Why I am not a Muslim
The Rushdie affair -- The origins of Islam -- The problem of sources -- Muhammad and his message -- The Koran -- The totalitarian nature of Islam -- Is Islam compatible with democracy and human rights? -- Arab imperialism, Islamic colonialism -- The Arab conquests and the position of non-Muslim subj...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Amherst, NY
Prometheus Books
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | [Repr.] |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Criticism
B Koran / Demythologizing B Islam / Democratization |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamismo
B Islam Controversial literature |
| Summary: | The Rushdie affair -- The origins of Islam -- The problem of sources -- Muhammad and his message -- The Koran -- The totalitarian nature of Islam -- Is Islam compatible with democracy and human rights? -- Arab imperialism, Islamic colonialism -- The Arab conquests and the position of non-Muslim subjects -- Heretics and heterodoxy, atheism and freethought, reason and revelation -- Greek philosophy and science and their influence on Islam -- Sufism or Islamic mysticism -- Al-Ma'arri -- Women and Islam -- Taboos: wine, pigs, and homosexuality -- Final assessment of Muhammad -- Islam in the West |
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| Item Description: | Hardcover published 1995. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-389) and index |
| ISBN: | 1591020115 |