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| Author | Ibn Warraq |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Historicity of Muhammad |
| Genre | Islamic history |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Publication date | March 1, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback), E-book |
| Pages | 554 |
| ISBN | 978-1573927871 |
| OCLC | 468593725 |
The Quest for the Historical Muhammad (2000), edited by Ibn Warraq, the pen name of an anonymous author critical of Islam, is an anthology of 15 studies examining the origins of Islam and the Quran. The contributors argue that traditional Islamic accounts of its history and the origins of the Quran are fictitious and based on historical revisionism aimed at forging a religious Arab identity.