I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly but even encouraged music at certain times.
In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think...
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and...
As a historian what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.
