The Truth about Muhammad
Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant Religion
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James Adams
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Robert Spencer
In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times bestselling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers a telling portrait of the founder of Islam—perhaps the first such portrait in half a century—unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammad’s life that continue to affect our world today.
Spencer details Muhammad’s development from a preacher of hellfire and damnation into a political and military leader who expanded his rule by force of arms, promising his warriors luridly physical delights in paradise if they were killed in his cause. He explains how the Qur’an’s teachings on warfare against unbelievers developed, with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage. Spencer also gives the truth about Muhammad’s convenient “revelations” justifying his own licentiousness; his joy in the brutal murders of his enemies; and above all, his clear marching orders to his followers to convert non-Muslims to Islam—or force them to live as inferiors under Islamic rule.
©2006 Robert Spencer (P)2006 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
“Intrepid Robert Spencer continues his quest to dispel myths, cure ignorance, and open our eyes to hard truths about Islam. If we are going to win the War on Terror, we need to know how Muhammad really lived—and why he endures as the inspiration for global jihad. This book is a threat to ‘religion of peace’ propaganda that lulls the West into submission. Strike a blow for survival: buy it.”
(Michelle Malkin, New York Times bestselling author)“At a time when, even in the West, the pious narrative of Muhammad has gained a near-hegemonic hold, Robert Spencer offers a rare skeptical biography and interpretation of the prophet of Islam. Relying exclusively on Islamic sources, The Truth about Muhammad argues that, for fourteen hundred years, the ‘words and deeds of Muhammad have been moving Muslims to commit acts of violence.’”
(Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and author of Slave Soldiers and Islam)“In The Truth about Muhammad, Robert Spencer provides a detailed and timely riposte to common misconceptions…Spencer has written a provocative book likely to arouse passions. But the arguments he presents are rigorous, and the evidence compelling, if disquieting…Above all, Spencer identifies the problem upon which current tensions hinge.”
(Guardian (UK))“To defeat the jihadists who want to kill us, we need to understand them. The Truth about Muhammad is an important contribution to that project.”
(Human Events)“Robert Spencer provides a frank and accurate picture of the Muhammad that Muslims around the world revere.”
(WorldNetDaily.com)I've read the Koran and this book isn't wrong.
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Excellent
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Enlightening
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Would you listen to The Truth About Muhammad again? Why?
No I only listen to books once due to time constraints but there was valuable information in it nonetheless.What did you like best about this story?
The information given, particularly the examples backed up with references to the Quran.What about James Adams’s performance did you like?
Good, clear and coherent.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. Too long. And to be honest tedious at times.Any additional comments?
No.Educational and topical
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I am an atheist/humanist with an interest in history, human psychology, the roots of religions, how they have developed and how they impact the lives of everyone today.
I am respectful of everyone’s freedom of religion, and recognise that on a personal level it can bring comfort and inner strength to cope with life’s difficulties and the uncertainties of death.
I am therefore far less interested in sensationalist content intended primarily to provoke upset and it wasn’t clear what this book was going to provide.
I am therefore pleased to say that I found this book to be very educational, in terms of trying to piece together in a scientific and journalistic manner the life and times of the prophet Muhammad, with direct reference to the Islamic key texts and history, including rival accounts of certain events or messages which co-exist within the body of Islamic records.
If nothing else, the book serves to point to the passages of the Islamic key texts and demonstrates that many of the shocking things done today in the name of Islam in fact are central to the message of Allah, as supposedly channeled into the world via Muhammad, and in fact also follow the example set by Muhammad himself in carrying out his instructions.
I have read many of the 1 star reviews which accuse the book of presenting mistruths, but unfortunately those reviews fail to go into any detail to help someone like me understand the criticism. I am left with the impression that it is easier for some to simply deny the inconvenient truth than to face up to it and consider what it really means to be a Muslim in the 21st century.
I note the book was written in 2006, some 17 years ago, but it could have been written yesterday as the questions it poses are just as pertinent today and remain unanswered.
We’ll-researched and poses pertinent questions to which there still no reassuring answers
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