"The claims of Islam do not depend on historical origins, but on an inner knowledge of God, the accompaniment and reward of piety. What makes Islam true is the spiritual life of Moslems, not religious history but religious experience."'
This sounds like something some of the mental patients I work with would say.
Oh really? But if someone had said this:
"The claims of Christianity do not depend on historical origins, but on an inner knowledge of God, the accompaniment and reward of piety. What makes Christianity true is the spiritual life of Christians, not religious history but religious experience."... would you find it just as crazy?