I really liked it, if only we commemorate the victims, with history, discussion with a Muslim brother
❤
dumbledoresarmysays
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Infidelsays
36:00 Stephen asked exactly the question I have: if Mohammed didn’t exist, what prompted the sudden Arab blitzkrieg in the region that overran the Byzantine and Sassanid empires and saw the fall of Damascus, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Ctesiphon, Isfahan, Shiraz, Buqhara, Merw, Herat, Samarqand and Dabol? More importantly, if the qur’an started being written by the umayyad caliphs, why do the shi’a, who loathe the umayyad caliphs most of all, particularly Uthman, endorse what’s in their quran?
37:30 In addition to the fact that the Byzantines and the Persians had exhausted each other out, there was also the fact that the Sassanid capital Ctesiphon (near where Baghdad is today) was right at their frontier. In those days, capturing a capital was a good way to ensure the fall of any kingdom, and that’s what happened here. Had the Sassanids had their capital at, say, Nishabour or Balkh, the Arabs may well have lost to them just like they lost to the Rajputs after they conquered Sind
50:00 If there was trade b/w Europe and India, then it would be over land, not sea, in that era. In which case, Arabia would be bypassed completely: caravans would start at Constantinople or Rome or wherever and head eastwards through Syria, Persia and finally Gandhara or Sind. Mecca would only be on a route b/w Damascus and Sheba
Good interview
ME Infidelsays
I’ve read conflicting information, but I thought music, vocals or instruments, were haram in Islam.
gravenimagesays
Everything except JIhadist Nasheeds with no instruments.
gregbeethamsays
Quite an enjoyable video, well done Steve and Robert.
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gravenimage says
Video: Robert Spencer on Islam’s death penalty for apostasy, the existence of Muhammad, and jazz
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Good interview with Steve Husein Mashni!
serialthinker2003 says
I really liked it, if only we commemorate the victims, with history, discussion with a Muslim brother
❤
dumbledoresarmy says
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Infidel says
36:00 Stephen asked exactly the question I have: if Mohammed didn’t exist, what prompted the sudden Arab blitzkrieg in the region that overran the Byzantine and Sassanid empires and saw the fall of Damascus, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Ctesiphon, Isfahan, Shiraz, Buqhara, Merw, Herat, Samarqand and Dabol? More importantly, if the qur’an started being written by the umayyad caliphs, why do the shi’a, who loathe the umayyad caliphs most of all, particularly Uthman, endorse what’s in their quran?
37:30 In addition to the fact that the Byzantines and the Persians had exhausted each other out, there was also the fact that the Sassanid capital Ctesiphon (near where Baghdad is today) was right at their frontier. In those days, capturing a capital was a good way to ensure the fall of any kingdom, and that’s what happened here. Had the Sassanids had their capital at, say, Nishabour or Balkh, the Arabs may well have lost to them just like they lost to the Rajputs after they conquered Sind
50:00 If there was trade b/w Europe and India, then it would be over land, not sea, in that era. In which case, Arabia would be bypassed completely: caravans would start at Constantinople or Rome or wherever and head eastwards through Syria, Persia and finally Gandhara or Sind. Mecca would only be on a route b/w Damascus and Sheba
Good interview
ME Infidel says
I’ve read conflicting information, but I thought music, vocals or instruments, were haram in Islam.
gravenimage says
Everything except JIhadist Nasheeds with no instruments.
gregbeetham says
Quite an enjoyable video, well done Steve and Robert.