The Building of Islam
Posted in History, Islam, Judaism, Saudi Arabia on Aug 28th, 2006
I was going to talk about the threat from other radical Islamic groups, but I think that we need to take a step back and look at the basic structure of Islam before putting Muslim radicals under our microscope.
First up: Mohammed
He was an ambitious, silver-tongued young man who grew up in the later part of the sixth century in the Arabian peninsula. He was born into prosperity and worked for the owner of a prosperous caravan. When aforementioned owner died, Mohammed sweet-talked his way into the affections of the wife (and heir) of the caravan owner – immediately launching Mohammed into the world of international trade.
I was going to talk about the threat from other radical Islamic groups, but I think that we need to take a step back and look at the basic structure of Islam before putting Muslim radicals under our microscope.
First up: Mohammed
He was an ambitious, silver-tongued young man who grew up in the later part of the sixth century in the Arabian peninsula. He was born into prosperity and worked for the owner of a prosperous caravan. When aforementioned owner died, Mohammed sweet-talked his way into the affections of the wife (and heir) of the caravan owner – immediately launching Mohammed into the world of international trade.