were at their zenith; and the Europeans had to learn all they could from the Arabs before they themselves could make further advances.” Just as many Muslims today have a feeling of inferiority when they are confronted by the West, the history shows that the role was entirely reversed when the Europeans looked at the Muslims. Watt also narrated, “The feeling of inferiority with which Western Europe confronted Islamic civilisation had various facets. Islamic technology was superior to European at many points and more luxuries were available to wealthy Muslims; but this was probably a minor factor. Militarily the Saracens had been feared in the past, but now the Norman knights were proving a match for them. The extent of Islamic rule, however, was formidable. In the early twelfth century, men regarded the world as consisting of three parts, Asia, Africa and Europe. The largest of these, Asia, was thought to be almost entirely Muslim, and so was much of Africa, while not the whole of Europe was Christian. In this way it was supposed that nearly two-thirds of the world was Muslim. For any Christian who had come in contact with Muslims, too, their unshakeable sense of superiority must have been disturbing. In general the feelings of western Europeans against Islam were not unlike those of an underprivileged class in a great state.” H.G. Wells in his book The Outline of History, said :