Why I Am Not a Muslim

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Why I Am Not a Muslim  
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Author Ibn Warraq
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Religion
Publisher Prometheus Books
Publication date May 1995
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 294 pp
ISBN 0879759844
OCLC Number 32088699
Dewey Decimal 297 20
LC Classification BP169 .I28 1995
Followed by Origins of the Koran

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.


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  • 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

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