Do not be mislead by the title of this article!
Read it through! A German scholar of ancient languages takes a new look at the sacred book of Islam. He maintains that it was created by Syro-Aramaic speaking Christians, in order to evangelize the Arabs. And he translates it in a new way. The author of the most important book on the subject - a German professor of ancient Semitic and Arabic languages - preferred, out of prudence, to write under the pseudonym of Christoph Luxenberg. A few years ago, one of his colleagues at the University of Nablus in Palestine, Suliman Bashear, was thrown out of the window by his scandalized Muslim students. That alone should indicate that he was on the path to resolving the 'incomprehensible'. Here it is:
The Virgins and the Grapes: the Christian Origins of the Koran
You have to be carefull about that stuff. There is a flaw with his thoery, and that is, he assumes, and takes the word of muslim scolars that the Koran was a written book in Arabic during mohammads time.
This isn't true. Arabic wasn't a written language during Mohammads time. Syriac was the local language during mohammads time, with Arabic just developing verbally, and also differently among the nomadic bedoin tribes in the region. He bases his theory on the earliest known written arabic which didn't appear for another 400 years after Mohammad. There are also many Islamic myths/tales, the validity of which he doesn't take into account. This is a work in progress and early conclusions shouldn't be drawn just yet. Note that the information on link you provide is
already a couple years old and not updated.
Islam has often been considered a Christian heresy and often been considered a Jewish heresy. Basically, it was a syncretist creation of its pagan founder, who revised it a couple of times with convenient visions when it wasn't getting him what he wanted (more booty). Islam is a cult, creating its own closed world with its own delirious and irrational standards, behaviors and society, just like the cult in California where all those nuts killed themselves after filling their pockets with quarters to call home from outer space.
But Islam was a cult that happened to come along at a time when the world was ripe for cults and there was no authority left in that geographical region strong enough to stifle it at birth. This is one of the very good reasons that the Church exercises authority in matters of faith. Had the Church stamped out Islam many centuries ago, it would have been to the benefit of us all. This shows the importance of objective truth and the value of authority.
Interesting link in post #47. Did the Vatican have a hand in creating Islam?
Many have believed for a long time now, that Islam is actually a Christian heresy. Nothing new here. This guy could be just trying to sell books with an old story with a revised thesis. I guess I just don't like the title, because I know about the self hate that Europeans have for the West. I'm afraid Christianity will be blamed for Islamic fanaticism. And that would be really wrong.