Islamic faith is a blind belief in a supernatural divine power that controls human destiny. Prophet Muhammad claimed to have communicated with Allah in a prophetic trance, but in the cold-eyed view of a trained psychiatrist his religious ecstasy was very similar to an epileptic seizure and schizophrenia hallucination which manifested itself by convulsive attacks and clouding of consciousness. Hallucinatory drugs can also cause misperceptions of reality. Hence, the people who are under the influence of drugs can also claim to communicate with Allah. When Allah revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad no one shared his experience so that anyone who believed in him had to take his word. But even if a great number of people put blind trust in his claims, sharing beliefs with many people does not prove that Allah exists. The strength of a blind faith cannot materialize or give life to the creature of a fantasy. When many people shared his false beliefs about reality, it became a mass delusion - THE ALLAH DELUSION. Our commonsense says if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and swims like a duck, then certainly we are dealing with a duck. When it comes to Allah's religion however we change our perceptions. If it acts like a lunatic, if it often hallucinates like a schizophrenic and if it has all the symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy, it must be the Holy Prophet of Allah Scientific advance of human civilization and the theological retreat of Allah are interlocked. Even though science had not specifically disproved the existence of God, science has thrown such a flood of light upon Allah and his Qur'an that now Allah can be regarded as a paper tiger - a harmless, spineless scarecrow - a figment of Muhammad's private fantasy. Without context and chronology, the Qur'an becomes a meaningless and disjointed rant of a schizophrenic. Islam is clearly a losing cause. Though THE ALLAH DELUSION is the main theme, this book addresses another important issue - militant atheism, if emerges as a blind faith in the godlessness, is equally dangerous like Islam. Though moral values can be separated from the belief in a God and atheism does not necessarily lead to moral bankruptcy, fanatic atheists are just as capable of moral atrocities as are theists. Militant atheism is an intellectually bankrupt fallacy very similar to Islamic theocracy.

Peace cannot be attained as long as there are ideologies that promote hate. People don t naturally do evil. They do evil when indoctrinated. Good people do evil things when they perceive injustice. Often their perception is imaginary. Masses of people can be manipulated to believe that they are victimized. They then become filled with hate, seek revenge and commit atrocities while considering them-selves righteous and justifying every cruelty. Islam is one such a doctrine. Why are there no freedom of speech and no true democracy in any Islamic country? Why do they abuse and treat their women as objects? Why do all Muslim countries have dismal Human Rights record? Why they riot and murder innocent people over the silliest things? What drives so many of them to terrorism? Why they are constantly at war with everyone, and with each other? To understand Muslims, we must understand their prophet. Islam is Muhammadism. His biographers reported Muhammad used to withdraw to a cave and spend days wrapped in his thoughts. He felt spasms, heard bells ringing and saw ghosts. He thought he had become demon possessed, but his wife reassured him he had become a prophet. Convinced of his superior status, Muhammad was intolerant of those who rejected him, assassinated those who criticized him, raided, looted, and massacred entire populations. He reduced thousands to slavery. He raped, and allowed his men to rape their female captives. All of this, he did with a clear conscience and a sense of entitlement. He was magnanimous to those who admired him, but vengeful towards his detractors. He believed he was the most perfect human creation and that the universe was created because of him. Understanding Muhammad ventures beyond the stories. It unravels the mystique of the most influential, and yet the most enigmatic man in history. Muslims emulate their prophet. Only by understanding him can we know what makes them tick, and predict these most unpredictable people.

This book dismantles Islam by exposing the imposture of Muhammad. The historical Muhammad is too privileged to be formally evaluated in the fashion a clinical psychologist would like. But given certain of his well-known and highly documented behaviors, it is certain that he had a conflict-ridden psychological dependence on others. He was not capable of introspection. He had shown all the symptoms of his lunacy and his prophetic claim was based on the quicksand of grand delusion. But the irony is that the entire religion of Islam is based on the truth claim of such a man who could easily swing back and forth between the two extremes - reality and fantasy. Like the mythological Narcissus, he actually worshipped his own image - not God. He had created Allah in his own image and attributed to that God the qualities of his own self. He used Islam to pervade Muslim psyche, and possessed their mind. Islam is an extremely defenseless religion and hence vulnerable to collapse. "Defenseless" in the sense, there is not a single atom of truth in it to support. This failed religion, originated from the grand delusion of a malignant Narcissist, is the biggest hoax humanity has ever seen. It is like a house of cards - looks tall, big, mighty and gigantic but the base is very weak. The aim of this book is to diagnose Muhammad by making use of biographical data and through the application of psychological theory and research. This psychobiography is all about the "why" - the question of motives. It uncovers the private motives behind his public acts. This book presents two theses - Muhammad suffered from malignant narcissism, and was also affected by neurotic disorder which caused regular psychiatric delusions.