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The Messenger: The meanings of the life of Muhammad, by Tariq Ramadan

“The Messenger cannot be considered an impartial historical biography in the Western tradition – still less an apology. Indeed, those familiar with the habitual points of Western interest in early Islam (which pretty much follows the tabloid code of sex and violence) will find Tariq Ramadan’s book a most frustrating document. Where are the pages devoted to the Prophet’s marriage to his child-bride, Aisha, or on his exemption from the limit of four wives placed on other believers, or on how the Prophet’s adopted son, Zayd, divorced his own wife, Zaynab, so that she could also join the household of Muhammad?” Read the review at the Times Literary Supplement.

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