Muhammad in Europe: A Thousand Years of Western Myth-making - Hardcover

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Prefaced by a biographical sketch of the Prophet Muhammad's life, this book takes the reader on a journey through the defining eras of European history and thought. It traces this persistent mythical representation of the founder of Islam in works dating from the Middle Ages to the last decade of the twentieth century, spanning Latin, Italian, French, German and English language sources, and culminates with a critical analysis of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. The author has, however, taken care to highlight the positive interpretations that have enriched European poetry and thought.

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