Why I Am Not a Muslim
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Why I Am Not a Muslim, a book written by Ibn Warraq, is a critique of Islam and the Qur'an. It was first published by Prometheus Books in the USA in 1995. The title of the book is a homage to Bertrand Russell's essay, "Why I Am Not a Christian", in which Russell criticizes the religion that he was brought up in.
Contents |
[edit] Chapters
- Chapter 1 The Rushdie Affair
- Chapter 2 The Origins of Islam
- Chapter 3 The Problem of Sources
- Chapter 4 Muhammad and His Message
- Chapter 5 The Koran
- Chapter 6 The Totalitarian Nature of Islam
- Chapter 7 Is Islam Compatible with Democracy and Human Rights?
- Chapter 8 Arab Imperialism, Islamic Colonialism
- Chapter 9 The Arab Conquests and the Position of Non-Muslim Subjects
- Chapter 10 Heretics and Heterodoxy, Atheism and Freethought, Reason and Revelation
- Chapter 11 Greek Philosophy and Science and Their Influence on Islam
- Chapter 12 Sufism or Islamic Mysticism
- Chapter 13 Al-Ma'arri
- Chapter 14 Women and Islam
- Chapter 15 Taboos: Wine, Pigs, and Homosexuality
- Chapter 16 Final Assessment of Muhammad
- Chapter 17 Islam in the West
[edit] See also
[edit] Editions
- Prometheus Books (hardcover), 1995, ISBN 0-87975-984-4
- (French) Age d'homme, (1999), ISBN 2-8251-1259-3
- (Persian), 2000
- Prometheus Books (paperback), 2003, ISBN 1-59102-011-5
- (Spanish) Ediciones del Bronce, Barcelona, 2003 ISBN 84-8453-146-5
- (Danish) Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2004, ISBN 87-595-2065-5