Louis Gardet

Louis Gardet (15 August 1904, in Toulouse – 17 July 1986) was a French Roman Catholic priest and historian. As an author he was an expert in Islamic culture and sociology who had a sympathetic view of Islam as a religion. He considered himself "a Christian philosopher of cultures". ''Islam's men, Mentality of Approaches'' is one of his best and most widely read works. Provided by Wikipedia