Why I am not a Muslim / by Ibn Warraq.

Author/creator Ibn Warraq
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995.
Descriptionxvi, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 383-389) and index.
LCCN 95006342
ISBN0879759844 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BP169 .I28 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold