Muslims often complain of "misconceptions" about their religion, yet few seem to know all that much about the true history of
Islam and its founder, Muhammad. As a result, the biggest misconceptions
about Islam are often those propagated by Muslims
themselves.
Here, we refute the contemporary mythology of Muhammad by referring to the earliest and most reliable Muslim
historians, who based their writings on those who actually
knew their revered prophet.
The historical compilations of Ibn
Ishaq (compiled by Ibn Hisham), al-Tabari, Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
are greatly respected in the Muslim academic community as a priceless source of
biographical information and the details of Islam's origin and rise to power.
These writings also provide the context for the Quran.
The
Hadith (traditions), Sira (biography of Muhammad) and the Quran provide the true Islamic counterpart to the Christian Bible and Jewish Torah.
The Quran is simply the purported words of Allah arranged in no particular
order. It makes little sense outside of the context provided by the other
two sources.
Articles
posted here will occasionally be revised, and new ones will be added. Readers not familiar with the life of Muhammad may
want to approach these myths through our brief article on the history of his life:
The Life of Muhammad: An Inconvenient Truth.
It has been updated to include most of the links found below, and it will
help place these debunked myths into historical context - as it was
written from the Muslim point of view.
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