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There is a difference between additional research and historical revisionism.

Additonal research adds to our body of knowledge. Historical revisionism merely changes our interpretation of what is known already. There is nothing wrong with a reinterpretation of history or emphasis on fact hitherto ommited or ignored. However, if the reinterpretation is designed to serve a political purpose, then it descends into propaganda. And it should be remembered that propaganda was used first in a religious context.

Very little is known about the life of Mohammed, beyond what is put forward by Islamic scholars and clerics, two groups with an obvious interest in the propagation of Islam.
Islamic bleiefs and claims have never been subjected to the sort of rigorous analysis and scholarship to which Christianity and Judaism are the frequent subjects.
Its seems from what I've read here and in other places that there has been an attempt to obscure certain parts of Mohammed's life.
This attempt to conceal should be contrasted with the search by Christians and Jews to learn all they can about the lives of their leaders and prophets.

Hey...The Man! You've got to be kidding with this
"This sounds like historical revisionism to me."
remark!!??

Go research the sources. I'm currently engaged in an email debate/exchange with someone from an Islamic website and I can guarantee the souces noted in this original thread to be ACCURATE.

You wouldn't know "historical revisionism" if it jumped up and bit you.

This is NOT politics here being discussed, it's religion. As in ALL religions, there comes a point where what is espoused as a reality or truth cannot be verified accurately and/or definitively. The debate known as the Myth of Mecca which goes to the root of the origins of modern Islam and is just such an issue. There is the allegation that Mohammed was NOT the last great prophet of God. It is taken as an article of Faith by the believer and is a point of ongoing debate and contention by the non-believer. And so it is here.

To be so outrightly dismissive of an excellent post and verifiable sources does nothing for your intellectual veracity.