By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 June 2025
Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)
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Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.
Was Islam’s Ka’ba Always in Mecca?
Gerald Hawting on the Mystery of the Ka’ba
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 June 2025
Below is a reproduction of an academic book chapter by G.R. Hawting, “The Origins of the Sanctuary at Mecca”, in G.H.A. Juynboll [ed.] (1982), Studies on the First Century of Islamic Society, pp. 23-47.
Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel
Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam
Islamic State Instructs Other Islamists How To Do Jihad
Book Review: Introduction to the Qur’an (1953) by Richard Bell
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on January 13, 2015
Richard Bell’s Introduction to the Qur’an is, at less than 200 pages, a brief and easily-digestible explanation of the context in which Islam’s “holy” book arose, and the problems of reconciling theological orthodoxy with historical accuracy. More than six decades after publication, the book remains influential in scholarship of the Qur’an. Continue reading
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