Tom just signed his fatwa.
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Hoax because muhammad wasn’t born in Mecca he was born in hell.
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there are quite a few “religions” that are a hoax:
1. most famous- scientology— new
2. my #1 —— Mormonism— 160 years old
3. of course——Islam— hey-this was made in 666 AD (sarc)
4. moonies — new
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In school, kids generally HATE to study history, and who wouldn’t, when history is presented as dry names and dates.
I invite you all to read Tom Holland’s books; he makes history come alive.
Another Brit who’s likewise a great and “can’t put his books down” writer is Adrian Goldsworthy.
Book Freakin Mark
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Thanks for posting this. Holland’s “In the Shadow of the Sword” is worth a read, though it is a long slog by design, to fully set the stage. The linked YouTube gets right to the point, and I recommend it to those who want a digested version.
My question: If spreading Islam, in essence even if it was evolving as a set of practices, was the purpose behind the Arab Conquest, why is it that the Arab’s made little attempt to encourage conversion, and seemed to almost discourage it?
In July 2015, Holland appeared on the current affairs television programme This Week arguing why he thought it was incorrect of David Cameron to say that Islamic State are not Islamic.[17]