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Why Invent Mohammed?
Why invent a new religion? Robert Spencers excellent new book Did Mohammed Exist? collates recent historical research questioning the existence of the historical Mohammed, much of it previously not accessible to a lay American audience. This is a dangerous thing to do, and a courageous one.Some years ago I chided Spencer for giving the Koran too much credibility; more important than the nasty things one finds in the Koran, I argued, are two questions: 1) Mohammed may never have existed, and 2) If he existed, he may have had nothing to do with the Koran, which well might be an 8th- or 9th-century compilation. Spencers present book will be translated into major Muslim languages and published on the Internet, according to Daniel Pipes. That is an important and welcome development. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-05-20 |
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