Jerusalem
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Was there an “historical Muhammad” in Ethiopia?
New findings — based on ancient inscriptions, a re-examination of Islamic traditions, and historical sources — point to a 6th-century figure named “MHMD” in Ethiopia and Arabia. This individual would have been the bishop Gerentrios, nicknamed the “praised one” (i.e., MHMD), and later remembered in Islamic tradition as Muḥammad ibn Khuzāʿī. The Christian Himyarite king… Continue reading
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Where is the “place of Abraham”?
This article by Odon Lafontaine attempts to make sense of the actual references to Jerusalem in the Quran and in the Islamic narrative in regard to the Islamic narrative’s interpretation of its sacred texts. It has also been published on his Academia page and can be downloaded as a PDF file. Continue reading
The great secret of Islam 