Discover the contents of our last special edition! What do we really know about Muhammad? How did he manage to impose a radical religious break on his contemporaries? Why is it so difficult, even today, to draw a line between myth and reality?
THE BIRTH OF ISLAM
Arabia around 600
The Saudi is mostly populated by tribal nomads living of the farming. In this immense desert, sedentary tribes practice agriculture in the oases.
Most Arabs are pagans then. Each tribe has its gods, worshiped in the form of idols, often sacred stones. However, Arabs are Christianized or converted to Judaism and believe in only one god.
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Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h)
Muhammad (p.b.u.h) was born around 570 in Mecca in Arabia, into a family of wealthy merchants. A very young orphan, he became a caravan driver, working for a rich widow, Khadijah (r.a), whom he married.
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