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Podcast: What Do We Know About Islam’s Origins?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 August 2026

This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abbasids, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abu Bakr, Arab Empire, Arculf, Christianity, Christians, Dome of the Rock, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Jerusalem, Jews, John Wansbrough, Judaism, Muawiya, Patricia Crone, Persian Empire, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Roman Empire, sectarian milieu, Temple Mount, Umayyads on August 27, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Arculf and Jerusalem: A Snapshot of the Arab Empire Before Islam

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 August 2026

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abbasids, Abd al-Malik, Abraham, Adomnan, Ahl al-Kitab, apocalyptic, Arab Empire, Arculf, Bible, Britain, Byzantium, Christ, Christianity, Christians, churches, Constantinople, De Locis Sanctis, Dome of the Rock, foederati, Ghassanid Kingdom, Greeks, Hadith, Hagar, Hagarenes, Hijaz, Ishmael, Ishmaelism, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Jacob of Edessa, Jerusalem, Jesus, John Wansbrough, Judaism, Maghazi, masjid, Mecca, Millat Ibrahim, monotheism, Muawiya, orationis domus, Patricia Crone, Persian Empire, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Rashidun Caliph, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Roman Empire, Saracens, Second Temple, sectarian milieu, Sira, Solomon's Temple, Temple Mount, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umayyads, Willibald on August 16, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Was Islam’s Ka’ba Always in Mecca?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 June 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abbasids, Abbasids Revolution, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abdallah Ibn al-Zubayr, Abraham, Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, al-Bayt al-Haram, Al-Bukhari, al-huruf al-muqatta’at, Al-Mahdi, Al-Mansur, al-Masjid al-Haram, Al-Naubakht, Al-Saffah, Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya, Al-Tabari, Amina bint Wahb, Anastasius of Sinai, Anastasius Sinaita, Angel Gabriel, Angel Yahoel, angelology, angels, Apocalypse of Abraham, Arab conquests, Arabia Petraea, asbab al-nuzul, Baghdad, Black Stone, Byzantines, Byzantium, China, Christianity, Christians, Church Fathers, Church of Saint Lot, Constitution of Medina, Copts, Dan Gibson, Doctrina Jacobi, Dome of the Rock, exegesis, Gawr al-Safi, Gawr as-Safi, Gerald Hawting, Ghassanids, gnostic gospels, Gomorrah, Gospel of Basilides, Gospel of James, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Hadith, Hagarenes, Hajar al-Aswad, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Prophets, Hijaz, Himyar, House of Wisdom, Huaisheng Mosque, Humayma, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Ishaq, Ibrahim al-Imam, Imam Ali, Imam Husayn, Infancy Gospels, Iran, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jacob of Edessa, Jews, John bar Penkaye, John of Damascus, John of Sedreh, John the Stylite, John Wansbrough, Jordan, Josephus, Judaism, Kaaba, ka’ba, Khuzestan Chronicle, Khuzistan Chronicle, Kitab al-Amwal, Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Lighthouse Mosque, Lot's Cave, Madaba Map, Madaba Mosaic Map, Maqam Ibrahim, Marwah, Mashallah, Masjid al-Qiblatayn, Mecca, Mhaggraye, monks, monotheism, monotheists, Moses, Mosque of the Two Qiblas, Muawiya, muhajirun, Muhammad al-Ibrahim, mushrikun, Najran Massacre, Natil ibn Qays, New Testament, paganism, pagans, Palestine, para-Biblical, Patricia Crone, Persia, Petra, post-Biblical, Prophet Muhammad, Protoevangelium of James, Qibla, Qur’an, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Roman Empire, Romans, Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas, Sacred House, Safa, sahaba, Sahifat al-Medina, Saint Lot's Church, Saint Paul, sanctuary, Saracens, Sasanians, Sassanians, Saudi Arabia, Sebeos, sectarian milieu, shari’a, Sirat Rasul Allah, Sodom, Sunna, Syro-Palaestina, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, the Balqa, The Book About the Origin of the Blessed Mary and the Childhood of the Saviour, The Sacred City, theology, Timothy I, Tom Holland, Torah, Umayyads, umma, Virgin Mary, Yathrib, Zoroastrianism on June 11, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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