Title: Fact over Fiction
Product review: After 9-11 I thought it best for my perspective and thinking to read something about Islam. I did not want to be an ignorant propagandist responding emotionally to events without knowledge or insight. I wanted some fact less fiction.Having read most of Ms. Armstrong's other work I felt comfortable with her objectivity and fairness dealing with sensative historical facts, fiction, and mythology as she does.Muhammad is not about current affairs. It is not the story of the Muslims of the middle east today. It is not the story of the conservative Islamists of today. It is the story of Muhammad in the context of his day and his culture. As the story of Christ and Budda are best understood in the context of their day and their culture. All such stories of the Great Ones involve a certain amount of interpretation and conjecture but they are all relevent and meaningful.This is a very good read for any person interested in the world's Third Great Book Religion.
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