March 15, 2023 was declared by the United Nations, please participate by becoming an IslamoRealist!
The canonical texts of Islam have been translated to English and uploadedto the internet archive in pdf format. The Noble Qur'an translated by Hilali/Khan is here:
https://archive.org/details/noble-quran-english-translation-by-muhammad-muhsin-khan-and-muhammad-taqi-ud-din-al-hilali
If you do not read it, you will be an Islamophobe, not an IslamoRealist. To delve deeper into the Qur'an, two resources are essential:
https://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp Corpus Quran has a word by word translation with each Arabic word linked to a dictionary and concordance.
https://quranx.com/1.1 is an Islamic site with multiple resources including Qur'an, hadith and tafsirs.The search tab lets you search all the resources at once or a select collection of resources. The translation of Sahih Bukhari is expurgated, Tafsir Ibn Kathir is not.
Sahih Bukhai is considered to be the most authentic and authoritative collection of Muhamad's extra-Quranic sayings and doings. It is divided into nine volumes, volume 4 contains two must read books: "The Book Of Jihad" and "The Book Of Khumus". Those two books tell us what Islam is all about. The "Book Of Expedition" in volume 5 should be read along with them. Page 108 of vol. 4 reveals how Muhammad mde his liveing: "war booty" After reading it,, go to quranx.com and search for "what is said regarding spears", you will not find it because that database is derived from the expurgated English only edition. Search for it at sunnah.com and you will find only the Arabic with no translation. Now go to quranx.com and search for "The Benefits Of Iron", you will find the quote in Tafsir Ibn kathir. Muslims do not want us to know how Muhammad made his living. By God, I will tell you of resources others will not reveal. Zad Al-Ma'ad includes a discussion of the worst and best occupations for Muslims. The best is Jihad because that was how Muhammad made his living! Read the third point in the enumerated list here: https://archive.org/details/ProvisionsOfTheAfterlife/page/909/mode/1up?q=cupping
When you have read that essay, pause to reflect on it. What is Islam all about?
This book is a terrorist recruiting manual. Its table of contents contains a precis of each chapter. Before opening it, put your children and pets in another room, be sure of a clear path to the bathroom and put away all fire, choke and spill hazards!! If reading it does not piss you off, there is something wrong with you. https://archive.org/details/the-book-of-jihad-by-ibn-nuhass_202106/page/nundefined/mode/1up
Islamic law is revelatory." Reliance Of The Traveller" is the most well known code. Its explanation of jihad is a must read!!! Book 9, Chapter o begins the definition of Jihad, o9.8 informs us that the caliph makes war on Jews, Christians and Majians. Read it now!!!
https://archive.org/details/RelianceOfThetraveller/page/579/mode/1up?q=jihad
There are other codes of Shari'ah you may not have heard about. Risala is the fiqh of the Maliki school of Islamic law. Read about jihad here:
https://archive.org/details/TheRisala/page/n282/mode/1up?q=jihad
If you are inordinantly curious and not squemish, open it to page 41 .
Hedaya is the code used by the Ottoman Empire. Volume 2 has the goods on Jihad, beginning on page 139. If nothing else, read pages 144-145 and 212.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.221893/page/n140/mode/1up?q=institutes
Volume 1, book 1 reveals how Muhammad received his inspiration~revelations. It is obvious that he had epilepsy and needed a service camel to prevent injury in falls.
Siras tell us about the life of Muhammad. The most famous is "The Life Of Muhammad", download it from thereligionofpeace.com becuse that one has a text pane so it can be searched and you can pull quotes from it. Waquidi's sirah has some details not easily found elsewhee.
https://archive.org/details/TabaqatIbnSaadVol12English Search within it for "incident in the cave" and "Satanic verses", read them ccarefully.
To search the archive for those or other texts, use Google's domain search , substituting the title of the book for 'title' "archive title english pdf"
