By the Victorian era, when deep-rooted prejudice against Islam had settled 
across Christian Europe, John Davenport presented a new picture of Islam in 
An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran – one which emphasizes the 
tolerance, humanity, and uprightness of the Islamic message. He lauded the 
accomplishments of the then Islamic civilizations to show that – contrary to 
the views of his time – the ‘East’ was not uncivilized. 
This edition comes with a new set of annotations clarifying some 
misconceptions in Davenport’s discussion of Islamic history. It also has a 
new introduction which provides updated biographical information about 
the life of John Davenport himself