Russian orientalist Andrey Valeryeviç Germanoviç, makes the following claims: First, the Prophet Muhammad had created Islam from Judaism and Christianity for his political goals and thus Islam is not an original divine religion. Second, the Prophet of Islam had prefered war to peace, the purpose of this war was political interest and booty. Also he had extented religion by using force. Third, one reason for the Prophet's polygamy was political interest and the other was to have boy. The Prophet Muhammad had married with Zeynep and Safiyya by reason of carnal feelings. In this article, Germanoviç’s allegations have been evaluated and pointed out that: Germanoviç, did not consider the basic principles of the history and, he has addressed the issues within the several assumptions, generalizations and dealt with on the basis of ideological approaches. This procedure has led author to false results.
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 22, 2016 |
Submission Date | March 9, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Issue: 27 |
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