Tom Holland points to the "black hole" of the origins of Islam and investigates like a detective the inconsistencies of Muslim tradition, the absence of ancient sources, the absence of any mention of Muhammad or Mecca before the end of the 7th century. He meets specialists, researchers, archaeologists, scholars (Patricia Crone, Fred Donner, Guy Stroumsa, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Tali Erickson-Gini), visits the places, looks at the ruins, the artifacts, the historical material and compares with the traditionnal Islamic narrative.
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Islam, The Untold Story - Tom Holland
Jul 16, 2021 | Tom Holland's "Islam, The Untold Story", a documentary for Channel 4, aired in August 2012 (all rights reserved Channel 4)
Tom Holland points to the "black hole" of the origins of Islam and investigates like a detective the inconsistencies of Muslim tradition, the absence of ancient sources, the absence of any mention of Muhammad or Mecca before the end of the 7th century. He meets specialists, researchers, archaeologists, scholars (Patricia Crone, Fred Donner, Guy Stroumsa, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Tali Erickson-Gini), visits the places, looks at the ruins, the artifacts, the historical material and compares with the traditionnal Islamic narrative.
Tom Holland points to the "black hole" of the origins of Islam and investigates like a detective the inconsistencies of Muslim tradition, the absence of ancient sources, the absence of any mention of Muhammad or Mecca before the end of the 7th century. He meets specialists, researchers, archaeologists, scholars (Patricia Crone, Fred Donner, Guy Stroumsa, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Tali Erickson-Gini), visits the places, looks at the ruins, the artifacts, the historical material and compares with the traditionnal Islamic narrative.
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Sunday, September 02, 2012
Islam: The Untold Story has triggered nearly 550 complaints to both the television regulator Ofcom and Channel 4 itself.
It has also sparked a bitter war of words on Twitter involving leading historians and Islamic scholars.
Since it was screened last week, presenter Tom Holland, a historian with a double first from Cambridge, has been subjected to a torrent of abusive tweets, some of which have included physical threats.
He is accused of distorting the history of Islam by claiming the Koran makes little or no reference to the religious city of Mecca.
One Twitter user accused Mr Holland of trying to destroy Islamic history while another called him a ‘fool’ for suggesting Islam is a ‘made-up religion’. » | Robert Verkaik | Sunday, September 02, 2012
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