Inventing Muhammad?
by Robert Spencer
Why
would it matter if Muhammad never existed? Certainly the accepted story
of Islam's origins is taken for granted as historically accurate; while many
don't accept Muhammad's claim to have been a prophet, few doubt that there was
a man named Muhammad who in the early seventh century began to claim that he
was receiving messages from Allah through the angel Gabriel. Many who
hear about my new book Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam's Obscure
Origins ask why it would matter whether or not Muhammad existed -- after all, a
billion Muslims believe he did, and they are not going to stop doing so because
of some historical investigations.
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