Heretic :
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan,
Heretic : why Islam needs a reformation now / Ayaan Hirsi Ali. - New York Harper Collins Publishers 2015 - x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272).
Introduction: One Islam, three sets of Muslims -- The story of a heretic : my journey away from Islam -- Why has there been no Muslim Reformation? -- Muhammad and the Qur'an : how unquestioning reverence for the Prophet and his book obstructs reform -- Those who love death : Islam's fatal focus on the afterlife -- Shackled by sharia : how Islam's harsh religious code keeps Muslims stuck in the seventh century -- Social control begins at home : how the injunction to command right and forbid wrong keeps Muslims in line -- Jihad : why the call for holy war is a charter for terror -- The twilight of tolerance -- Conclusion: The Muslim Reformation -- Appendix: Muslim dissidents and reformers.
"Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world"--Publisher.
0062333933 9780062333933
40024723420
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan
Islam and secularism.
Islam--21st century.
Islam and politics--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Politics and government--21st century.
BP190.5.S35 / H57 2015
297.272
Heretic : why Islam needs a reformation now / Ayaan Hirsi Ali. - New York Harper Collins Publishers 2015 - x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272).
Introduction: One Islam, three sets of Muslims -- The story of a heretic : my journey away from Islam -- Why has there been no Muslim Reformation? -- Muhammad and the Qur'an : how unquestioning reverence for the Prophet and his book obstructs reform -- Those who love death : Islam's fatal focus on the afterlife -- Shackled by sharia : how Islam's harsh religious code keeps Muslims stuck in the seventh century -- Social control begins at home : how the injunction to command right and forbid wrong keeps Muslims in line -- Jihad : why the call for holy war is a charter for terror -- The twilight of tolerance -- Conclusion: The Muslim Reformation -- Appendix: Muslim dissidents and reformers.
"Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world"--Publisher.
0062333933 9780062333933
40024723420
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan
Islam and secularism.
Islam--21st century.
Islam and politics--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Politics and government--21st century.
BP190.5.S35 / H57 2015
297.272