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The Persian Wars of Heraclius

II. The Dragon shows his teeth

The first Campaign (622)

I don't know what document Holland talks about. Please give more details if you can.

I see there's a Wikipedia page about Heraclius's 622 battle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius ... ign_of_622

That battle seems to be important to the Arabs' independence.

The Arab calendar starts with the year 622 AD, so that year must be of significance to the Arabs. That's probably the year they started to become independent from the Byzantines and Sassanids. In 622 Byzantine emperor Herakleios/Heraclius won a battle against the Sassanids. I think the Byzantines we...

I agree with you that proto-Islam started in the Levant, or Greater Syria at least, and I also agree with you there must have been founders or developers of this religion. Regarding the word "Mohammed" as a proper name, as far as I understand there was no such, at least not for a prophet. ...

Precisely: that's no evidence Mohammed existed. It's just evidence that Shoemaker suffers from parallelomania, trying to find traces of evidence that Mohammed existed where there really aren't. This is typical of Islamic-studies scholars: they read Mohammed into whatever they come across in order to...

Islamic State girls tote machine guns:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxOW30-mxkk/U ... 2BKids.jpg

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2014/08 ... train.html

Islamic State Using Dolls to Train Children How to Behead Infidels

http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/islamic ... ages.html/

Islamic State demanded “Lady al-Qaeda” in exchange for US hostages

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... jihad.html

Some of the European women already in the ranks of the Islamic State are trying to lure their ‘sisters’ to the marriage beds of the caliphate’s holy warriors.

http://theeuropeanobserver.blogspot.com/2014/08/british-woman-linked-to-is-vows-to.html "British" Woman Linked To IS Vows To Behead British Or US Prisoner http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ill-first-female-executioner-briton-4081514 I'll be first female executioner: Briton linked to ...

In practice the submission is to Muslim clerics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_C ... th_America