"The civilisation we call Islamic, has left its mark on lands stretching
from the Atlantic to Java and from the Balkans to the Himalayas. Within
it are very distinct and different races, such as the white Berbers of
Morocco and Algeria, the Arnauts of Albania (perhaps the purest of European
race) and the many converted Serbs of Bosnia and Macadonia. Then there
are the hundreds of millions of every colour and race in Africa, Arabia,
Persia, Central Asia, India ,China and the Malay Archipelago. But wherever
Islam exists there is the manifest influence of its Founder, that permeates
all classes and races. Arabian and Persian culture, too, in architecture,
in arts, and in literature is evident wherever Islam is found.
You cannot visit a Muslim city without immediately being struck by the
minaret of the mosque, which is everywhere from the first sign of Islam,
turned upwards toward the Great Beyond. The strong mystic influence that
permeate Muslim nations cannot be mistaken for any other spiritual force
than that of Quran." (Malick; 138)