Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

1. The Qur'an was not finalised until well after Mohamed's death. The Qur'an was not collected in writing in Mohamed's time : Anas bin Malik (c.612-709 or 712) was a well-known sahabi (companion) of the prophet Muhammad. He was an Ansar of the Banu Khazraj. Bukhari Book 6 Volume 61. The Book of Exe...

Robert Price's writing is less dense than that of Ibn Warraq, but the points always stand as clear as day: 1) Mecca was not an important trade town at the time Muhammad allegedly existed. What is your conclusion ? 2) There is no record of the life of Muhammad until about 200 years years after he al...

I suppose that you are speaking of Ibn Warrak's "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad", and possibly Patricia Crone's "Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam".
Please give us some exact quotes.

8) Why is there no actual evidence for the existence of any Shia regimes in Islamic history before the Safavvid dynasty of Iran, and why does Shia Islam appear to be a syncretic religion combining elements of historical Islam with Ali veneration and Imamism, which would appear to have been similar ...

6) Why are so many suras in the Quran taken from Jewish midrashic sources such as Midrash Rabba and Pirkei de Rabbi Eliezer though often out of context? 7) Why does the Quran appear to be a cut and paste job involving pre-existing stories from among Jewish-friendly or Christian-friendly sources? Wh...

3) What actual evidence exists supporting the idea of a massive Islamic (as opposed to Arab) conquest of North Africa?? There is a description of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Maghreb The earliest Arab accounts that have come down to u...

2) How could there have been an Islamic caliphate in Damascus under Muawiyya so soon after Muhammed had died? The siege of Damascus, from wikipedia : In 611, during the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628, Heraclius became the emperor of the Byzantine Empire after overthrowing Phocas. While Heraclius...

1) Why is there no biography among the Arabs at all of Muhammad for some 200 years after he allegedly died? 1bis) Why is there no biography among the Jews at all of Moses for more than 400 years after he allegedly died? Possible answer : - The believers did not care. They were interested in the bel...