Virgins, what virgins?
Subtitle: and other essays
By: by Ibn Warraq.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781616141707
Subjects: Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Islam -- Controversial literature; Islamic fundamentalism; Religious tolerance -- Islam; Islam -- 21st century
Genres: Controversial literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I: Personal matters; title: On becoming English; title: Apologia pro vita sua; title: Part II: Koranic matters; title: Some aspects of the history of Koranic criticism, 700-2005, C.E.; title: Introduction to what the Koran really says; title: Introduction to which Koran?; title: Virgins, what virgins?; title: Part III: Totalitarianisms; title: Islam, Middle East, and fascism; title: Apologists of totalitarianism; title: Apostasy; title: Islam on trial; title: Part IV: Reformation and Enlightenment; title: Is an Islamic reformation possible?; title: Reason not revelation; title: Part V: Journalism; title: Honest intellectuals; title: Brother Tariq and the Muslim hoods; title: Heavy metal Islam, with Raphael Ismail; title: Sir Cowasjee Jehangir ready money; title: Why the West is best; title: Democracy in a cartoon; title: Allawi and the crisis of Islamic civilization.