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The Quest for the Historical Muhammad
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The Quest for the Historical Muhammad (2000), edited by Ibn Warraq , the pen name of an anonymous author critical of Islam , is an anthology of 15 studies examining the origins of Islam and the Quran . The contributors argue that traditional Islamic accounts of its history and the origins of the Quran are fictitious and based on historical revisionism aimed at forging a religious Arab identity .
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anthology of 15 studies examining the origins of islam and the qur'an
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anthology of 15 studies examining the origins of islam and the quran
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