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The image is a portrait of Alexis de Toqueville of Democracy in America fame. De Toqueville is also famous for the way he summed up Muhammad, Islam, and the Koran, which are the subjects of my books:

“I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. As far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world, and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion infinitely more to be feared . . ."

A man after my own heart, plus he looks like Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the first Godfather film, also a man after my ow

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F.W. Burleigh Hi Carrie-Anne: It's not immediately evident, but when you know what to look for in the literature it stands out. In the canonical literature, these e…moreHi Carrie-Anne: It's not immediately evident, but when you know what to look for in the literature it stands out. In the canonical literature, these events are interpreted as visitations by angelic-beings or as spiritual/supernatural experiences. I quoted some original source material extensively in the chapter notes that show how these events were given a mythologized spin. On pages 486-487 there are lengthy excerpts from the original literature.

What was helpful for me in understanding this was a book by a Turkish neuropsychologist Deke Korkut (a Christian now living in the United States). He studied the literature too and saw a pattern consistent with temporal lobe epilepsy, which has been noted by other writers such as Ali Sina, and by neurologist Frank R. Freemon, who published an analysis of the such episodes as presented in the literature and reached a "tentative" conclusion that Muhammad suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy.

A key piece of evidence is when Muhammad had his "cave" experience where the Angel Gabriel brings him the first verses of the Koran. At one point he is glued in place but can still turn his head, and no matter which direction he turns he still sees the angel. Dede Korkut writes that this indicates the vision is an internal hallucinatory event, because if the angel were an objective object, it would not be in his range of vision when he turned his head away. Another significant detail is that the angel wiped the saliva off his cheeks. People with seizures often froth at the mouth.

As far as the obsessive-compulsive disorder, that is in part a deduction based on Muhammad's practice of extremely elaborate and unnatural rituals that had to be performed with precision to have any value. Other writers have noted the same.

I appreciate your questions and also that you are taking the time to give the book a thoughtful read.

Frank

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F.W. Burleigh Sorry, I don't have any idea about the graphic novel industry, but I am certain if you are able to come up with publishable work you will find a publi…moreSorry, I don't have any idea about the graphic novel industry, but I am certain if you are able to come up with publishable work you will find a publisher. (less)
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The Imam of Time was inspired in part by recent political events in Iran.

Go back to 2009 to the streets of Tehran, a time of violent turmoil following the controversial re-election of Mahmud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran. Hundreds of thousands of people – some reports put it at two or three million – poured into the streets to protest what they saw as a blatantly fraudulent election. It was Read more of this blog post »
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“The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.--Oriana Fallaci”
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“The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

-- Oriana Fallaci”
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“The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization. --Oriana Fallaci”
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide

“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]
John F. Kennedy

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