George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was the most significant British playwright since the 17th century, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. His plays are permeated by his passion for social reform.
In his own peculiar style, George Bernard Shaw writes about Islam:
“If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.”
George Bernard Shaw writes about Prophet Muhammad:
“I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality.
It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age.
I have studied him – the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti- Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.”
He says further about Prophet Muhammad:
“I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modem world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness
I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”1
1. The Genuine Islam, Sir George Bernard Shaw. vol. I.no. 8, 1936