The Hidden Origins of Islam James F. Keenan formulations

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The Hidden Origins of Islam James F. Keenan formulationsThe standard histories of Muhammad and the early development of Islam are based on Islamic literature that dates to the ninth and tenth centuries some two centuries or more after the death of Muhammad in 632. Islamic literary sources do not exist for the seventh and eighth centuries, when, according to tradition, Muhammad and his immediate followers lived. All that is preserved from this time period are a few commemorative building inscriptions and