02056cam a2200313 i 4500 1261855249 TxAuBib 140417s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062333933 0062333933 (OCoLC)1457 YDXCP YDXCP BTCTA BDX NOG OCLCO CCE ZHB CLE WIM IK2 BUR IHZ CDX UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969- Heretic : why Islam needs a reformation now / Ayaan Hirsi Ali. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015] ©2015. x, 272 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272.) Introduction: One Islam, three sets of Muslims -- The story of a heretic : my journey away from Islam -- Why has there been no Muslim Reformation? -- Muhammad and the Qur'an : how unquestioning reverence for the Prophet and his book obstructs reform -- Those who love death : Islam's fatal focus on the afterlife -- Shackled by sharia : how Islam's harsh religious code keeps Muslims stuck in the seventh century -- Social control begins at home : how the injunction to command right and forbid wrong keeps Muslims in line -- Jihad : why the call for holy war is a charter for terror -- The twilight of tolerance -- Conclusion: The Muslim Reformation -- Appendix: Muslim dissidents and reformers. ""Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world""--Publisher. Islam and secularism. Islam 21st century. Islam and politics Islamic countries. Islamic countries Politics and government 21st century.