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Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl
I learned a bit in college about the Islam ancient history.
Googled it now, and hit number 2 was this:
Many, if not most of the followers of Islam believe that:
 Islam existed before Muhammad was born
The origins of Islam date back to the creation of the world
Muhammad was the last and by far the greatest of a series of Prophets.
Introduction to Islam |
That's probably because Islam views both Abraham and Jesus as prophets, along with Muhammed. Islam as a separate religion definitely started with Muhammed in the 6th and 7th centuries, but it is based on Judaism, Christianity and other Abrahamic cults practiced around that time, and acknowledges the Torah and the Bible as holy texts along with the Koran, which is the final, most correct and complete installment of God's word, according to Islam. So neither the view that it's a comparatively new religion or that it is a very old one is wrong - it just depends on how you look at it.