by Sujit Das
ISLAM
DISMANTLED
The Mental Illness of
Prophet Muhammad
By
Sujit Das
With a Preface by Ali Sina
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One of the most interesting and harmful delusions to which men and nations can be subjected is that of imagining themselves special instruments of the Divine will.
Bertrand Russell
There are no misunderstandings in nature; they are only to be found in the realms that man calls ‘understanding’.
Carl Jung
Preface 1
A Note to the Readers 3
About the Author 4
Introduction 5
Chapter 1: The Flashback of a False Prophet 7
1.1: Muhammad’s Strange Prophetic Claim 7
1.2: The Embarrassment of Satanic Verses 9
1.3: The Traditional Sources 10
1.3.1: The Reliability of Traditional Sources 11
1.4: Discrediting Muhammad using Traditional Sources 13
1.5: Discrediting Muhammad using the Modern-day Sources 18
1.6: Discrediting Muhammad by His Own Words and Conduct 26
1.7: The Message of Prophet Muhammad 34
1.8: Muhammad’s Miracles 37
1.8.1: Refuting the Claims of Muhammad’s Miracles 38
1.9: Conclusion 43
Chapter 2: Muhammad’s Neurotic Disorder and Hallucinatory Confusions 47
2.1: The Mystery of Cave Hira 47
2.2: The Strange Subconscious Mind 47
2.2.1: Subconscious Mind and Neurosis 49
2.3: A Logical Explanation of Muhammad’s Mystic Experience 51
2.4: Traditional Islamic Sources on Muhammad’s Hallucination 53
2.5: Muhammad’s Famous Night Journey 56
2.5.1: A Logical Explanation through Dream Interpretation 59
2.6: Pre-conclusion: Divine Interpretation of Muhammad’s Hallucinations 63
2.7: Conclusion 63
Chapter 3: Muhammad’s Strange Mindset 67
3.1: An Introduction to Freud’s Id, Ego, and Superego Concepts 67
3.2: The Psychopathology of Muhammad 68
3.3: Understanding “Personality Disorder” 70
3.4: Understanding “Narcissistic Personality Disorder” 71
3.4.1: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism 74
3.5: Understanding “Malignant Narcissism” 76
3.5.1: The Defensive False Self of a Narcissist 79
3.5.2: The Narcissistic Supply 80
3.5.3: The Causes of Narcissism 81
3.5.4: The Narcissistic Rage 82
3.6: Correlating Muhammad and Malignant Narcissism 83
3.6.1: The Narcissistic Delusion of Muhammad 83
3.6.2: Identifying the Defensive Inflated False Self of Muhammad 85
3.6.3: The Development of Muhammad’s Narcissism 87
3.6.4: Why Allah did not allow Muhammad to pray for his mother? 89
3.6.5: The Narcissistic Supply Sources of Muhammad 89
3.6.5.1: Why Muhammad became an Outlaw? 106
3.6.5.2: Muhammad’s Excessive Cruelty and Hatred for non-Muslims 108
3.6.5.3: Muhammad’s Paranoia and Self-doubts 116
3.6.5.4: The Paradise and the Hell 117
3.6.5.5: The Critics of Muhammad 125
3.6.5.6: Narcissist Muhammad and his Collection of Women 128
3.6.6: Why Muhammad was Sinless? 134
3.7: Malignant Narcissists, Muhammad and Vampires – A Comparison 138
3.8: Correlating Muhammad’s Neurotic Disorder and Narcissistic Urge 139
3.9: The Intellectual Defeat of Muhammad 141
3.10: A Quest for the Impaired True Self of Muhammad 143
3.11: Conclusion 149
Chapter 4: Qur’an: The Thought-Journal of Muhammad 153
4.1: The Authenticity of the Qur’an and the Authority and Responsibility of Allah 153
4.2: Is the Qur’an Preserved? 156
4.3: The Trustworthiness of Allah and His Qur’an 159
4.4: Who wrote the Qur’an? 162
4.5: Internal Contradictions of the Qur’anic Verses: A Logical Explanation 171
4.6: Why Narcissist Muhammad needed the Qur’an? 174
4.7: Conclusion 176
Chapter 5: The Allah Delusion 181
5.1: Allah: The Ungodly God 181
5.2: Theology versus Psychology and God versus Superego 184
5.3: The Importance of Superego in the Structural Model of a Human Mind 186
5.4: The Superego of a Malignant Narcissist 187
5.5: Allah: The Superego of a Malignant Narcissist 190
5.6: Conclusion 195
Chapter 6: Islam: The Purpose-built Religion of a Malignant Narcissist 199
6.1: The Purpose of Creation of Islam 199
6.2: Islam: The Cult of a Malignant Narcissist 204
6.3: Islam and Apostasy 210
6.4: The Force of Narcissism 212
6.4.1: The Force of Narcissism of Muhammad and the Early Muslims 213
6.5: Inverted Narcissism 214
6.6: Pre-Islamic Arabia and the Dawn of Islam 215
6.7: How Muhammad Enslaved the Early Muslims? 218
6.7.1: The Fatal Attraction of Muhammad’s Fantasy World 219
6.7.2: The Superficial Charm of Muhammad 219
6.7.3: Muhammad’s Mental Instability 220
6.7.4: Muhammad’s Misleading Signals 221
6.7.5: Pathological Lying 222
6.7.6: The Method of Projection 223
6.7.7: Alienation from an Individual’s Own Powers 225
6.7.8: Introducing Errors in the Thought Process 226
6.8: Who Benefited from Islam? 227
6.9: Who are the Pathetic Losers? 230
6.9.1: The Demoralizing Influence of Muhammad’s Teaching on the Arabs 232
Chapter 7: Psychology of Islamic Terrorism 239
7.1: Introduction 239
