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The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries For the first time in a single volume The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic

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The first Indonesians to adopt . Islam. are thought to have done so as early as the eleventh century, although Muslims had visited Indonesia early in the Muslim era. The spread of . Islam. was driven by increasing trade links outside of the ...

How legitimate is it to denounce Islam with the following argument?
Q. "Islam came after Christianity - Christianity is hundreds of years older than Islam - and is similar to Christianity in many, many ways. Hence The Koran is just a spurious carbon-copy of The Bible, with "Jesus Christ" scratched out everywhere it appears and "Mohammed" scribbled in. Anyone who can denounce Christianity and espouse Islam with a straight face is obviously unsound." I have *many* friends who make this very argument, and I'd like to know how sound it is. Thanks.
Asked by AxiomOfChoice - Sat Oct 4 10:45:17 2008 - - 27 Answers - 5 Comments

A. 1. The day-to-day life of the Prophet was an open book for all to see. In fact a revelation came asking people to give the Prophet (pbuh) privacy in his own home. If the Prophet had been meeting people who told him what to say as a revelation from God, this would not have been hidden for very long. 2. The extremely prominent Quraish nobles who followed the Prophet and accepted Islam were wise and intelligent men who would have easily noticed anything suspicious about the way in which the Prophet brought the revelations to them - more so since the Prophetic mission lasted 23 years. 3. The enemies of the Prophet kept a close watch on him in order to find proof for their claim that he was a liar - they could not point out even a… [cont.]
Answered by Shaik Abdul Cader Dawood - Sat Oct 4 23:40:11 2008