The Political Traditions of Mohammed: The Hadith for the Unbelievers (The Islamic Trilogy Series, Vol. 2) Paperback – July 1, 2006

This 179-page paperback, Volume 2 in the ten-book series, fills a gigantic void for any layperson who wants to study the Hadith, also known as the Sunna, in easily readable "newspaper"/middlebrow English, logically, contextually and topically organized. Previously, one could not find such a compilation of verbatim excerpts in one place meant specifically for non-specialists interested in learning about Islam.Most Westerners have no concept of how towering a figure Mohammed is to Muslims. He is in actuality a God-like figure in every way to the vast majority of Muslims -- laity and clergy, Sunni and Shia, highly educated and illiterate -- no matter what Muslim and Western apologists try to tell us. He is the "Seal of the Prophets" and "Allah's Apostle." Along with the Koran, the semi-sacred Hadith sets forth the theology of Islam and the most holy sacrament of Islam, Jihad (holy warfare against the unbelievers), as complemented by the Sira (canonical biographies of Mohammed). The religion of Islam is built like a three-legged stool: it can only be understood by reading all three parts of what the publisher (Center for the Study of Political Islam, CSPI) terms the "Islamic Trilogy" -- The Koran, Hadith and Sira.Muslims like to say that they don't worship Mohammed, so they shouldn't be called Mohammedans. But Lutherans don't worship Martin Luther and Confucians don't worship Confucius. This is but one of endless skirmishes in the civilizational war (this skirmish lost by the PC academics of the West) that has befallen the planet between the "unitary" ethical system underlying the Judeo-Christian values of the West (not to mention the cognate ones of the Dharmic religions) and the "dualistic" situational ethics -- one set of ethics for believers, another for infidels -- of Islam (which means "to submit") and Muslims ("those who have submitted"), who live by Mohammed's example and exposition of how to treat the unbelievers as contained in the Hadith.This work is a true page-turner, riveting as a "holy book" can be. Some of the chapter titles: Ethics - Jihad - The Dhimmis - The Beheading - Slaves - Women - Sex - Apostates - Sharia Law. The book includes a 6-page overview at the beginning, a most enlightening 7-page epilogue, and a one-page bibliography.CSPI used anonymous scholars to translate the Hadith and write the overview and epilogue chapters. That is a sad commentary on the fact of life that any Higher Criticism analysis of the Islamic holy texts is strictly forbidden by almost all Islamic scholars of Islam. Death fatwas (edicts by Islamic authorities) cast a pall over any serious students of Islam who attempt to apply two-hundred-year-old Western scholastic disciplines to bear upon the holy books of Islam. That is why CSPI has done such a great service to non-believers worldwide in giving hitherto impossible entre into the heart and soul of Islamic theology.This great work of "scholarship for the masses" is a landmark in bringing the tenets of Islam to any Westerner who can read a daily newspaper.Kudos to CSPI for this brilliant little book!

Required reading. After reading about the founding fathers of the U.S., read this. Islam is about going in the totally opposite direction to everything for which freedom, civil and human rights stands. Mohammed was the ultimate strategist, who puts even modern strategists to shame. No one in the West can even begin to imagine the true nature of Islam until they read this series of books. The Haddith provides more quotable insights into the strategy of Mohammed and why our leadership and the main stream media is being duped into their own self-destruction.Does it matter? Of course it matters, if you care about human suffering. Should we grow up in a world like Star Trek (which is where Free-Market, Libertarian Capitalism ultimate leads) or towards totalitarianism (Islam is the leader in the pack), which leads to the whole planet looking like Libya, with slavery and mass genocide.Reading this book gives you great confidence in any debate, to defend your civilization. You will easily defeat anyone if you know this series of books. If you care about your children, if you want to end disease, poverty, strife, then, read this book, so that you know its true source.

Every page is an eye opener and you will have hard time putting it down. I found my self saying "Really?" andReally!" a lot when reading this book. A very good book for anyone who wants to know the political laws and structures that Muhammad put forth. Condensed and easy to understand and read. Very comprehensive. It will change your view on Islam and enlighten you concerning how Jihad served as the means by which Islam spread throughout the east. Definitely a must have for anyone studying the truth about Islam.

What a good looking collection of books, and will be a nice addition to my personal studies of Islam. These books should be on everyone's list to understand and arm themselves with their own words, to combat their preconceive notion of overrunning the Kafir's world and forcing their will upon us, along with the submission of people's countries and culture.

A look at many of the Hadith that are relevent to us Infidels today. Unlike the other books in the trilogy, this book was surprisingly short. It doesn't even try to cover the whole Hadith, as that would be extremely long and boring. But it does also include a chapter with excerpts taken from the famous book of Sharia Law, Reliance of the Traveler. The Hadith covered are from Sahih Bukhari, and Sahih Muslim, the two most authentic collections of Hadith, according to Islam.

If you want to understand the difference between Political Islam and Religious Islam, you need to read Dr. Warner's work. As important as Islam is to the world today, everyone should be come conversant with the history, politics, and theology of Islam. Dr. Warner provides a no non-sense approach to mastering this subject. His work is precise, readable, and fast reading.

I had no problems with the downloading of this ebook. The book was easy to read, very information on Islam and Mohammed's traditions as it relates to the various trilogy books of Islam. It gives you a good insight into how Muslim's perceive unbelievers and how everything is based mainly on what Mohammed said and did? I highly recommend this to my friends.

Koran: you have in Mohammed a perfect example, if you don't reject what the Prophet rejects you are no better than the Infidels, so the Koran alone is NOT ISLAM, it is a Trilogy, Koran, Sunnah (Traditions or doings of Prophet), Hadith (Sayings of Prophet). This is a distillation of Sunnah & Hadith.