With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Karen Armstrong says Islam isn't 'chronically violent' [audio 30min]

When the Pope spoke of jihad, and when Danish cartoonists published caricatures of a violent prophet Muhammad, Karen Armstrong blamed"Islamophobia." She talks about her second biography on the prophet, entitled Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time and warns against what she calls the"myth of Islam as a chronically violent religion." Webpage includes book excerpt.
Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"