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Institute for Ethical & Clinical Hypnosis

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Preface

This book should be read almost as if it were a work of fiction. It deals with a religion and with events in the life of a man who claimed to be its prophet, both of which are far from truth and credulity to a rational mind. This book will unveil the self-serving nature of the self-proclaimed prophet as exemplified in the Koran and hadith. Mohammed, through his book, the Koran, both tried very hard to make realities out of unrealities. He fabricates a preposterous metaphysical faith designed to appeal to the baser instinct of pagan Bedouins. It began on the Arabian Peninsula and then, by bloody conquest, spread throughout the Mid-East, northern Africa and even in Spain. If anyone should ask why more than one billion of the world’s population follows this absurd creed and accepts Mohammed as a prophet, I would refer the, inter alia, to the works of two distinguished scientists: Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene and Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine.

It is not the intention of the autohor to delve into the definition of religion because it would be impossible to find one that would be acceptale worldwide. I am writing this book to analyze and expose the psychology of the creator (Mohammed) of the religion called Islam; the despicably crafty methods he used to achieve his ambitions; the spirit and principles of Islam; and the drastic and destructive impact of that religion on Muslims' minds in particular and the world in general.

Religion should transcend human ethics, generate a sense of spirituality, and establish principles to guide human behavior along paths of peaceful, caring coexistence with one's fellow man. But no phenomenon in human history has caused as mush bloodshed and fratricide as religion. One of the many examples: at the beginning of the sixth century a Jewish king, Dhu Nowas, after having defeated the Christians of Najran and having conquered their land, dug an enormous trench which he filled with faggots and burned twenty thousand Christians alive. During the Crusades, Christians and Muslims butchered each other for 300 years; each side called it a Holy War. Crusaders committed themselves with solemn vows and in the thirteenth-century were granted full Indulgence, i.e. remissions of all punishment for sins committed in their quests and an assurance of direct entry into heaven. The battle cry of Christians, Pope Urban II urged, should be Deus volt [God wills it]. In a like manner, Muslim theocrats called fighting against Christians, Holy War (Jihad) against infidels and promised Muslim fighters a paradise with houris (virgin girls) among other delights in return for their deaths in battle.