Not only do some Islamic traditions say that Muhammad was originally named Qutham, but others assert that it was not the angel Gabriel, but the angel Saraphel, who first appeared to the messenger and began giving him the Qur’an. Why these discrepancies? What do they reveal about the origins of Islam? How did they arise […]
‘There is no God but Allah, and Qutham is his prophet’
The more one looks into the origins of Islam, the stranger it all gets. Some Islamic traditions say Muhammad originally had a different name, Qutham. Yet most histories of early Islam omit all mention of this. Find out what this means and why it matters in the new revised and expanded edition of Did Muhammad […]
Tonight on Zoom: Robert Spencer asks ‘Did Muhammad exist?’
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Did Muhammad exist? Zoom chat with Robert Spencer coming June 28
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The canonical Islamic accounts of Muhammad’s life are full of contradictions. There’s a reason for that.
Killing women and children is justified in a hadith in which Muhammad waves away those who object. “It is reported on the authority of Sa’b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They […]
Did Muhammad exist? New book examines the evidence
The new revised and expanded edition of Did Muhammad Exist? contains: 25% new material. Answers to objections raised to the first edition. Information that makes it clear that Islam could not have originated the way it is described as doing so in the standard, canonical Islamic accounts. The reasons why it is more likely that […]
‘Did Muhammad Exist? challenges the conspiracy of fear by surveying the evidence for the life of Islam’s founder’
Here is a review of the first edition of Did Muhammad Exist?. The new revised and expanded version contains a a great deal that is new, including: The man whom modern-day historians say received reports from “his aunt Aisha” about Muhammad’s life: why he is not a reliable source for anything Muhammad said or did, […]
‘Did Muhammad Exist?’: ‘Well-written, sober, clear, demonstrating inconsistencies in the conventional account’
Here is a review by Daniel Pipes of the first edition of Did Muhammad Exist?. The new revised and expanded version contains a large amount of new material, including startling evidence that: The traditional Islamic stories of Muhammad’s life could not have taken place where they are described as happening; The Arabs of the time […]
“It would be good to see ‘Did Muhammad Exist?’ as introductory reading for courses on Islam in universities”
This review of the first edition of Did Muhammad Exist? appeared in The American Spectator. The new revised and expanded edition contains: 25% new material. Answers to objections raised to the first edition. Startling information that makes it clear that Islam could not have originated the way it is described as doing so in the […]