Why I Am Not a Muslim and Is Islam Reformable?
Ibn Warraq's talk will focus on the genesis of his first book which in turn will explain why Islam is not acceptable. He will also try to explain why he thinks there are both optimistic and pessimistic signs as to why Islam is and is not reformable respectively.
He will be open to questions throughout his talk. The talk promises to be thought-provoking and informative!
Ibn Warraq is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry specializing in Koranic criticism. In 1996 he published the groundbreaking work, Why I am not a Muslim. He went on to edit a serious of anthologies: What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary; The Quest for the Historical Muhammed; The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book; Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out; and Which Koran? Variants, Manuscripts, and the Influence of Pre-Islamic Poetry. His latest book is Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism.
