Osama bin Laden called Muhammad "a Prophet of Conquest." Pakistan's Universal Sunnah Foundation brags that under Muhammad's battlefield leadership, "Islam spread an average of 317 square miles per day."
Right now ISIS, al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the Supreme Leader of Iran know that Islam toppled two of the biggest superpowers in history—Rome and Persia—then took over two-thirds of the inhabited world. Militant Muslims believe that Islam is on the brink of doing it again. The Muhammad Code: How a Desert Prophet Brought You ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram lays bare the origins of this profoundly dangerous belief.
Many contemporary thinkers excuse Islamic violence as a legitimate reaction to Western imperialism. They blame America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the establishment of Israel in 1948. But Jihad was invented in 624 AD by the only prophet ever to call himself "The Prophet of War." And that prophet was not responding to "legitimate grievances," but an ambition for world conquest.
Industry Reviews
"The Muhammad Code is keeping me up at night. It's a terrifying book-like a horror novel. It's the best book I've read on Islam...and the most elegantly written." David Swindle, PJ Media
Quotes for The God Problem, another Howard Bloom title:
"Enthralling. Astonishing. Written with the panache of the Great Blondin turning somersaults on the rope above Niagara. Profound, extraordinarily eclectic, and crazy. The most exciting cliffhanger of a book I can remember reading." -James Burke, creator and host of seven BBC TV series, including Connections
"Bloody hell...What a truly extraordinary book. I'm gob-smacked." -Francis Pryor, President of the Council for British Archaeology, author, Britain BC
"Truly awesome. Terrific." -Dudley Herschbach, Harvard U, 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"Deep, provocative, spectacularly well written...great." -Robert Sapolsky, Stanford U, MacArthur Genius Award winner
"Strong...like a STEAM ROLLER...impressive...great." -Richard Foreman, founder Ontological-Hysteric Theater, MacArthur Genius Award-Winner
"Mind-bending." -Charles Siebert, contributing writer, New York Times Sunday Magazine
"Ebullient, enthralling." - Alex Wright, Director of User Experience and Product Research, New York Times, author, Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages
"A great book. I raced to finish it and enjoyed every page of the way. For those of us who do not invoke a god(s) to explain things, there is a challenge - where did the complexity of the physical and natural world come from? How can we make sense of order without a blueprint or blueprint maker? This deep, provocative, spectacularly well written book provides some answers. It both preaches to the choir and provides a powerful tool for increasing the size of the choir. A wonderful book." - Robert Sapolsky, Stanford U, MacArthur Genius Award winner, author, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
"I have just come out from the giddy ride through things of the mind and mathematics that is The God Problem. Bloom takes us on a magic carpet ride of ideas about: well, about everything. And it turns out that everything we knew about everything is probably wrong. Howard Bloom is the absolute master polymath and his book is an intellectual cave of wonders made more wonderful by the tales of the lives of the people behind the ideas. Don't start this book late at night, for it will banish sleep." -Robin Fox, Rutgers University, author, The Tribal Imagination, former director of research for the H. F. Guggenheim Foundation
"A must read for those wanting great literature delving into the greatest mysteries." -Edgar Mitchell, sixth astronaut on the moon.
"Terrific. I am stupefied by the amount of work Bloom has put in. Bloom is an authentic genius." -Jean Paul Baquiast Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
"A profound and extraordinary look into the history of human thought." -Yuri Ozhigov, Chair of Quantum Informatics, Moscow State University
?The Muhammad Code is keeping me up at night. It's a terrifying book?like a horror novel. It's the best book I've read on Islam?and the most elegantly written." David Swindle, PJ Media
Quotes for The God Problem, another Howard Bloom title:
"Enthralling. Astonishing. Written with the panache of the Great Blondin turning somersaults on the rope above Niagara. Profound, extraordinarily eclectic, and crazy. The most exciting cliffhanger of a book I can remember reading." ?James Burke, creator and host of seven BBC TV series, including Connections
"Bloody hell...What a truly extraordinary book. I'm gob-smacked." ?Francis Pryor, President of the Council for British Archaeology, author, Britain BC
"Truly awesome. Terrific." ?Dudley Herschbach, Harvard U, 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"Deep, provocative, spectacularly well written...great." ?Robert Sapolsky, Stanford U, MacArthur Genius Award winner
"Strong...like a STEAM ROLLER...impressive...great." ?Richard Foreman, founder Ontological-Hysteric Theater, MacArthur Genius Award-Winner
"Mind-bending." ?Charles Siebert, contributing writer, New York Times Sunday Magazine
"Ebullient, enthralling." ? Alex Wright, Director of User Experience and Product Research, New York Times, author, Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages
?A great book. I raced to finish it and enjoyed every page of the way. For those of us who do not invoke a god(s) to explain things, there is a challenge ? where did the complexity of the physical and natural world come from? How can we make sense of order without a blueprint or blueprint maker? This deep, provocative, spectacularly well written book provides some answers. It both preaches to the choir and provides a powerful tool for increasing the size of the choir. A wonderful book." ? Robert Sapolsky, Stanford U, MacArthur Genius Award winner, author, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
?I have just come out from the giddy ride through things of the mind and mathematics that is The God Problem. Bloom takes us on a magic carpet ride of ideas about: well, about everything. And it turns out that everything we knew about everything is probably wrong. Howard Bloom is the absolute master polymath and his book is an intellectual cave of wonders made more wonderful by the tales of the lives of the people behind the ideas. Don't start this book late at night, for it will banish sleep." ?Robin Fox, Rutgers University, author, The Tribal Imagination, former director of research for the H. F. Guggenheim Foundation
?A must read for those wanting great literature delving into the greatest mysteries." ?Edgar Mitchell, sixth astronaut on the moon.
?Terrific. I am stupefied by the amount of work Bloom has put in. Bloom is an authentic genius." ?Jean Paul Baquiast Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
?A profound and extraordinary look into the history of human thought." ?Yuri Ozhigov, Chair of Quantum Informatics, Moscow State University
"I'm racing through The Muhammad Code, like a Formula One racer is pushing me along. Brilliant. Forceful... and something everyone must read."
Michael Mendizza, co-author Always Awakening, Buddha's Realization--Krishnamurti's Insight -- Howard Bloom
