A new and imporatant book has been published about Muhammed, peace be upon him, by the well known editor in religions history, Karen Armstrong.
I think that Karen Armstrong is one of the fair authors that tryed to say a truthful word about Islam and his Prophet Muhammad, This, although not from the believers’ view of point, It is a view of a secular specialist, who can say the things in the way the westerns think, but without converting facts to some bits of nonsence, and without mocking at the beliefs a large category of faithful people “Muslims”.
I know that muslims cannot rely on her books as the last reference for the life of Muhammad, peace be upon him, but it is a good way to understand how to talk with westerns from the mentality they are sticking to, and to have an understanding Group in the West, which can bear the change in the Islamic “Other” point of view.
 Here are some links to read about the book:
http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b9176.html
http://www.libertybooks.com/Books/BookPreview.aspx?ItemID=18926
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