The quicksilver, reverential, justificatory mentality – 1
AS LONG AS ORDINARY Muslims swallowed these uncritically and without applying reason, any contradiction that emerged in the Qur’ān or…
The early history of Islam and the scarcity of material artefacts – 2
KEEP IN MIND that this literature included the art of public speaking and sermons and dealt with social and moral…
The early history of Islam and the scarcity of material artefacts – 1
AND THEREIN LIES the dilemma of the early history of Islam, a history founded mainly upon oral narration, repetition, transmission…
The problem of documentation, credibility and interpretation
THIS APPROACH of following, imitation, repetition and regurgitation is evident, and its results have become patent. Simply put, this is…
The ‘Islamic narrative’
IN THE FIRST CENTURY and at the beginning of the second century AH, stimulating reports and narrations multiplied and accumulated.…
The Islamic triumphalist approach to history
THE SUBJECT OF ISLAM and how to handle the Qur’ān has remained the preserve of traditional jurists and scholars (the…
The early history of Islam – Introduction to the problems – 2
THIS IS THE ATTEMPT to form a picture of what took place. Thus, in addition to the methodologies which scientific…
The early history of Islam – Introduction to the problems – 1
THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO GUARDED by a fierce and violent force of deterrence directed at everyone who lets himself be…