Who wrote the Koran?

Abdulkarim Soroush, a prominent Iranian religious dissident, argues that the Koran is a 'prophetic experience,' that Mohammed 'was at the same time the receiver and the producer of the Koran.' This is very different from the traditional view that the Koran is literally the word of God.

Mohammed Ayatollahi Tabaar, an adjunct lecturer at George Washington University, argues that '[i]n a deeply religious society, whose leaders have justified their hold on power as a divine duty, it may take a religious counterargument to push the society toward pluralism and democracy. Soroush challenges those who claim to speak for Islam, and does so on their own terms.' Just think: this was actually published in the New York Times Magazine!