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called an "invaluable compilation" of Islam's shortcomings. Flew wrote that the book "makes a compelling case" that Islam is "flatly incompatible" with "individual rights and liberties of a modern liberal, democratic, secular state". According to Warraq, one either has to believe that the Qur'an is
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noted that 'it is remarkable that in this first book, Ibn Warraq makes no distinction at all between 'normal' Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. Both oppose the freedom of expression with all their might.' Jansen wondered whether the criticism of Islam that Warraq, Rushdie and other British–Indian
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called "serious and thought-provoking book" using a "scholarly sledgehammer" approach to "demolish" Islam. Warraq claims the work is his contribution ('my war effort') in the struggle against the kinds of people who would want to murder Rushdie.
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The author's "polemic" criticizes Islam's mythology, theology, historic achievements, and current cultural influence. Warraq, drawing largely on previous research, provides what English philosopher
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writers – because of vestiges of 'Hindu prejudices', or because these authors felt no inhibition to scrutinise a fellow
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displayed was perhaps so 'ruthless' – compared to the much milder approach commonly adopted by
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has serious and possibly detrimental consequences for belief in the
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in the United States in 1995. The title of the book is a homage to
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The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book
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Index


Ibn Warraq
Islam
Prometheus Books
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
0-87975-984-4
OCLC
32088699
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book
Ibn Warraq
Islam
Qur'an
Prometheus Books
Bertrand Russell
Why I Am Not a Christian
fatwa and death threats
Salman Rushdie
pseudonym
Daniel Pipes
Antony Flew
God
Muhammad
critical scholarship of the Bible
inerrancy of the Qur'an
scholarly criticism
Hans Jansen

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