Below is another controversy in the horizon. In Malaysia, if I have the intelligence to come out with a book like below, I would have been held under ISA.
What is of significance, is that in the academia world, one is supposedly taught and encouraged to think. Academia freedom or just 'Freedom' however, is not as Free as one wishes it to be. Like it or not, there are rules and regulations to be followed in any 'structures' in society.
I do not know whether content is true or not. I am sure it is as controversial as the 'Da Vinci Code'. We can be assured, though, that somewhere, some one would now well be planning another jihad! Neither can we deny that it may be another CIA / Zionist supported propaganda. A couple of years down the road, if some brave film director get the copyright to the book, we may have some new millionaires.
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Professor Hired for Outreach To Muslims Delivers a Jolt --- Islamic Theologian's Theory: It's Likely The Prophet Muhammad Never Existed November 15, 2008(Copyright (c) 2008, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.). For full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122669909279629451.html
German academics split. Michael Marx, a Quran scholar at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, warned that Prof. Kalisch's views would discredit German scholarship and make it difficult for German scholars to work in Muslim lands. But Ursula Spuler-Stegemann, an Islamic studies scholar at the University of Marburg, set up a Web site called solidaritymuhammadk alisch.com and started an online petition of support.
Alarmed that a pioneering effort at Muslim outreach was only stoking antagonism, Munster University decided to douse the flames. Prof. Kalisch was told he could keep his professorship but must stop teaching Islam to future school teachers.
The professor says he's more determined than ever to keep probing his faith. He is finishing a book to explain his thoughts. It's in English instead of German because he wants to make a bigger impact. "I'm convinced that what I'm doing is necessary. There must be a free discussion of Islam," he says.
--- Almut Schoenfeld in Berlin contributed to this article. License this article from Dow Jones Reprint Service
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