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Heretic : why Islam needs a reformation now /

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"Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world"--Publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Islam and secularism.
Islam > 21st century.
Islam and politics > Islamic countries.
Islamic countries > Politics and government > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: One Islam, three sets of Muslims
  • The story of a heretic : my journey away from Islam
  • Why has there been no Muslim Reformation?
  • Muhammad and the Qur'an : how unquestioning reverence for the Prophet and his book obstructs reform
  • Those who love death : Islam's fatal focus on the afterlife
  • Shackled by sharia : how Islam's harsh religious code keeps Muslims stuck in the seventh century
  • Social control begins at home : how the injunction to command right and forbid wrong keeps Muslims in line
  • Jihad : why the call for holy war is a charter for terror
  • The twilight of tolerance
  • Conclusion: The Muslim Reformation
  • Appendix: Muslim dissidents and reformers.