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Christianity on Islam in the past - Humphrey Prideaux


Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich

A foundational text of Western free speech about Islam would be:
  



Front page of the 6th edn (1716).




"Ayesha was then but 6 years old, and therefore he did not bed her till two years after, when she was full 8 years old."
From pp.45-46 of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages 53 and 54.



"His two predominant passions were ambition and lust."
From p.117 of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages 140-141 and 142.




From pp.122-123 of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages 146-147 and 148.



Rev. Prideaux does not exactly believe that the Quran was divinely inspired!
From p.131 of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages 158-159.



Mahomet is given as a "present" a 15 year old Christian sex slave called Maria.
From p.124 of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages 149 and 150.



Mahomet's wives discover him in bed with his 15 year old sex slave.
Illustration opposite p.147 of the 1698 French translation of Prideaux's book.



Mahomet wielding a sword and trampling on the cross, the Ten Commandments and the globe.
From the 1698 French translation of Prideaux's book.
Book dated 1698, though drawing has date 1699.



1712 edition.
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