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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"