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On This Day in History - 632 A.D.: Founder of Islam Dies (i.e., Muhammad Goes to Hell)
History.com ^ | June 8, 2007 | History.com

Posted on 06/08/2007 8:43:24 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

On This Day in History (June 8, 632 A.D.)

632: Founder of Islam dies

In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of Aishah, his third and favorite wife.

Born in Mecca of humble origins, Muhammad married a wealthy widow at 25 years old and lived the next 15 years as an unremarkable merchant. In 610, in a cave in Mount Hira north of Mecca, he had a vision in which he heard God, speaking through the angel Gabriel, command him to become the Arab prophet of the "true religion." Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Qur'an. These revelations provided the foundation for the Islamic religion. Muhammad regarded himself as the last prophet of the Judaic-Christian tradition, and he adopted the theology of these older religions while introducing new doctrines. His inspired teachings also brought unity to the Bedouin tribesmen of Arabia, an event that had sweeping consequences for the rest of the world.

By the summer of 622, Muhammad had gained a substantial number of converts in Mecca, leading the city's authorities, who had a vested interest in preserving the city's pagan religion, to plan his assassination. Muhammad fled to Medina, a city some 200 miles north of Mecca, where he was given a position of considerable political power. At Medina, he built a model theocratic state and administered a rapidly growing empire. In 629, Muhammad returned to Mecca as a conqueror. During the next two and a half years, numerous disparate Arab tribes converted to his religion. By his death on June 8, 632, he was the effective ruler of all southern Arabia, and his missionaries, or legates, were active in the Eastern Empire, Persia, and Ethiopia.

During the next century, vast conquests continued under Muhammad's successors and allies, and the Muslim advance was not halted until the Battle of Tours in France in 732. By this time, the Muslim empire, among the largest the world had ever seen, stretched from India across the Middle East and North Africa, and up through Western Europe's Iberian peninsula. The spread of Islam continued after the end of the Arab conquest, and many cultures in Africa and Asia voluntarily adopted the religion. Today, Islam is the world's second-largest religion.


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To: skimask

Moo-ham-id (piss be upon him)


21 posted on 06/08/2007 9:15:29 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale Florida)
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To: DogByte6RER

He never learned to read or write or he might have stumbled across some Aristotle in Aramaic. Could have come out a lot different.


22 posted on 06/08/2007 9:17:03 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

Muhammad was also a pedophile.

Muhammad “dies in the arms of Aishah, his third and favorite wife.”

Aishah was Muhammad’s nine-year-old bride.

What a perv.


23 posted on 06/08/2007 9:21:24 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

May be just a touch of stomach flu or historical fallacy or both.


24 posted on 06/08/2007 9:23:10 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: DogByte6RER
In 610, in a cave in Mount Hira north of Mecca, he had a vision in which he heard God, speaking through the angel Gabriel, command him to become the Arab prophet of the "true religion." Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Qur'an. These revelations provided the foundation for the Islamic religion.

Written like the article's author believes it actually happened.

25 posted on 06/08/2007 9:23:55 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Global Warming Heretic -- http://agw-heretic.blogspot.com)
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To: DogByte6RER

Mooohammmer:

Feces be upon him.


26 posted on 06/08/2007 9:26:06 AM PDT by Al Gator (Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
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To: DogByte6RER
Africa and Asia voluntarily adopted the religion

BS ALERT!

27 posted on 06/08/2007 9:50:18 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: DogByte6RER

This absolutely reads more like a story of military conquest and empire building than religion.

In Christian history, religion was interwoven subtly into military domination, such as the mission system of the American southwest.

In Islam, the religious figure lead the conquests. The difference is a stark one.


28 posted on 06/08/2007 9:55:53 AM PDT by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: DogByte6RER

I was brought up a Christian and taught to honor other religions.
I learned from experience to abhor Islam.


30 posted on 06/08/2007 9:59:52 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: DogByte6RER
(i.e., Muhammad Goes to Hell)

Interestingly, FR tolerates this for some religions' leaders but not others. ;^)

31 posted on 06/08/2007 10:02:39 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: JackRyanCIA
Read a few books on Islam. Find out how evil it really is. You will never make that statement again.

Thanks but, I wasn't saying I had much doubt about where Islam's founder is spending eternity.

Any time I'd waste reading about Islam would be better spent with the Bible.

33 posted on 06/08/2007 10:22:06 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

In 610, in a cave in Mount Hira north of Mecca, he had a vision in which he heard God, speaking through the angel Gabriel, command him to become the Arab prophet of the “true religion.” Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Qur’an. These revelations provided the foundation for the Islamic religion.

Written like the article’s author believes it actually happened.

Amazing, isn’t it? While I do NOT know the author, I’d make a small wager the author doubts the life of Jesus Christ, and the words breathed out by God to His apostles that form the New Testament.


34 posted on 06/08/2007 10:22:33 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: DogByte6RER
"Born in Mecca of humble origins, Muhammad married a wealthy widow..."

Was his full name John Kerry Muhammad?

35 posted on 06/08/2007 10:26:34 AM PDT by apillar
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To: DogByte6RER

WooHoo!!! Something else (besides shutting down illegal alien amnesty) to celebrate!


37 posted on 06/08/2007 10:45:57 AM PDT by zeugma (MS Vista has detected your mouse has moved, Cancel or Allow?)
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To: zeugma

If I read this right, God commanded, through Gabriel, that MoHAM...should declare himself the prophet. And MoHAM...did, and set out to conquer the world with wars.

Where does this “religion of peace crap” come into play?


38 posted on 06/08/2007 11:03:26 AM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: zeugma
Yeah...I figure that I'll be celebrating this afternoon with my wife while drinking martinis. The death of an anti-Christ and the death of a shamnesty immigration bill; both on June 8. Cheers! Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
39 posted on 06/08/2007 11:11:16 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

A lesson about a false prophet who was commanded by the Enemy, appearing as an angel in light.


40 posted on 06/08/2007 3:25:36 PM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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