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Leaving Islam : apostates speak out / edited by Ibn Warraq.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apostasy--Islam.
- Apostasy.
- Liberty of conscience (Islam).
- Religious tolerance--Islam.
- Religious tolerance.
- Christian converts from Islam.
- Islam--Controversial literature.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 471 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- A renowned scholar of Islamic studies interviews ex-Muslims, who feel it is their duty to speak up against their former faith to tell the truth about the fastest growing religion in the world.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Theory and Practice of Apostasy in Islam
- 2. Early History of Apostasy in Islam: Zindiqs, Atheists, Dualists, Mystics, and Freethinkers 39
- 3. Al-Rawandi and Al-Razi 51
- 4. Sufism, or Islamic Mysticism and the Rejection of Islam 59
- 5. Abu l-Ala Ahmad b. Abd Allah b. Sulayman al-Maarri 63
- 6. The Poet of Doubt: Umar Khayyam: Medieval and Modern Iranian Freethought 73
- 7. Apostates of Islam I: Converts to Christianity 89
- 8. Apostates of Islam II: Converts to Hinduism, Humanism, Deism, Atheism, and Agnosticism 101
- 9. Apostasy, Human Rights, and Islam 109
- Part 2 Testimonies Submitted to the ISIS Web Site
- Part 3 Testimonies of Born Muslims: Murtadd Fitri
- 12. Introduction: The Allah That Failed / Ibn Warraq 135
- 13. Why I Left Islam: My Passage From Faith to Enlightenment / Ali Sina 137
- 14. A Journal of My Escape from the Hell of Islam / Sheraz Malik 159
- 15. Islamic Terrorism and the Genocide in Bangladesh / Abul Kasem 181
- 16. An Iranian Girlhood and Islamic Barbarism / Parvin Darabi 203
- 17. Leaving Islam and Living Islam / Azam Kamguian 213
- 18. Thinking for Oneself / Faisal Muhammad 225
- 19. A Rationalist Look at Islam / Husain Ahmed 227
- 20. Floods, Droughts, Islam, and Other Natural Calamities / Syed K. Mirza 239
- 21. Liberation from Muhammadan Ideology / Shoaib Nasir 251
- 22. A View from the Far East / Shah Ismail 255
- 23. An Accidental Critic / Taner Edis 261
- 24. On Being a Woman in Pakistan / Qayyum 277
- 25. The Lifting of the Veil of Blind Faith / Sophia 279
- 26. Autobiography of a Dissident / Anwar Shaikh 285
- 27. Now I Am Guided / Muhammad bin Abdulla 293
- 28. The Wind Blowing through My Hair / Nadia 301
- 29. A Philosopher's Rejection of Islam / Irfan Khawaja 303
- 30. My Malaise / A Malaysian Ex-Muslim 315
- 31. A Nightmare in Tunisia / Samia Labidi 319
- 32. An Atheist from Andhra Pradesh / Azad 333
- Part 4 Testimonies of Western Converts: Murtadd Milli
- 33. From Submitter to Mulhid / Denis Giron 339
- 34. A Spanish Testament: My Experience As a Muslim / Rene 353
- 35. "Forget What Is and Is Not Islam" / Michael Muhammad Knight 361
- 36. I Married a Muslim / Faiza 365
- 37. Dark Comedy / Ben Hoja 369
- A. Islam on Trial: The Textual Evidence 391
- Muhammad and His Companions 391
- "Out of Context" 400
- The Koran 405
- Jihad 414
- Anwar Shaikh and the Inconsistencies of the Koran 425
- B. Ex-Muslims of the World Unite! 431
- ISIS: Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society 431
- Faith Freedom International 433
- Advocates of Article 18 436
- Apostates of Islam 436.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1591020689
- OCLC:
- 51511217
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