<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+May 10 2009, 06:44 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ May 10 2009, 06:44 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->So dhu what do we conclude about Islam?
Is it a Near Eastern Arianism to normatize the Semitic Arabs of the desert?
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It is too early to say anything definitively, at least for me (it would take at least a few pages of thread as well as reorienting the thread focus). I would imagine that sepoy status for Mohammad would be very painful to most Muslims. Interestingly, true King status for Jesus is anathema to Christians (which is just the opposite). Given Syrian (linguistic, caliphate) connection of the Koran and the similarity of Islamic theology to Arianism (and Nestorianism?), Islam is most likely a Christian project. Our task should be to connect the theology to political propaganda. Member G. Subramaniam has made the point that the political orientation of Islam seems to be towards the East (Hind as female in the Koran) - and that Mohammad himself declares India as a primary target.
Islam emerged in an interlude period of the Roman(Byzantine) versus Persian wars.
btw, I was hoping that Islam would turn out to be a native response to the Empire, but that does not seem likely.
Desert Arabs are hardly a choice target.
Is it a Near Eastern Arianism to normatize the Semitic Arabs of the desert?
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It is too early to say anything definitively, at least for me (it would take at least a few pages of thread as well as reorienting the thread focus). I would imagine that sepoy status for Mohammad would be very painful to most Muslims. Interestingly, true King status for Jesus is anathema to Christians (which is just the opposite). Given Syrian (linguistic, caliphate) connection of the Koran and the similarity of Islamic theology to Arianism (and Nestorianism?), Islam is most likely a Christian project. Our task should be to connect the theology to political propaganda. Member G. Subramaniam has made the point that the political orientation of Islam seems to be towards the East (Hind as female in the Koran) - and that Mohammad himself declares India as a primary target.
Islam emerged in an interlude period of the Roman(Byzantine) versus Persian wars.
btw, I was hoping that Islam would turn out to be a native response to the Empire, but that does not seem likely.
Desert Arabs are hardly a choice target.