The Quest for the Historical Muhammad - Critical Biography of Prophet Muhammad | Prometheus Books | For Islamic Studies & Religious Research

"A religion for example which, under the rule of pure justice, is to be transformed into historical knowledge, a religion which is to be known in a scientific way, will at the end of this path also be annihilated. The reason is that the historical audit always brings to light so much that is false, crude, inhuman, absurd, violent, that the attitude of pious illusion, in which alone all that wants to live can live, is necessarily dispelled: only with love, however, only surrounded by the shadow of the illusion of love, can man create, that is, only with an unconditional faith in something perfect and righteous. Each man who is forced no longer to love unconditionally has had the root of his strength cut off: he must wither, that is, become dishonest."--Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for LifeMuslims who reject critical thinking about Islam's origins and the Quest for the Historical Muhammad know this in their bones.Ibn Warraq is a brave and honest man.