Virgins, what virgins? : and other essays - Ibn Warraq (Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010)
Preface -- Part I: Personal matters -- On becoming English -- Apologia pro vita sua -- Part II: Koranic matters -- Some aspects of the history of Koranic criticism, 700-2005, C.E. -- Introduction to what the Koran really says -- Introduction to which Koran? -- Virgins, what virgins? -- Part III: Totalitarianisms -- Islam, Middle East, and fascism -- Apologists of totalitarianism -- Apostasy -- Islam on trial -- Part IV: Reformation and Enlightenment -- Is an Islamic reformation possible? -- Reason not revelation -- Part V: Journalism -- Honest intellectuals -- Brother Tariq and the Muslim hoods -- Heavy metal Islam, with Raphael Ismail -- Sir Cowasjee Jehangir ready money -- Why the West is best -- Democracy in a cartoon -- Allawi and the crisis of Islamic civilization.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-510) and index.
Keywords: Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Islam -- Controversial literature; Islam -- 21st century; Islamic fundamentalism; Religious tolerance -- Islam