The Quest for the Historical Muhammad

The Quest for the Historical Muhammad
AuthorIbn Warraq
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistoricity of Muhammad
GenreIslamic history
PublisherPrometheus Books
Publication date
March 1, 2000
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback), E-book
Pages554
ISBN978-1573927871
OCLC468593725

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.