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...original? Absolutely not. Poniewozik only alluded to the fact that the Grimm brothers' fairy tales were originally quite grim and scary. So where can we find healthful magic for kids? Outside in nature and in books that don't insult the intelligence of children or their parents. Vonnie Shallenberger, Mahomet, Illinois...
...fact, the very notion of fanaticism is grounded in the West's image of Islam. Back in the 18th century, when the concept of fanaticism was popularized by the great minds of the Enlightenment. Voltaire wrote a play called "Mahomet." "This is the first time that superstition and fanaticism have been brought to the stage," he commented...
...Miraculous Journey of Mahomet with introduction and commentaries by Marie-Rose Séguy (Braziller; 158 pages; $40). Known in the Muslim world as the Mirâj Nâmeh, this legend describes the mystical visions of Muhammad as he ascended one night to the Seventh Heaven and the Throne of God. With the Angel Gabriel as his guide, the Prophet meets with Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses. He visits paradise, with its eternally blooming gardens, and hell, where sinners suffer endless agony at the hands of demons. The 15th century illuminations that accompany the text of this holy...
...technique, he tried to persuade local doctors to inoculate as many citizens as possible during the epidemic of 1721. But the city's leading physician called inoculation an "infatuation" and denounced as heathen any treatment adapted from "the Musselmen and faithful people of the prophet Mahomet." Only Mather's friend Dr. Zabdiel Boylston agreed to try the new tactic. Complained Mather: "Not only the physician who began the experiment but I also am the object of the [people's] fury." One opponent of inoculation threw a bomb through Mather's window. Another tried...
...assassinations for purposes of its foreign policy. Among the prospective victims were two emperors, two kings of France and three sultans. The documents record virtually no offer of assassination to have been rejected by the Venetian government. From 1456 to 1472, it accepted twenty offers to kill the Sultan Mahomet II, the main antagonist of Venice during that period. In 1514, John of Ragusa offered to poison anybody selected by the government of Venice for an annual salary of fifteen hundred ducats . . . In the same period the cardinals brought their own butlers and wine to a papal coronation dinner...