Why I am not a Muslim /
Warraq examines the life of Muhammad, the writing of the Koran and the spread of Islam. He also examines the dark side of Islam such as the Salman Rushdie affair, the opression of women, and the supression of basic human rights.
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
1995.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.