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The Mecca mystery, islams standard historical narrative is falling apart
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[quote:Just†Me:MV81MTY3NTgzXzk0OTM4NjI2X0E0REZERDEw] [quote:hankie:MV81MTY3NTgzXzk0OTM4NTIyX0ExRjRBNzUw] [quote:Just†Me:MV81MTY3NTgzX0FGNEEwODAw] With no evidence for an ancient Mecca, and the earliest mosques not pointing either to Mecca or to Jerusalem but in fact the ancient city of Petra, the question is: Did islam start in Petra in ancient Edom? Timeline documentary with 9 million views so far on what modern archeology now shows, presented by the one that discovered this, Dan Gibson: [youtube]https://youtu.be/JOWFPTzK7D4[/youtube] We know from the bible the edomites intermarried with the ishmaelites (arabs). What do muslims believe, and what conclusion can non-muslims that read the bible draw from this? [/quote] There are all those buildings carved in Petra even a Christain Church up in the mountains carved by the same people. I was still going on during the time of Muhammad, people had lived there for a long time. People of the Book. [/quote] There were obiously lots of christian arabs especially in the northern area, but thats not relevant regarding the topic here which are the beginnings of islam. Here we talk about where the story of muhammed started, and as you see in the documentary, it all points to Petra. [/quote]
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With no evidence for an ancient Mecca, and the earliest mosques not pointing either to Mecca or to Jerusalem but in fact the ancient city of Petra, the question is: Did islam start in Petra in ancient Edom? Timeline documentary with 9 million views so far on what modern archeology now shows, presented by the one that discovered this, Dan Gibson:
We know from the bible the edomites intermarried with the ishmaelites (arabs). What do muslims believe, and what conclusion can non-muslims that read the bible draw from this?
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