Title: Reprehensible
Product review: I can hardly call the viewpoint of this book "neutral." Ms. Armstrong wrote this biography of the Prophet in the wake of the Salman Rushdie/Satanic Verses affair to inspire admiration of the Prophet and tolerance of Islam on the part of westerners.Ms. Armstrong covers distasteful aspects of Mohammed's career such as approving the murder of a Jewish poet and critic and condoning the massacre of the Jewish tribe of Bani Qarayza, but tries to justify them as being part of the time and place. She does not reflect on how Mohammad conveniently received revelations to wiggle out of some dilemma involving his relations with his wives (which makes one wonder about the source of those revelations) and on why these revelations should be considered the Final Revelation of God. To me, that's insulting.
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