Download or read book Islam and the Discovery of Freedom written by Rose Wilder Lane and published by Amer Management Systems Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Dr. Ahmad reproduces the chapter relevant to Islam written by Ms Rose Wilder Lane in her book: The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority. Ms Lane, a biographer and best-selling novelist, contended in her book that there were three great attempts to establish free societies on earth. She gives the first credit to Prophet Abraham for his teachings were the "first attempt" at a revolution against paganism and authoritarianism and to Prophet Muhammad the second credit while reserving the third to the American revolution.