‘Islam or Turcism opened and rejected’
Simon Oomius
Date: 1663
Original Language: Dutch
Description
Oomius wrote this work, which is 991 pages long, with the twin purposes of correcting false representations of Islam and of giving examples of piety among Muslims, all for the benefit of his fellow Christians. But he also wrote to argue against the teachings and practices of Islam, because in his view Islam was built upon a combination of f…