| Description |
xvi, 402 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-389) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Islam -- Controversial literature.
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| ISBN |
0879759844 (acid-free paper) |
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