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Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
Classical hadith collections report that Aisha’s marriage contract was made when she was about six and consummated when she was about nine; these accounts appear in Sahih al‑Bukhari and are summarized...
Sharia (often translated “the path”) is a broad religious-ethical system rooted in the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad’s teachings that covers worship, personal conduct, family and commercial relations...
The Quran contains verses that, taken out of context, appear to command violence — for example phrases like “kill them wherever you find them” have been widely quoted — but Islamic scholars, apologeti...
Most historians conclude a historical figure called led an early seventh‑century Arab movement; the claim he existed is supported by multiple independent near‑contemporary references and early Muslim ...
The Quran contains verses that instruct fighting in certain contexts (for example Surah At‑Tawbah includes passages that say “Fight those who do not believe…”), and it also contains passages that spea...
Charlie Kirk's "Stupid Muslim" remark occurred during public remarks about Israel and Gaza and was reported as part of a pattern of from him; audience laughter accompanied the remark in at least one a...
Archaeological evidence directly tied to specific life events of the Prophet Muhammad is sparse: scholars and popular accounts agree that physical artifacts explicitly naming Muhammad or showing the p...
Sharia is Islam’s religious-legal framework derived primarily from the Quran and the Sunnah (the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and practices), supplemented by scholarly methods like consensus (ijma) and ...
Scholarly and religious sources diverge: mainstream Muslim accounts say the Quran’s text has remained unchanged since a standardized codex was produced under Caliph ʿUthmān and that memorization and e...
Scholars, Muslim organizations and critics disagree about whether the Qur’an “advocates killing Christians.” Some Qur’anic verses—including 2:191 and 9:5—are quoted as authorizing killing “wherever yo...
Historians and commentators agree that in seventh‑century Arabia the social marker of adulthood was often the onset of puberty, and early marriages — including betrothals in adolescence — were sociall...
The mainstream Islamic claim is that Prophet Muhammad did not write the Quran; he received it as revelation from God through the angel Gabriel and his followers recorded and later compiled the text. S...
Contemporary non‑Muslim materials from the seventh century do mention a leader or prophetic figure associated with the early Arab conquests, and a handful of near‑contemporary inscriptions and chronic...
and many mainstream jurists permit women to enter and worship in mosques; is reported to have told people not to prevent women from attending the mosque . In practice access depends on local custom, m...
Tommy Robinson has posted a number of social-media messages that multiple organisations, victims’ groups and political commentators have publicly condemned as racist or Islamophobic — examples include...
Non‑Muslim Christian texts in Syriac, Armenian and Coptic from the seventh century do indeed reference Muhammad (or an Arab leader identified with him) and the early followers of Islam; several are da...
The core claim across sources is that the Kaaba’s origin is rooted in Islamic tradition attributing its founding to , followed by multiple reconstructions over the centuries. Contemporary and historic...
or Muhammad; where modern writers and theologians draw connections they rely on readings of Genesis (Ishmael and the Arab peoples) and later interpretive traditions rather than explicit biblical passa...
Cases exist in media reporting where individual imams were recorded or quoted citing a specific apocalyptic hadith that includes language like “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,” ...
The traditional account in major Sunni hadith collections reports that Aisha was betrothed to Prophet Muhammad at and the marriage was consummated at , a narrative recorded in Sahih al‑Bukhari and Sah...