Napoleon and Islam (from French & Arab documents): Napoleon Bonaparte had a distinctive religious policy when he was in Egypt when dealing with the Muftis, he knew of the world of the hereafter that awaits the Muslims and even states after the Battle of Aboukir that βI have often told you, and repeated to you, that I was a Muslim, that I believed in the unity of God, that I honoured the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and loved the Muslimsβ¦β