Ali Sina - Understanding Muhammad

Preface
By Ibn Warraq
W
r. Ali Sina was born in Iran. Some of his relatives were
Ayatollahs. Like most educated Iranians he believed that
Islam was a humanistic religion that respected human
rights. But Dr. Sina was also blessed with an enquiring
mind, a rationalistic spirit that questioned, probed, and looked at the evidence
unflinchingly. What he slowly discovered about the real Islam shook him
morally and intellectually, and what is more, made him realize, long before
September 11, 2001, that unless someone spoke the truth about the faith he was
born into, the world would be faced with a system of thought and belief that
would destroy not just the West, but civilization as a whole. Since his
epiphanous moment when he discovered the inhuman nature of this religion, Dr.
Sina has dedicated his life to discussing, criticizing, exposing the unacceptable
aspects of Islam on his widely quoted website Faith Freedom International.
The West can make use of defectors, like Dr. Sina, from Islam
(apostates) in the way the West used defectors from communism.
As I wrote in Leaving Islam, 1 there are very useful analogies to be
drawn between Communism and Islam, such as the ones Maxime Rodinson 2 and
Bertrand Russell have pointed out between the mindset of the communists of the
1930s and the Islamists of the 1990s and 21st century. As Russell said, “Among
religions, Bolshevism [Communism] is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism
rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are
primarily personal religions, with mystical doctrines and a love of
contemplation.
1 Ibn Warraq. Leaving Islam. Apostates Speak Out. Amherst: Prometheus Books. p.136
2 Maxime Rodinson: Islam et communisme, une ressemblance frappante, in Le Figaro [Paris, daily
newspaper], 28 Sep. 2001
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