Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Mahmoud Mohammed Taha

Sudanese Reformer, Religious Thinker, Leader and Engineer, executed for apostasy

"Science knows the qualities of electricity, but not its real essence."

"The greatest obstacle to love is fear. It has been the source of all defects in human behavior throughout the ages."

"Islam started as a stranger, and it shall return as a stranger in the same way it started."