Ibn Warraq, the renowned ex-Muslim and scholar of the Qur’an and Muhammad, says that my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS “shatters many myths.” Here are some of the myths it shatters:
1. Muslim Spain was a paradise of multiculturalism
2. Modern-day jihad terrorism is a reaction to American foreign policy
3. The Christians of the Middle East welcomed the Muslim conquerors because Byzantine rule was so oppressive
4. Muslim countries were always tolerant and protective of their Jewish populations
5. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is over the Israeli settlements and occupation of Palestinian land
6. Muslim rule in India characterized by “tremendous cross-cultural respect and not religious conflict”
7. “Islam has always been part of America’s story”
8. The conflict between Islam and the West began with the Crusades
9. Wahhabi Islam is a perversion of traditional Islam, which is peaceful
10. The practice of Islamic jihadists taking infidel women as sex slaves began with ISIS and Boko Haram
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