The Truth About Muhammad - Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion By Robert Spencer

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Contents
Chronology of Muhammad's life
Names and places

Chapter 1: Why a biography of Muhammad is relevant today
Is Islam a religion of peace? Why it matters
Dueling Muhammads
Why Muhammad matters
Polite fictions are useless
The purpose of this book
Why I did not want to write this book
Death to "blasphemers"
Defending freedom of speech
General notes

Chapter 2: In search of the historic Muhammad 19
What can we really know about Muhammad?
The Qur'an
The Hadith
The S ira
Historical fact and Muslim belief


Chapter 3: Muhammad becomes a prophet 33
Arabia before Muhammad
Muhammad's early life
Khadija
The first visitation
The suicidal despair returns
VII
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Chapter 4: Muhammad's revelations and their sources 47
Borrowings from Judaism
"Tales of the ancients"
Borrowings from Christianity
Other borrowings
Revelations of convenience?
The consequences
Modern embarrassment

Chapter 5: "A warner in the face of a terrific punishment" 73
Difficulties with the Quraysh
The evolution of the command to wage war
The Satanic verses
The Night Journey

Chapter 6: Muhammad becomes a warlord 89
The Hijra
The covenant between the Muslims and the Jews
The conversion of Abdullah and tensions with the
rabbis
The Hypocrites
The Nakhla raid
The break with the Jews and the change of qibla
(direction for prayer)

Chapter 7: "War is deceit" 103
The Battle of Badr
Allah fights for the Muslims
The problem of booty
The Qaynuqa Jews
Anger toward Jews and Christians
Assassination and deceit
The Quraysh strike back
Contents
Assuaging doubts after Uhud
The deportation of the Banu Nadir

Chapter 8: Casting terror into their hearts 123
The Battle of the Trench
Dealing with the Banu Qurayzah
Finding excuses for a massacre
The women of the Banu Mustaliq
Abdullah bin Ubayy and praying for one's enemies
The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
The raid at Khaybar
The poisoning of Muhammad
The spoils of Khaybar

Chapter 9: Victorious through terror 145
The conquest of Mecca
Apostates to be killed
Muhammad at the Ka'bah
The Battle of Hunayn and mastery of Arabia
Invitations to Islam
The Tabuk raid
Collecting the jizya
The last pilgrimage: the rights of women and the
expulsion of the pagans
The murder of the poets
Muhammad's final illness
After Muhammad

Chapter 10: Muhammad's legacy 169
The War on Terror
Pedophile prophet?
Misogynist?
Draconian punishments?
Warrior prophet?
Contents
Islamic tolerance?
A kinder, gentler Muhammad
The veneration of Muhammad
Imitating Muhammad today
Frightening reality
What is to be done
Acknowledgments 195
Notes 197
Index 215

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