MUST READ: THE LIFE & RELIGION OF MOHAMMAD BY J.L. MENEZES

Life And Religion of Mohammed

by J. L. Menezes

Your guide into the dark mind of Mohammed:

-The bizarre circumstances of Mohammed's "revelations": "it was a painful sight to behold the nervousness of his features, the distortion of his countenance and the anxiety of mind portrayed on his face"

-How worldly ambition gradually blinded Mohammed's mind and overwhelmed his early searches for the true God

-How Mohammed borrowed many of his ideas of Paradise from contemporary Jews and Christians -- and mixed them with base and lewd imaginings

-How Mohammed again and again justified his rapine and licentiousness with new "divine revelations"

-Why Mohammed grew so bitter against both Jews and Christians, after initially courting their favor

-Mohammed's fateful order that all churches and synagogues in his domains be demolished
-How Mohammed ordered the assassinations of several of his chief opponents

-How even Mohammed's replies to his critics in the Koran are insufficient to refute the charge that he was a false prophet who fabricated revelations

-Why Mohammed adopted -- and later discarded -- many Jewish customs and ritual observances

-Islamic tolerance: Mohammed let Jews and Christians live in his domains -- if they paid tribute and accepted second-class status

-What the Koran really teaches about Christianity and Christ

-What Mohammed learned from heretical Christian sects -- and incorporated into the Koran
-The early history of Islam: just as bloody as the life of its founder

-How the Koran doesn't limit Muslims to four wives, as is widely believed, but actually sets no real limit

-Why the new religion Mohammed taught became so commonly identified with war and politics

-The crisis caused in Islam by the death of Mohammed's only son -- which continues to this day
Sunnis, Shiites, Sufis, Motazalites and more: the differences between the various Muslim sects

Pertinent Links:

1) Life And Religion of Mohammed by J. L. Menezes & Mohammed: the ugly truth about the founder of the world's most violent religion (by a priest who lived and ministered among Muslims)