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Psychology of Mohammed: Inside the Brain of A Prophet

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The author presents himself as a lawyer and a Washington, D.C.-based hypnotherapist. He doesn't brag much about himself in the "About the Author" paragraph, and barely presents a few more details about his academic credentials on his website. It is clear in this self-published book that the author is well read on the topic of Mohammed, the Koran/Quran, and the hadith; perhaps having something to do with the time he spent living in Iran and Lebanon. From his readings, the author concludes that the Muslim prophet Mohammed (the revealer of Islam) is no believable prophet, but instead is a religious charlatan. From the titles of the book's chapters, one can tell that Muslims will take umbrage with this book: (1) The life of Mohammed. (2) The Koran: a manual for terrorism. (3) Absurdities of the Koran. (4) Astronomy of the Koran. (5) Hadith: The terrorist manifesto of Islam. (6) Mohammed orders death to his opponents. (7) Were Mohammed's inspirations genuine? (8) The mendacious strategies of Mohammed's prophethood. (9) Exile and massacre of the Jews from Medina. (10) The intimidating character of the Koran. (11) Psychology of Mohammed (epilepsy; his inferiority complex; moral insanity; megalomania; the combination of inferiority complex and megalomania; sex maniac). (12) Evaluation of Mohammed's personality in history. Dr. Ansari is strongly on the critical-realist Mark Gabriel-Robert Spencer school of Mohammedism, rather than the Karen Armstrong-John Esposito line. To his credit in making his criticisms, the author quotes very, very frequently from the Quran and the hadith in his analysis of Mohammed's shortcomings as a Holy prophet. Dr. Ansari's contribution to the debunking of Mohammed's prophecy is from his having studied many books about Mohammed, combing through them, collating and explaining many interesting aspects of Mohammed's nefarious life in this lengthy 378-page paperback with an impressive 684 footnotes. Dr. Ansari draped many psychological theories about personality disorders upon Mohammed like a well-tailored thobe, but I was left a little under-whelmed by the soundness of some of the psycho dressings. While this book alludes that it will be a detailed, scholastic analysis of Mohammed's alleged psychological misfits, that book remains to be written. What I particularly liked about this book was the author's extensive review of the various anti-Jewish battles that the Prince of Peace waged: especially in how the author reviewed and cited numerous sources in discussing a particular battle or murder, and how Mohammed had spontaneous revelations of new Quranic ayats from Allah to justify Mohammed's pillages.