Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
"god is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens.
One little tidbit that I find interesting in the chapter on Islam:
We have all heard of how suicide bombers on a jihad are supposed to get 32 virgins in heaven from allah as their reward. Well, Chritopher Hitchens points out in his book, as do other scholars, that in a more accurate translation of the Koran from the original Syriac language it was written in, that these suicide bombers are actually promised "Sweet white raisins and plums" in heaven as their reward from Allah for their suicide jihad. I don't think too many guys would blow themselves up for some raisins and plums...
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