What you say about KSA is very interesting and seems to contradict what Bilal Phillips has said about the country. I was listening to his "My Way To Muhammad" talk, in which he says he was shocked to see African (i.e. non-white/Arab) people leading prayers in Saudi. I'll be curious to see if you can provide any example of this KSA racism which you say is prevalent.
In terms of Arabs and Jews, Muhammad is supposed to be a direct descendant from Ishmael (lol). Not sure how they got to that conclusion because all I see is a seemingly random list of name of people who may never have existed. Not only that, I researched what the Old Testament says about Ishmael, and I can see similarities with Muhammad. It is written that Ishmael "will be a wild donkey of a man". Those words have stuck in my head all this time.
I often joke to my myself that Jesus is one step forward from Abraham/Moses and Muhammad is two steps backwards. But if you dare say that the Quran plagiarizes from Judaism then you'll be told it came to "correct the message" even though there no way to determine which parts needed correcting. A common argument is that if it contradicts the Quran then it's obviously wrong.
I've always wanted to read the Arab/Syriac Infancy Gospel which Muhammad supposedly took stories from but I've never been able to find it. The story of Jesus talking in his cradle apparently comes from the Infancy Gospel. There might be other Gnostic texts that influneced the writers of the Quran but I've never taken the time to research their relationship to the Quran.
In terms of Arabs and Jews, Muhammad is supposed to be a direct descendant from Ishmael (lol). Not sure how they got to that conclusion because all I see is a seemingly random list of name of people who may never have existed. Not only that, I researched what the Old Testament says about Ishmael, and I can see similarities with Muhammad. It is written that Ishmael "will be a wild donkey of a man". Those words have stuck in my head all this time.
I often joke to my myself that Jesus is one step forward from Abraham/Moses and Muhammad is two steps backwards. But if you dare say that the Quran plagiarizes from Judaism then you'll be told it came to "correct the message" even though there no way to determine which parts needed correcting. A common argument is that if it contradicts the Quran then it's obviously wrong.
I've always wanted to read the Arab/Syriac Infancy Gospel which Muhammad supposedly took stories from but I've never been able to find it. The story of Jesus talking in his cradle apparently comes from the Infancy Gospel. There might be other Gnostic texts that influneced the writers of the Quran but I've never taken the time to research their relationship to the Quran.
