Why I Am Not a Muslim
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| Author | Ibn Warraq |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Islam |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
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May 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 294 pp |
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| OCLC | 32088699 |
| 297 20 | |
| LC Class | BP169 .I28 1995 |
| Followed by | The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book |
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 United States 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 in which he was raised.
Outraged over the fatwa and death threats against Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq assumes a pseudonym to pen what one critic calls "serious and thought-provoking book" using a "sledge-hammer" approach to "demolish" Islam. The author's "polemic" criticizes Islam's mythology, theology, historic achievements, and current cultural influence. Warraq, drawing largely on previous research, provides an "invaluable compilation" of Islam's shortcomings. He "makes a compelling case" that Islam is "flatly incompatible" with "individual rights and liberties of a liberal, democratic, secular state".
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