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Ibn Warraq

Born

in Rajkot, Gujarat, India

January 01, 1947

Website

https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024821/http...

Genre

Nonfiction, Religion

Influences

Ibn al-Rawandi, Al-Maʿarri, Muhammad al Warraq, Muhammad ibn Zakariya ...more

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Ibn Warraq, M.A. (Arabic, Persian, Art History, University of Edinburgh, 1969; B.A., Philosophy, University of London, 1978), is the pen name of an author most famous for his criticism of Islam. He is the founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS) and is formerly a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry, focusing on Quranic criticism. Warraq is currently the Vice-President of the World Encounter Institute. Warraq's commentary on Islam is considered by some to be overly polemical and revisionist, while others praise it as well-researched.

Warraq gathered world notice through his historiographies of the early centuries of the Islamic timeline and has published works which question mainstream conceptions ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 18,808 ratings · 680 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Why I am Not a Muslim 3.91 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism 3.56 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out 3.74 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy 4.09 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Koran Really Says 3.76 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quest for the Historical Muhammad 3.66 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgins? What Virgins? and Other Essays 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Which Koran?: Variants, Manuscripts, Lingusitics 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ibn Warraq (?)

“The harsh truth that this is the only life we have should make us try and improve it for as many people as possible.”
― Ibn Warraq, Why I Am Not a Muslim

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“I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.”
― Ibn Warraq, Why I am Not a Muslim

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“Monotheism has also been recognized as inherently intolerant.”
― Ibn Warraq, Why I Am Not a Muslim

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