"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
These words were said by the famous Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. By extension to it, one can add: a community ignorant of its roots can have no future. Those who are averse to the religion of Islam have put great efforts into obscuring its history (both recent and ancient) from its adherents. In doing so, they aim to ensure that Muslims do not revisit their past successes lest they use it as a means of revival for their future.
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