Title: Perhaps TOO Understanding
Product review: Lippman proposes to introduce the western reader to the religion of Islam. However, in attempting to be objective, he goes so far as to appear credulous in relation to Islam and hostile in relation to Judaism and Christianity. Although he acknowledges that Mohammed was human, he glosses over or completely ignores the killings of opponents that Mohammad is known to have ordered as well as the fact that his marriage to Aisha was a marriage to a 6-year old child (which marriage he graciously waited three years to consummate). Similarly, the word for word divine inerrancy of the Qu'ran is taken as a given, while the same belief about the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is treated as a rather ridiculous myth. Finally, although the book was updated as recently as 1995, Lippman essentially ignores the rise of militant Muslim fundamentalism. All in all, an extremely disappointing book.
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