Pre-Islamic Arabia | Robert G. Hoyland, PhD with Apostate Prophet

[@ApostateProphet]

I've had the honor to discuss Pre-Islamic Arabia with Robert Hoyland whose books I enjoyed so much. I'm sorry that the sound quality is not ideal. I would love to visit him in person and record a few more professional videos in documentary format. If you would like to support that, please help me fund the traveling and equipment through the donation links in the description. Enjoy the conversation and please share your thoughts! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:15 Our Knowledge on Pre-Islamic Arabia 00:07:10 Female Infanticide and Polygamy 00:11:00 Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia 00:15:50 The Kaaba Before islam 00:20:12 Other Kaabas and Rituals 00:26:30 An Original Kaaba? Archeological Research 00:30:36 Arab Prophets Besides Muhammad 00:35:24 The Origin of Allah & Monotheism 00:45:00 Were the Polytheists More Tolerant? 00:49:07 The Functions of Gods 00:54:26 Mecca Before Islam 00:59:58 How did Islam Spread? 01:08:31 Future Conversation

[@alphabeta1337]

You don't have to live like a 7th century Arab to believe in God

[@jsilvanus240]

allah is a Saudi Arabian moon god better known as SATAN.

[@generaljg4373]

@@jsilvanus240 jesus is a false messiah deceived by satan to claim he was god and then people kiled him for blasphemy

[@Bogey1022]

@@generaljg4373 why did God let us be deceived by the Quran, then?

[@theg-men8961]

@@generaljg4373 haha! Surah 4:171 says Jesus is allahs word and allahs spirit. How can Jesus be allahs word and spirit but not be Allah? He is god even in the Quran. Surah 9:31 in the Arabic says Allah was mad at people for worshipping their rabbis instead of Allah AND the messiah. So, Allah wants you to worship him AND the messiah. The sahih international version is the honest translation and if you know Arabic, you can read it yourself and see Allah was mad for not worshipping him and Jesus. Muhammad is a false prophet who loved sex and created the perfect heaven full of virgins. The sahih hadith says 70 virgins are from hell. Why is allah allowing things from hell in heaven? Where is allah in this place? Watching people have sex? And a penis that never goes limp. This is God? No. This is the mind of a man who loved sex, who is documented as having sex with all his wives in one day, going to the mosque to pray with sperm stains on his clothes that Aisha had to clean off. This is a prophet of Allah? No. Jesus claimed to be god you’re right. Which is why he was killed. If he was a Muslim as claimed by Islam, why didn’t he know that was shirk? Either he was the worse prophet of Allah ever who committed shirk several times or, it’s because Muhammad just tried to make Jesus a prophet of Islam. That’s what really happened. Jesus says if anyone preaches a message other than his, he is a false prophet. Jesus preached he was gods son, literally his son, that he died on the cross for sins and was raised for the dead. The Quran says Allah has no son. That no one can die for your sins and that Jesus did not die on the cross. So therefore, Muhammad is a false prophet

[@coramdeo4585]

As soon as I saw that title I could not help but think, Arabia before Islam was like the world before coronavirus.

[@yakovmatityahu]

You got it 👍 😀

[@valentinrico7763]

The black death☠️💀🤣🤣🤣

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 His goal is to educate people about islam, from a non religious perspective. If we want a biased view we talk to muslims such as yourself. Here he is interviewing an intellectual. What is your real issue?

[@nedson6503]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 That's low. If you pointed out flaws in his work, it would be acceptable, but just attacking his credentials without having any criticism of his work is a shameless way of brushing of everything he says.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

Islam wasn't an isolated religion. It was born in a culture that allowed for it and many arabs early on accepted it. Sadly people were uneducated and not sceptical. Before Mohammed became big enough to start wars he gained followers by simple technique of manipulation. Many religious leaders and "prophets" before and after him did the same. Check out the birth of mormonism in USA. Objectively speaking when it comes to religion there was no time before covid. Religion was always about selling the myth to gain power. The opium of the masses.

