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s_smiadak 's review for:
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran
by Robert Spencer
If you have a sincere desire to learn about Islam in an objective manner this is NOT the book for you. The author is not a scholar, cherry picks verses and translations, and is rather glib about his analysis about what the Quran teaches the 1.8 billion muslims worldwide.
Basically he says "You don't need to read the whole Quran, just look at these violent verses, they are not taken out of context because look at these other violent verses. Yes, the Quran has some verses about how peace is better but it doesn't really mean that because here are some other verses that cancel those out. Therefore, even if a majority of all muslims are peaceful they agree with those that are violent or else they don't really understand their religion. Oh and this isn't islamophobic at all because everything I'm saying is straight from the book."
As someone who has read the whole Quran and who knows hundreds of muslims, I find the authors attempt to explain the Quran to "infidels" lazy and very much incomplete despite the title's claim but, if all you want to do is confirm your biases then it does accomplish that very well.
Basically he says "You don't need to read the whole Quran, just look at these violent verses, they are not taken out of context because look at these other violent verses. Yes, the Quran has some verses about how peace is better but it doesn't really mean that because here are some other verses that cancel those out. Therefore, even if a majority of all muslims are peaceful they agree with those that are violent or else they don't really understand their religion. Oh and this isn't islamophobic at all because everything I'm saying is straight from the book."
As someone who has read the whole Quran and who knows hundreds of muslims, I find the authors attempt to explain the Quran to "infidels" lazy and very much incomplete despite the title's claim but, if all you want to do is confirm your biases then it does accomplish that very well.