Understanding Muhammad and Muslims [2 ed.] 0980994802

Table of contents :
Preface
Synopsis
Contents
Foreword
1. Who Was Muhammad?
The Birth and Childhood of Muhammad
Marriage to Khadijah
Mystical Experience
The Myth of Persecution
Immigration to Medina
Why the Yathribi Arabs Converted?
Divide and Rule
Promise of Heavenly Rewards
Incite to Violence
Raid
Plunder
Lust
Rape
Torture
Assassination
Genocide
Invasion of Banu Qainuqa’
Invasion of Banu Nadir
Invasion of Banu Quraiza:
Taqiyah: The Holy Deception
2. Muhammad’s Personality Profile
What is Narcissism?
The Cult of the Narcissist
The Cause of the Narcissist
The Legacy of the Narcissist
Narcissist Wants To Be God
What Causes Narcissism?
Khadijah’s Influence on Muhammad
The Case of a Narcissist
Muhammad’s Belief in His Own Cause
Did the Meccans call Muhammad Honest?
More on the Policy of Divide and Rule
A Comparison between Islam and the Cult of the Narcissist
License to Lie
Breast Suckling
Muhammad’s Sacred Secretions
More on Special Privileges
Total Control
3. Muhammad’s Ecstatic Experiences
Suicidal Thoughts
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Seizure
Other Symptoms of TLE
The Heavenly Night Journey
Muhammad Was Not Lying
The Origin of Muhammad’s Mystical Experiences
Brain Stimulation Creates Shadow Person
Camel Kneeling Under the Power of Revelation
The Case of Phil K. Dick
Other Cases of TLE
Other Famous People with Epilepsy
Sexuality, Religious Experience and Temporal Lobe Hyper Activation
4. Other Mental Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Schizophrenia
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Bipolar Disorder:
5. Physical Ailments
Acromegaly
Impotence
6. Muhammad’s Cult
A Few Narcissist Cult Leaders
Jim Jones
David Koresh
Order of the Solar Temple:
Heaven's Gate
Charles Manson
Shoko Asahara
Joseph Kony
The Cult Leader’s Sexual Appetite
The Harder the Better
The Power of the Big Lie
Use of Violence
He Frowned
Why Did Everyone Praise Muhammad?
7. When Sane People Follow Insane People
Absolute Obedience
Death as the Proof of Faith
Punishment and Coercion
Elimination of Dissention
Inconsistencies
Destruction of Family Ties
Dissention Prohibition
The Power of Persuasion
Claims of Grandiosity
Claim to Secret Knowledge
Performing Miracles
Distrust of Outsiders and Self -Blame
Unbounded Devotion
Isolationism
Gradual Absorption
Demanding Ultimate Sacrifice
Self-Justification
Dissociation from Responsibility
Total Mind Control
Control of Information
8. The Psychology of Fear
Physical Control vs. Mind Control
Outright Slavery
Stockholm syndrome
Who Is Attracted to Cults?
9. Ripples and Effects
Islam’s Influence on Nazism
Islam’s Influence on Communism
Islam’s Influence on Fascism
Islam and the Demise of the Classical Civilization
Islam’s influence on the Catholic Church
Islam’s Influence on Secret Societies
Islam and the Loss of Half a Millennium
Islam and Muslims’ Backwardness
Islam and Misogyny
The Increase of Intolerance among Non-Muslims
10. Where Are We Headed?
Minority Rules
Defeating Islam Politically
The Fifth Column among Us
How to illegalize Islam, Legally