7.2: Frequently Asked Question: Does Islamic Ideology Promote 240
7.2.1: Better Answers through Better Questions 241
7.3: The Psychological approach: An analysis of sociologically-based 241
7.3.1: Narcissism as the Driving Force of Terrorism 242
7.3.2: Muhammad’s Narcissism as the Driving Force of Islamic Terrorism 243
7.3.3: Intersect Terrorism: “Narcissism of minor differences” 246
7.3.3.1: The Root Cause of Intersect “Narcissism of Minor Differe
nces” 247
7.4: The Thin Boundary Line between a Terrorist Muslim and a Peaceful Muslim 248
7.5: Conclusion 251
Chapter 8: The Legacy of Muhammad 253
8.1: No Other Religion except Islam Promotes Narcissism 253
8.2: Islam: The Narcissism Epidemic of the Muslims 254
8.3: The Demonic Recipe of Narcissist Muhammad 257
8.3.1: Shamelessness (Bypassed shame) 257
8.3.2: Magical thinking 258
8.3.3: Arrogance 260
8.3.4: Envy 261
8.3.5: Entitlement 264
8.3.6: Exploitation 265
8.3.7: Bad Boundaries 267
8.4: The Collective Mental Sickness of Muslim “Ummah” 269
8.5: The Causes of Decadence of Muslim “Ummah” 280
8.6: Unshackling the Victims of Muhammad 283
8.7: Conclusion 288
Chapter 9: Final Assessment of Muhammad 291
References 297
Acknowledgement 311
Preface
By Ali Sina
We know about no other founder of a major religion as much as we know about the prophet of Islam. The tales about Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and Zoroaster are shrouded in myths, but the stories about Muhammad are detailed. There are hundreds of thousands of anecdotes about everything he said and did, how he ate, how he dressed, how he spoke, walked, cleaned his teeth and his private parts, what made him angry and how he reacted to criticism, how he dealt with his detractors, and countless other narratives that allow us to have a fairly accurate image of his personality and character.
In his book, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, Michael Hart places Muhammad at the very top. Yet, despite being the most influential person in history and the fact that there is so much detail about his life available, he has remained a mystery to virtually everyone, both the believers and unbelievers.
Opinions about Muhammad vary. There are those who believe he was the noblest person who ever walked on Earth and those who think he was a sadist murderer. It is hard to find any other personage in history that is so highly esteemed by one group of people and scorned by another. What is the truth? Was Muhammad a prophet or a liar? How can opinions about one man vary so diametrically? There are people who don’t believe in Jesus, Buddha or Krishna, and yet they don’t revile them. What makes Muhammad different? Why his detractors consider him a villain?
There is no doubt that Muhammad was convinced of his status as a prophet. You can’t fool so many people if you are in doubt yourself. Therefore, it can’t be said that he was lying. Yet, it can be easily demonstrated that Muhammad was making up his religion to suit his needs while at the same time he was convinced of what he was saying. There are many anecdotes about Muhammad that show he believed in his prophetic mission. At the same time there is ample evidence that what he said was not true. How that can that be possible? How can a person lie and believe in his own lies?
To answer this question we have to study the psychology of our subject. No study of Muhammad is complete without taking into account his mental makeup. It is by understanding his mind that we can understand him and then the whole picture becomes clear to us.
Muhammad had a unique sense of entitlement. He raided villages and towns, massacred thousands of unarmed people, chopped and burned their trees, looted their properties, raped their women, enslaved their children, tortured them in the most inhumane ways, and yet, he was convinced to be the best of the creation, an excellent example (Q.33:21), exalted above other prophets in degrees (Q.2:253), the preferred one (Q.17:55), a mercy to the worlds (Q.21:107), and the one who has risen to a praised estate (Q.17:79), which he said none but he would receive and that is to act as God’s counselor on the Day of Judgment. In one hadith he is reported saying that if it were not for him God would not have created the universe.
There is a huge gap between Muhammad’s claims about himself and his conduct. There is hardly any other person whose claims and deeds are so diametrically opposed to each other. His followers focus on his claims. They believe in his words. His detractors focus on his deeds. There lies the discrepancy.
How can one be so divorced from reality to believe the universe is created for him and that he is the best the world has ever produced while engaged in the most despicable crimes of theft, rape, assassination, pedophilia and genocide?
