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Jerusalem, not a Muslim land
Holland makes the claim that Jews made Jerusalem a Jewish land, Roman Christians made Jerusalem a Christian land, if the early Arabs who arrived in Jerusalem were Muslims, Jerusalem should have been made a Muslim land. Therefore, this adds to the claim that Early Arabs were not Muslims.
Answer
Muslims who came to Jerusalem did not come to cause havoc in the land. When Muslims came, they allowed the Jews back in and allowed them to pray as they wish. The conquest of Jerusalem was at the time of the second Caliph of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him). This was the time, in essence, when Islam’s purest, most beautiful teachings were demonstrated to the world. It is a flawed assumption of Holland that Muslims should’ve established a Muslim land. The conquest of Jerusalem is one proof that Islam was not spread by the sword.
Why not pagan stories?
Holland suggests that the Holy Qur’an points toward the biblical stories, not pagan stories and points toward the enemies of Islam to be agricultural who grow olive trees and keep cattles.
Answer
There are various kinds of disbelievers that are alluded to in the Holy Qur’an. The word for disbeliever in Arabic is Kafir. It simply means someone who has not believed. Sometimes it is the disbelievers of Allah and sometimes they are of the message of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him). The verses in the Holy Quran must be taken in their own context. So we apprehend which disbelievers are talked about here. Hence, the disbelievers do not have to be the pagans of Mecca.
First of all, suppose if Quranic stories were pagan. Since today pagans of Mecca are not around, anyone could say Qur’an is an outdated book.
Secondly, God has alluded to Jews and Christians in the last verse of Surah Al-Fatiha as those people who became disliked by Him. The Qur’an is full of stories of those people so that we are made apparent of their mistakes and not follow them.
Muhammad was at Avdat
Holland suggests, since Mecca doesn’t seem like the place where Qur’an is composed and Muhammad lived, Avdat in the Nagav Desert seems to be the best match. This is because in the city of Avdat Arabs had a very good understanding of biblical stories that Qur’an seems to point towards and also because Arabs of Avdat are farmers.
Answer
This suggestion is invalid because as already explained why biblical stories are mentioned, why stories of Prophet Lot (as) is mentioned and why the text of the Qur’an does not address pagans of Mecca.
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Arab Empire gave birth to Islam
Islam did not start an Empire, The Arab Empire adopted the new faith Islam.
Answer
Empires do not just come about overnight. Empires certainly do not obey the chaos theory. Whenever we look in history we come to understand that a single person with helpers start a chain of events which leads to dramatic power. To the very least, it requires morals of a good degree. Arabs at the time when this Arab Empire emerged were the worst people on the face of earth. The evidence of this can be found in Arabic poetry. In order to suggest Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) did not give rise to the Empire, we must also suggest what brought this phenomenal Empire that literally stretched from Persia to Spain?
Conclusion
After watching this documentary Holland’s delinquent comprehension and careless research leads me to think what would his book, In The Shadow Of The Sword, be like? Since this documentary is like a trailer to the book. It also makes me question his expertise in just general. Regarding his bestselling books: Persian Fire and Rubicon, would we find the same kind of negligent in them? Since he always seems to compare Roman Empire to the Islamic Empire, would it be vice-versa had he done his research in Islamic Empire first?
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Previous parts:
Analysis on Islam: The Untold Story (1 of 3)
Analysis on Islam: The Untold Story (2 of 3)
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