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256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
"More is known about Muhammad's life than that of the founder of any other major faith, yet his story is frequently misunderstood, even deliberately distorted"
"We have a long history of Islamophobia in Western culture that dates back to the time of the Crusades. In the twelfth century, Christian monks in Europe insisted that Islam was a violent religion of the sword, and that Muhammad was a charlatan who imposed his religion on the reluctant world by force of arms, they called him a leacher and a sexual pervert."
"If we are to avoid catastrophe, the Muslim and Western worlds must learn not merely to tolerate but to appreciate one another. A good place to start is with the figure of Muhammad: a complex man, who resists facile, ideologically-driven categorization, ... , who had profound genius and founded a religion and culture tradition that was not based on the sword but whose name- "Islam"- signified peace and reconciliation."
"The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished away; surely falsehood is certain to vanish"
(Quran- 17:81)