"al-insan al-kamil" - "Perfect Man"
I think the author got the translation of this wrong. Sounds more like it should be "crazy like a camel."
I've read some of Spencer's other works. Great researcher and author. This is now on my list.
ANd it's in the Queeran! Indiputable!
Actually, there appear to have been a number of good Muslims in history --Ahmad Shah Massoud being one of my heroes, but one has to think it was in spite of, not because of, their religion.