The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 1)

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The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 1)

BY STEPHEN M. KIRBY 

In October 2018 we saw the release of Juan Cole’s new book: Muhammad, Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, and he is a “Renowned Middle East Expert.”[1] His new book received rave reviews; here are some that are on the book cover:

A brilliant and original book destined to challenge many Western preconceptions about Islam. Eugene Rogan, author of The Arabs: A History

Filled with astute observations at every turn. Fred M. Donner, University of Chicago

Cole’s thoroughly original and firmly rooted scholarship challenges long established Western narratives of Islam as a religion of violence, war, and intolerance. A brilliant reconstruction of early Islamic history. John L. Esposito, Georgetown University (Esposito has his own version of Fantasy Islam.[2])

In spite of Cole’s academic standing at the University of Michigan and the rave reviews, this book is largely a work of fiction based on Cole’s personal interpretation of the Koran and his selective approach to Islamic Doctrine and 7th Century Islamic history. [Read More]

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