MOHAMMED AND THE UNBELIEVERS is based upon the life of Mohammed. The definitive official life of Mohammed is written by Ibn Ishaq is called the Sira. Mohammed's life is one of the great stories in history. He went from being a poor orphan to the first ruler of all of Arabia and died without a single enemy left alive. The Sira is not just a biography, but it is a sacred text about the ideal man who is the pattern for all humanity and all times. Until now the only way to read the Sira was to read through a 800 page book of fine print that is filled with Arabic names and terms. Only imams and scholars read it. The Sira is so important that there could not be any Islam without it. Mohammed is the sacred pattern of all Muslims, and the only place his life is recorded is in the Sira and the Traditions. Over 75% of the Sira is about politics and jihad. Mohammed preached the religion of Islam for 13 years and only had 150 followers. When he turned to politics and war, he became a total success. Indeed, politics is the real power of Islam. Political Islam is the concern for all non-Muslims, not the religion. MOHAMMED AND THE UNBELIEVERS is not about Islam, it is Islam. Although it written in simple English, every paragraph is referenced to the source text. It is both easy to read and authoritative. If you want to understand the greatest political force in the 21st century read MOHAMMED AND THE UNBELIEVERS.
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At Last: The Sira in Plain English,
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This book is fascinating. Most of it is a condensed version of Ishaq's "Sirat Rasul Allah" (Life of the Prophet of Allah), the semi-sacred cannonical biography of Allah's Apostle. Since Ishaq's source-text is disjointed (like the Koran), this work rearranges the original text logically, so as to achieve clarity for the Western reader. Further context is provided by occasional qoutes from the other books of the Islamic triad-canon, the Hadith and the Koran.
Like the other books in this paperback series, it is written in middlebrow/"newspaper" contemporary American English. The publisher recommends reading this text before tackling CSPI's abridged or unabridged version of the Koran. The amazing thing about the historical Mohammed is that everything we know about him comes from the Sira, Hadith and Koran. For centuries, Western scholars have studied these texts and came to their own opinions and conclusions about the soi-disant "seal of the Prophets." since Mohammed is easily one of the two most important figures of world history, its about time 21st Century readers can measure up their appraisal of Mohammed with that of scholars from the pre-P.C. era of the early 20th century, such as the authors of the 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia (now in the public domain, NO LONGER COPYRIGHTED)> http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10424a.htm ("Mohammed and Mohammedanism", subheading "I. The Founder", last two paragraphs): "Modern scholars, such as [names ommitted], give us a more correct and unbiased estimate of Mohammed's life and character, and substantially agree as to his motives, prophetic call, personal qualifications, and sincerity. The various estimates of several recent critics have been ably collected and summarized by Zwemer, in his 'Islam, a Challenge to Faith' (New York, 1907). According to Sir William Muir, Marcus Dods, and some others, Mohammed was at first sincere, but later, carried away by success, he practised deception wherever it would gain his end. Koelle 'finds the key to the first period of Mohammed's life in Khadija, his first wife', after whose death he became a prey to his evil passions. Sprenger attributes the alleged revelations to epileptic fits, or to 'a paroxysm of cataleptic insanity'. Zwemer himself goes on to criticize the life of Mohammed by the standards, first, of the Old and New Testaments, both of which Mohammed acknowledged as Divine revelation; second, by the pagan morality of his Arabian compatriots; lastly, by the new law of which he pretended to be the 'divinely appointed medium and custodian'. According to this author, the prophet was false even to the ethical traditions of the idolatrous brigands among whom he lived, and grossly violated the easy sexual morality of his own system. After this, it is hardly necessary to say that, in Zwemer's opinion, Mohammed fell very far short of the most elementary requirements of Scriptural morality. Quoting Johnstone, Zwemer concludes by remarking that the judgment of these modern scholars, however harsh, rests on evidence which 'comes all from the lips and the pens of his own devoted adherents. . .And the followers of the prophet can scarcely complain if, even on such evidence, THE VERDICT OF HISTORY GOES AGAINST HIM'." [emphasis added] Now you can come to your own verdict on this towering figure of world history and present-day geopolitics!
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Essential knowledge for all "unbelievers",
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The vital information that all us "unbelievers" need to figure out what is going on--yes, us, the people under constant and escalating attacks by Muslims--can be found in the core documents of Islam--the Qur'an, and the other documents that aid in understanding the Qur'an; the Hadiths (the deeds and words of Muhammad and his Companions) and the Sira(the earliest biography of the Prophet by Ibn Ishaq). These documents, taken together, form the Sunna, laying out the "well worn path," showing Muslims how to emulate Muhammad, the "perfect man," in all things; how to view and treat unbelievers, war, strategy and tactics, slavery, the role and treatment of women, the different treatment accorded to Muslims and non-Muslims, permissible behavior, the goals of Islam. Together these three documents describe and define the political, military, and supposedly "religious" ideology that is Islam. These documents are also the source for the all-encompassing Shari'a laws that Muslims want to impose on all non-believers. Unfortunately, the earliest and most accepted biography of Muhammad, Ishaq's "The Life of Muhammad" (Sirat Risul Allah) as translated by A. Guillaume, is 800 pages of very confusing, dense, close set type and is very heavy going. So, a readable, faithful to the original condensation such as "Mohammed and the Unbelievers " is invaluable for non-believers who are trying to figure out why Muslims all over the world are pursuing Jihad against all non-believers. This book is a short, very readable and straight forward condensation which leaves out all miracles; pertinent quotes from the Qur'an begin each section. So that the accuracy of this biography can be verified, each entry is cited to the original sources--the Qur'an, the Sirat Risul Allah, Muir's biography of Muhammad, and to the most accepted Hadiths--those of Bukhari and Muslim. The editors have let the document speak for itself and editorial comments are very few. The scholars at CSPI have also produced a much more readable, reorganized Qur'an , "A Simple Koran," and a subject oriented compilation of the the essential Hadiths, "The Political Traditions of Muhammad," so that non-believers, armed with the knowledge contained in these three core documents, can evaluate statements made by Muslim spokesmen, various experts and government officials and also better understand what is really going on in the world today.
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Great insight to understanding where med east politics are formed and where the muslim focus comes from.
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