| Descript |
xvi, 402 p. ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Hardcover published 1995 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-389) and index |
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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
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Fundamentalism
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Islam -- Controversial literature
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| Classmark |
297
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Cmdd
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| ISBN/ISSN |
1591020115 |
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9781591020110 |
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