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This week's podcast is quite a bit longer than usual, because it goes DEEP into the subject of historical criticism of Islam. I unpack much of the latest evidence that we have about the very obscure origins of Islam. Following the data and evidence that Dr. Jay Smith from Pfander Films has collected, I unpack the issue of Islam's origins through 5 specific polemical lines of attack - as he calls them, the 5 Qs:

• The Qiblas;


• The Qira'ats;


• The Qur'an;


• The Coins;


• The Quest for Muhammad;

There is a HUGE amount to explore here, and I've barely scratched the surface. For the full details, check out the previous podcasts, readings, and links down below.

Further Reading From My Site

• Of questionable origins - my seminal post on the subject of Islam's starting story, though much of that information is now out-of-date;


• The unsupportable heresy - where I take apart the Standard Islamic Narrative based on the evidence uncovered in 2020;

Previous Podcasts on Islam

• Didactic Mind, Ep 43: One Man, One Book, Pt 1;


• Didactic Mind, Ep 44: One Man, One Book, Pt 2;


• Didactic Mind, Ep 47: The Nameless One;


• Domain Query: The Missing Arab Armies;


• Didactic Mind, Ep 59: Burning Books and Burning Truths;

Book References

• The Impact of Islam by Emmet Scott;


• Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins―Revised and Expanded Edition by Dr. Robert Spencer;


• Corrections in Early Qurʾān Manuscripts: Twenty Examples by Dr. Daniel Alan Brubaker;


• Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an by Dr. Shady Hekmat Nasser;;


• Early Islamic Qiblas: A survey of mosques built between 1AH/622 C.E. and 263 AH/876 C.E. by Dan Gibson;

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