A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims

Many of the so-called “known facts” in the history of nascent Islam are little more than pious assumptions or even pious wishes which through persistent repetition by the long chain of the generations of Muslims, have acquired the “patina” if not the status of the “articles of faith”. When I questioned some of the assumptions of many Muslims which are disguised as historical “truths”, I noticed they cannot withstand the scrutiny of critical analysis.