You've got to be joking. Belloc was considered to be perhaps the greatest historian of the 20th century. He was a very devout Catholic who wrote much about Islam in his book "The Crusades", and his writings were anything but defenses of Islam. In fact, in a century that began to see relentless attacks on the Christian faith through revised history, (such as casting the Crusaders as 'evil invaders'), Belloc heroicly defended the Crusades and the Christian Faith, and accurately cast Islam, ('the Turk', as he called them), as ferocious, often merciless conquerors and warriors. The fact that he assigned intelligence to them shows how wise Belloc was; he was trying to tell his readers not to underestimate them.
His alleged "defense" of Islam was actually his brilliant insight into their core beliefs and his VAST knowledge of history. Belloc knew very well that no Medieval Christian took Islam lightly, and he knew that because of Islamic fanaticism they would one day rise again. He was right. Belloc was also correct in his observation that Islam was actually a bastardization of Christianity and Judaism. (The early Christians called the Mohmamedans 'heretics', because they adopted many Christian beliefs but rejected many others.) Belloc also correctly observed that the Christian faith was on the decline in the West. Just look to our own government today, which has made all public places off-limits to Christ the King. And look at Western society in general, which has morally deteriorated at a mind boggling rate over the last 100 years.
You were quoting someone who said:
"Finally, Belloc sounds a bit like an apologist for ISLAM and not an accurate historian."
[Sarcasm torpedo ARMED. FIRE!]
Gore Vidal and Kerry biographer Brinkley are
self-evidently better </g>
Try actually reading Belloc's writings if you can find
them. In addition to 'Heresies', Freeper / Libertarian types ought to have org*sms over his book 'The Servile State' which was written *before* the Bolshevik revolution.
And he was an *incredible* essayist.
Finally, don't forget G.K. Chesterton (the other half of
the 'Chesterbelloc'): his novel 'The Flying Inn' was
based on the premise of a resurgent Islam and a skulking,
accomodative (and secretly traitorous) government.
I quoted Belloc in my preface to my doctoral thesis--
half Monte Carlo, half quantum mechanics.