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

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 August 2026

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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.

Usama bin Laden’s Eulogy for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 May 2026

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Usama bin Laden Speeches and tagged Abbasid Caliphate, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, adl, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Al-Dhahabi, al-Jazeera, al-Naba, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Antisemitism, AQI, AQM, Association of Muslim Scholars, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ba'athists, Ba'thists, bay'a, Biographies of the Eminent Nobles, Christians, deen, East Africa Embassy bombings, Hadith, Halloween, Imam Ali, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, istibdad, Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jews, jihadism, Jordan, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Mamluk Sultanate, Moustapha Akkad, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zaydan, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Nawaqid al-Islam, Osama bin Laden, propaganda, Prophet Muhammad, Rashidun Caliphs, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, Sayf Allah al-Maslul, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, socialists, Somalia, Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Soviet Union, suicide bombers, Taliban, terrorism, ulama, ulema, United States, Unsheathed Sword of God, Usama bin Laden, USS Cole, Vietnam War, Yusuf Abu Hilala, Zarqawists, zulm on May 30, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic History is Used as a Weapon by the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 May 2026

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Dujana, Abu Talha al-Ansari, Al-Bukhari, Al-Mihna, al-Naba, Al-Sabiqeen, Al-Sabiqin, Al-Sabiqun, al-wahy, Anas ibn Malik, Christianity, Christians, Companions, counter-messaging, Crusaders, Day of Judgment, Day of Resurrection, Day of Uhud, deen, din, End Times, gnostic gospels, Hadith, Hell, History, Ibn Ishaq, Imam Ibn Kathir, Imam Muslim, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic Tradition, Islamism, isnad, Jews, jihad, jihadism, kufr, malhama, munafiqun, Paradise, propaganda, Prophet Muhammad, Qays bin Abi Hazim, Qur’an, sahaba, Sahih al-Bukhari, shari’a, Sira, Sirat Rasul Allah, Tawhid, terrorism, Yawm al-Qiyama on May 23, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

“Religion” is Not a Human Universal

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 April 2026

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Antisemitism, Arab world, Arabs, Augustine, Bernard Lewis, Bible, Christendom, Christianity, Christians, church, clergy, Communism, deen, democracy, din, Enlightenment, ethnos, French Revolution, Fuqaha, Gaza War, God, Gospels, Hagarenes, Halakhah, HAMAS, infidels, Ioudaismos, Iranian Revolution, Ishmaelites, ISIS, Islam, Islamdom, Islamic Government, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamists, jahiliyya, James George Frazer, Jews, jihadists, Judaism, laik, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, nationalism, Ottoman Empire, pagan, paganism, Papal Revolution, particularism, Persia, Prophet Muhammad, Reformation, religio, religion, Roman Empire, Ruhollah Khomeini, Russia, saecularia, saeculum, Safavids, secular, secularism, Shah, sharia, Shia, slavery, State, Sunni, Tanakh, ulema, umma, universalism, Westernisation, world religions on April 26, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Sets its Sights on Libya as a Launchpad for Terrorism Against Europe

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 25 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Jihadi Output, Libya, Naba and tagged Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Sarh, Abdallah ibn Abi al-Sarh, Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Africa, al-mustad’afun, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Amr ibn al-As, aqeeda, aqida, Barqa, Caliph Omar, Caliph Umar, Caliph Uthman, Christianity, Colonel Gaddafi, deen, Derna, dunya, Europe, fard ayn, Fath al-Islami, Fezzan, Ibn Khaldun, Ikhwan, infidels, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Conquests, Islamic State, Islamism, jahiliyya, jihadism, jizya, Libya, monotheism, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Musa ibn Nusayr, Muslim Brotherhood, Prophet Muhammad, Romans, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahel, sectarianism, Sirte, taghut, Tawhid, terrorism, Tripoli, Umar al-Faruq, umma, Uqba ibn Nafi, West Africa, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi on October 25, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abd al-Razzaq al-San’ani, Abraham, Abu Bakr, Arab conquests, Battle of Ajnadayn, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Christianity, Christians, Doctrina Jacobi, Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati, Early Islam, exegesis, Hadith, Holy Land, Imam Ali, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jews, John of Damascus, Ka'ba, Kaaba, Khuzestan Chronicle, Khuzistan Chronicle, Levant, Millat Ibrahim, Moses, Muawiya, Musa, Musannaf, Palaestina, Palestine, Persian Empire, Promised Land, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Rashidun Caliph, Roman Empire, Roman Syria, Sebeos, Syria, Syriac, Teaching of Jacob, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, theology, Thomas the Presbyter, ulema, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umar II, Uthman, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Zayd ibn Thabit on July 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Film Review, History of Islam and tagged Abbasid Revolution, Abbasids, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abu al-Faraj, Adur Gushnasp, Aeneid, al-Bayt al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Haram, Al-Muwahhidun, Al-Qifti, Al-Tabari, Almohads, Amr ibn al-As, Arab Empire, Bakka, Banu Qurayza, Battle of Yamama, Becca, Bible, Christianity, Christians, Constantine the Great, Dan Gibson, Emperor Constantine, Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimids, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Gregory Bar Hebraeus, Hadith, Hebrew Bible, Hijaz, Holy Land, Iberia, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, ISIS, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamic history, Islamic State, Islamic Tradition, Ismailis, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews, Kaaba, ka’ba, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Kufa, Library of Alexandria, Livy, Mecca, Medina, Millat Ibrahim, Minha, Mongols, monotheism, myth, Ottoman Empire, pagan temples, paganism, pagans, Petra, Prophet Muhammad, Qibla, Qur’an, Rashidun Caliph, Revisionist School of Islamic Studies, Ridda Wars, Romulus and Remus, Sacred House, Sacred Place of Prostration, Saint Paul, Saladin, Saudi Arabia, Second Fitna, Spain, Syriac Orthodox Church, Tanakh, Tarikh al-Hukama, The Sacred City, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyads, Virgil, Wahhabis, Wahhabism, Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians on June 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abraham, al-Bayt al-Ateeq, al-Bayt al-Atiq, al-Bayt al-Haram, Al-Bukhari, al-Masjid al-Aqsa, al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Naba, Arab Empire, Bakka, Bayt al-Maqdis, caliphate, Dhul Hijjah, Eid al-Adha, hajj, House of God, Inviolable House, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jerusalem, jihad, jihadism, John Wansbrough, Kaaba, ka’ba, Mecca, Millay Ibrahim, mujahideen, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Qur’an, Sacred House, Saudi Arabia, shari’a, Sunna, Sunnah, Syria, taqwa, tawaf, Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah, terrorism, Yawm al-Arafah on June 16, 2025 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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