The truth about Muhammad founder of the world's most intolerant religion /
Spencer provides a warts-and-all portrait of the Prophet of Islam and draws out what his life implies for reforming Islam and repulsing Islamic terrorists. Spencer relies solely on primary sources considered reliable by Muslims and evaluates modern biographies to show how Muhammad has been changed f...
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[Ashland, Or.] :
Blackstone Audiobooks,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Chronology of Muhammad's life
- Chapter 1. Why a biography of Muhammad is relevant today
- Is Islam a religion of peace? Why it matters
- Dueling Muhammads
- Why Muhammad matters
- Polite fictions are useless
- Why I did not want to write this book
- Death to "blasphemers"
- Defending freedom of speech
- Chapter 2. In search of the historic Muhammad
- What can we really know about Muhammad?
- Qur'an
- Hadith
- Sira
- Historical fact and Muslim belief
- Chapter 3. Muhammad becomes a prophet
- Arabia before Muhammad
- Muhammad's early life
- Khadija
- First visitation
- Suicidal despair returns
- Chapter 4. Muhammad's revelations and their sources
- Borrowings from Judaism
- "Tales of the ancients"
- Borrowings from Christianity
- Other borrowings
- Revelations of convenience?
- Consequences
- Modern embarrassment
- Chapter 5. "A warner in the face of a terrific punishment"
- Difficulties with the Quraysh
- Evolution of the command to wage war
- Satanic verses
- Night Journey
- Chapter 6. Muhammad becomes a warlord
- Hijra
- Covenant between the Muslims and the Jews
- Conversion of Abdullah and tensions with the rabbis
- Hypocrites
- Nakhla raid
- Break with the Jews and the change of qibla (direction for prayer)
- Chapter 7. "War is deceit"
- Battle of Badr
- Allah fights for the Muslims
- Problem of booty
- Qaynuqa Jews
- Anger toward Jews and Christians
- Assassination and deceit
- Quraysh strike back
- Assuaging doubts after Uhud
- Deportation of the Banu Nadir
- Chapter 8. Casting terror into their hearts
- Battle of the Trench
- Dealing with the Banu Qurayzah
- Finding excuses for a massacre
- Women of the Banu Mustaliq
- Abdullah bin Ubayy and praying For one's enemies
- Treaty of Hudaybiyya
- Raid at Khaybar
- Poisoning of Muhammad
- Spoils of Khaybar
- Chapter 9. Victorious through terror
- Conquest of Mecca
- Apostates to be killed
- Muhammad at the Ka'bah
- Battle of Hunayn and mastery of Arabia
- Invitations to Islam
- Tabuk raid
- Collecting the jizya
- Last pilgrimage: the rights of women and the expulsion of the pagans
- Murder of the poets
- Muhammad's final illness
- After Muhammad
- Chapter 10. Muhammad's legacy
- War on Terror
- Pedophile prophet?
- Misogynist?
- Draconian punishments?
- Warrior prophet?
- Islamic tolerance?
- Kinder, gentler Muhammad
- Veneration of Muhammad
- Imitating Muhammad today
- Frightening reality
- What is to be done.