A no-nonsense and well documented book...

I bought (and read) this book because it appealed to me, as a no-nonsense and well documented book about the generally obscure and confusing task of trying to make sense of this "holy" book. I am a lifelong student of comparative religion and spirituality. I have read the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, the Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, etc. I have studied Egyptian Book of the Dead, Kaballah, Greek, Roman, Norse and Summerian mythology. But I have never felt compelled to delve into the Koran. This book seemed a solid way to wade into those waters. Their concrete approach of "reverse ordering" this normally jumbled book is (in hindsight) essential to it's understanding. Otherwise, ANY Westerner would likely quickly get lost in the weeds of "abrogation". This is a term previously unknown to me, but central to understanding the edicts of Mohammed. Due to the COPIOUS contradictions over his life's writings, it was determined by muslim scholars and others that the later verses CANCELLED OUT any contradictory verses which proceeded it! Once the Koran's verses are thus ordered, with the last being the first, the priorities of islam are laid bare! It is CLEARLY a religion of violence and intolerance, from its very inception. Jihad, is the central theme: violent, aggressive and incessant conversion of "non-believers" (Kuffir) into believers. Failure to convert them leaves the only other option....KILL them! Real Islam, beyond all the media spin and the "BIG LIE" is less a religion and more of a Kamikaze Cult. In this cult, muslims who wage Jihad against the unbelieving Kuffir are elevated to the highest honors among the culture (martyrs) and given a VIP seat with Allah in the afterlife. This truth has been know to Western scholars for centuries, but recently buried since 911 (2001). The book AMPLY documents the development of this "Big Lie". In addition, a FRIGHTENING number of "non-radical" muslims (who simply ascribe to "Sharia Law") have been show (by polls) to state that they would not turn in a known terrorist among them!!! I am a follower and believer in the teachings of both Buddha and Jesus. This book has clearly helped me see the violent and unacceptable core beliefs of the muslim "path" and how antithetical they are to any truly spiritual person. America needs to wake up. If we don't take prudent strides to resist this Islamic "striving" or Jihad, we will quickly follow down the same dark rabbit hole that has engulfed Europe. Europe is the "canary in the coal mine" and has already fallen off its perch!