Ibn Warraq

Pakistani writer · India · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80

Ibn Warraq is read about 117 times a day, in 25 languages.

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Ibn Warraq is the pen name of an anonymous author critical of Islam. He is the founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society and used to be a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry, focusing on Quranic criticism. Warraq is the vice-president of the World Encounter Institute.

A life in dates

2013“David Margoliouth warned us not to be too credulous about the authenticity of so-called pre-Islamic poetry.”In their wordsKoranic Allusions 2013Read the whole statement

2008“There is no such thing as the Koran.”In their wordsWhich Koran?: Variants, Manuscripts, and the Influence of Pre-Islamic Poetry, 2008Read the whole statement

2003“Islam makes the whole of humanity-Muslims and non-Muslims-suffer.”In their wordsChapter Sheraz Malik (Pakistan)Read the whole statement

“I started to question the necessity of religion in our lives and the inhuman and illogical practices in many religions, including Islam.”In their wordsChapter Abul Kasem (Bangladesh)Read the whole statement

“The officer then said that my father's life would be spared but that they would have to confiscate the shotgun.”In their wordsLeaving Islam, 2003Read the whole statement

“As I wrote this recount, I learned that one hunded new killing fields have been discovered all around Bangladesh. Was I surprised? No, not at all!”In their wordsLeaving Islam, 2003Read the whole statement

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Ibn Warraq

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David Margoliouth warned us not to be too credulous about the authenticity of so-called pre-Islamic poetry.
2013, Koranic Allusions 2013, Own words
Indeed, the divide between East and West is not unbridgeable, as the case of India demonstrates.
2011, Why the West is Best: 2011, Own words
There is no such thing as the Koran.
2008, Which Koran?: Variants, Manuscripts, and the Influence of Pre-Islamic Poetry, 2008, Own words

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