In this book, Sujit Das unravels this mystery. He does not just tell the story, but he unveils the story behind the story. He analyzes the prophet of Islam from a perspective that few have. Das delves into the psychological impulses that controlled Muhammad and made him the phenomenon that he became.
Sahih Muslim (4: 2127) reports a hadith narrated by ‘Aisha. She said, one night when the Prophet was spending the night in her apartment, he got up in the middle of night when he thought she was asleep, took hold of his mantle slowly and put on the shoes slowly, and opened the door and went out and then closed it lightly. “I covered my head,” continues Aisha, “put on my veil and tightened my waist wrapper, and then went out following his steps till he reached Baqi’ (the cemetery). He stood there and he stood for a long time. He then lifted his hands three times, and then returned and I also returned. He hastened his steps and I also hastened my steps. He ran and I too ran. He came (to the house) and I also came (to the house). I, however, preceded him and I entered (the house), and as I lay down in the bed, he (the Holy Prophet) entered the (house), and said: Why is it, O Aisha, that you are out of breath? I said: There is nothing. He said: Tell me or the Subtle and the Aware would inform me. I said: Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransom for you, and then I told him (the whole story). He said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes. He struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” Then Muhammad told Aisha that Gabriel had commanded him to go to the inhabitants of Baqi’ (to those lying in the graves) and beg pardon for them.
Hadiths like this abound, which confirm Muhammad was sincere in his belief. The story makes little sense. Why would the Almighty command his prophet to go to the cemetery in the middle of the night to supplicate Him to pardon the dead? If He wants to pardon them why would He need someone to lobby for it? But the fact that Muhammad wakes up in such odd hours and goes to the cemetery surreptitiously, tells us that he probably saw a ghost that he thought was Gabriel and the experience must have appeared real to him.
This story is irrational. It is not reasonable to believe that God would make such a silly request from his prophet. “Go to the cemetery and pray to Me (the God) so I forgive the dead,” makes no sense. Yet, Muhammad must have been convinced of it to do it. This enigma can be solved only if we study his psychology. This story and many others like it tell us that the prophet of Islam had vivid hallucinations that to him seemed real.
This book does not use technical jargons. Das writes in plain language that can be understood by everyone. His analysis is crucial to understand Muhammad. He presents ample evidence to show that the prophet of Islam suffered from malignant narcissism and neurotic disorder. He had hallucinations that he thought were real, like when he claimed that he had ascended to heaven and visited the dead prophets.
Das argues that much of the behaviors of Muslims, including terrorism, hooliganism and their paranoia are deeply rooted in their prophet’s psychology. Muslims do what Muhammad did. They want to be like him.
Ali Sina is the founder of Faith Freedom International, the grassroots movement of ex-Muslims. He is also the author of Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah’s Prophet
, the book that inspired many Muslims to awake and question their cherished faith.
A Note to the Readers
“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Muhammad, the self-proclaimed Prophet of Islam, is known as the �
��Apostle of Peace” by the Muslims. However, the truth is just opposite. Muhammad was an extremely cruel man whose entire prophetic life was based on victimizing innocents and indulging in mindless violence, carnage and massacre. He was a man who destroyed peace wherever he went, and in its place brought terror, bloodshed and death.
Islam stands or falls on the credibility of Muhammad on which we do not have single evidence but unfathomable doubts because his conduct was immoral. But he successfully twisted the sense of morality of his followers, distorted their sense of “humanness” and linked “doing good” and “a service to God” to all ungodly things. Briefly, he had given a sacred aura to crime and terrorism.
Was Muhammad truthful and sincere when he claimed the title of Prophet? Or, was he a vulgar imposter who posed as a Prophet with his eyes upon a throne from the beginning? Where can we find some concrete evidence that Qur’anic revelations were not Muhammad’s delusions or his conscious fabrications? Where is the “divine” verification for the “divine” revelations? If we put the Qur’an in chronological order and correlate it with the context of Muhammad’s life as was reported in Sira, Sunna and Hadith; we find Allah mirrored Muhammad’s character. Allah was too dumb to be God and too immoral to be divine.
In this treatise I have no intention of testing God. I just want to test Muhammad’s claim to the title of messenger of God because I cannot blindly accept his claim. Throughout the recorded history of humankind, many imposters have posed as “god-man” with well-packaged gimmickry and fooled us. Muhammad may be a true Prophet or he may be an imposter. We must test him to see which he is. Anyone who claims to be a Prophet must be prepared to have his prophecy tested.
This treatise is a critical investigation, where I have probed deep into the strange fantasy world of Muhammad not only in search of an answer but also to unfold many mysteries of Islam and Muslims. First, I had looked at Muhammad through the spectacle of blind faith and then through the spectacle of science, logic and modern development of psychological and mental disorder studies. This document contains the findings of my investigation.
This document is heavy reading. I ask for readers’ patience on this.
Sujit Das
Mumbai (India)
01.01.2012
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