Did Muhammad Exist? by Robert Spencer
An Inquiry into Islam’s Obscure Origins
A controversial historical critique that questions the traditional account of Islam’s beginnings, arguing that contemporary evidence for its prophet and scripture is scant and late. Drawing on coins, inscriptions, early chronicles, and the evolution of hadith and sira, it contends that key elements of the faith and its central figure were consolidated decades after the Arab conquests under political and theological pressures. It calls for reassessing early qibla directions, terminology, and the timeline of canonization.
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