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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.

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, Anastasius of Sinai, Anastasius Sinaita, Angel Gabriel, Angel Yahoel, angelology, angels, Apocalypse of Abraham, Arab conquests, 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 of Damascus, John of Sedreh, John the Stylite, John Wansbrough, Jordan, Josephus, Judaism, Kaaba, ka’ba, Kitab al-Amwal, Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Lighthouse Mosque, Lot's Cave, Madaba Map, Madaba Mosaic Map, Marwah, Mashallah, Masjid al-Qiblatayn, Mecca, Mhaggraye, monks, monotheism, monotheists, Moses, Mosque of the Two Qiblas, Muawiya, muhajirun, Muhammad al-Ibrahim, mushrikun, Najran Massacre, 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, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, 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.

Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 November 2024

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This entry was posted in History, History of Islam and tagged Abbasid Revolution, Abbasids, Abd al-Malik, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abraham, al-Hajar al-Aswad, al-Masjid al-Haram, Arab Empire, Arabs, Babylonian Talmud, Bayt al-Haram, Bible, Black Stone, Christianity, Christians, Commander of the Believers, Commander of the Faithful, Constantine the Great, Constitution of Medina, Doctrina Jacobi, Eusebius, Fred Donner, G.J. Reinink, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Hadith, Hagar, Hagarenes, Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World, hajj, Haramayn, Ibn al-Zubayr, India, Ioudaismos, Ishmael, Ishmaelites, Islamic Tradition, isra, Israel, jahiliya, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, Jewish Temple, Jews, John of Sedreh, John Wansbrough, Justinian, Kaaba, ka’ba, Land of Israel, Letter of John of Sedreh, Libya, Mecca, Medina, Mesopotamia, Mhaggraye, mi’raj, Michael Cook, Michael Penn, monotheism, Moses, Muawiya, mushrikun, Muslims, Noah, paganism, pagans, Patricia Crone, Pentateuch, Persian Empire, Persians, plague, Promised Land, Prophet Ibrahim, Prophet Muhammad, Qibla, Qurayshi, Qur’an, Roman Empire, Romans, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sassanids, Sebeos, sectarian milieu, Simon ben Yohai, Sunna, Syria, Syria Palaestina, Tachkastan, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, Temple Mount, The Letter of John of Sedreh, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, Torah, True Cross, Umar I, Umar ibn Khattab, Umayr ibn Sa’d al-Ansari, Virgin Mary, Yathrib on November 28, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Spokesman Calls For Global Terrorism, Again

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 January 2024

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This entry was posted in Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Aqsa Mosque, al-Naba, AMAL, Antisemitism, Battle of Stone and Trees, Christians, Communism, Crusaders, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Ikhwan, international law, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Jews, jihad, jihadism, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Mohammed Dahlan, Muhammad Dahlan, Muslim Brotherhood, nationalism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Qibla, sectarianism, secularism, Shi'a militias, Taha Falaha, theology, Yemen on January 8, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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