A university doctor in sociology appeared on local television, saying: that the history of the Ummah is a dark history?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A university doctor in sociology appeared on local television last week, and he says that the history of the Ummah is a dark history, full of calamities and crimes, and of disagreements among Muslims. He says that the youth must be taught the history of Muslims in schools without editing or covering it up. He claims that the modern era is better than the early centuries. So, does...

The Shaykh:
...the date return?

The questioner:
...that the modern era is much better than the early centuries?

The Shaykh:
Does he now cry over Islam, and then say that the modern era is better than the early centuries, better than the era of the Companions, the era of the Messenger, and the era of the Companions? This is contradictory. He cries over Islam, says the history is dark, and that it should be taught to students as white history, and then he turns around and says our era is better than the era of the Salaf. This is contradictory. Either he is a compound ignoramus, or he is misguided, may Allah protect us from that. We are harmed only by people like these. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Yes, history is not all correct. History records everything that happened, both the correct and the flawed, and even lies are in history. But it is sifted, and the correct is taken from it. Yes.