[@fennydantom]

I'm a muslim and I've been watching your videos for quite a while. I was first introduced to you through a Arab muslim youtuber Adam Saleh. At that time, like any other fervent muslim, I thought you were ignorant of Islam and just wanted to get a reaction out of Muslims. And that you were "mocking" Islam without any knowledge of the religion. I didn't know anything about you and I didn't even know you are an ex-muslim. I have to admit, the more I've been watching your videos, the more critical of Islam I have become myself. I am slowly but surely uncovering something about my religion. And you have shown how Islam is viewed through an outsider's lense. Thank you Apostate Prophet, for actually opening my eyes. For making me realize that people who criticise Islam are just normal people and not horrendeous human beings that Muslims portray them to be. And you speak with knowledge and proof to back up what you say. And I admire that about you, regardless of different views.

[@ApostateProphet]

Thank you! This means a lot!

[@sidhantdhagare8135]

@puntitenotpirate BEER is Haram 😁

[@tobiasmontoya9780]

@@sidhantdhagare8135 a little bit of beer can enlighten you. Try it

[@serenakhanra4584]

@@sidhantdhagare8135 beer only when they go jannat with virgins

[@petronellaeiksson1699]

You are brave to think outside what you thought you knew.

[@maneeshmohanan369]

I had 3 exmuslim friends 2 years ago now it is more than 10. All because of you man. keep doing keep exposing this evil cult

[@evcanada1451]

Keep dreaming 😴 Islam is the only truth 😁☝🏻

[@7xr1e20ln8]

@@evcanada1451 even after evidence of how fake Islam is for you to still think it is the truth, it is you that is still dreaming.

[@evcanada1451]

@@7xr1e20ln8 what evidence? 😂

[@evcanada1451]

@Sameet Pattnaik yes Islam is the only truth 😁

[@Neko.Virtual]

leaving Islam only leads you to hell, do the right choice

[@fayekal7451]

You are among the few that tapped into the pre-islamic history… please keep up the good work👍👍👍

[@ofHerWord]

momo hijab kicked his ass.

[@Ahmed-ef6ss]

Great idea to bring on academics. Please do more of these if possible. Adds a lot of credibility to your channel and the cause.

[@generaljg4373]

girl debunk christianity😆 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmjbZ5iEgculp6c

[@williammunny9916]

*_Revelation 13.13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666._* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ -------

[@potts995]

@@maalikserebryakov Hell isn’t real, so cope.

[@potts995]

@@maalikserebryakov Sure thing, LOL! I’ll be right there with you to let you know how it went! 😈🔥🤪

[@potts995]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 There are indeed some Christians on AP’s channel, probably because of his associations with David Wood and an English language base, who are probably most likely to be Christian. But your statistic is wrong, as I’m neither Christian nor politically right leaning, I want gay and transgender folk to have legal rights and protections like heterosexuals do, and have access to the treatments and social support they might need to feel safe in their own bodies, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, and I’m sure you’ll agree with me here and say that you do too! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@പോക്സോമമ്മദ്]

Pre islamic period(Jahliya): Anybody can adopt an orphan child. After islam : Muhammed wants to marry adopted son's wife. So muhammed bans Adoption. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@prakxyz]

Women were free in pre islamic Arab, example is mohammads first businesswoman wife.

[@ordinarylife2343]

Nice 😁

[@leedoss6905]

Mohammeds adopted mother was a business woman too I thought.

[@Majaweed17]

Muhammad: "b-but allah told me to!"

[@ahsanroastingcafe235]

​@@prakxyzthey are the rich peoples of society

[@deewesthill4705]

Some day there will be Post-Islamic Arabia, thanks to AP and others who are paving the way.

[@misterbig9025]

I look forward to post Islamic planet Earth!

[@deewesthill4705]

@@misterbig9025 That sounds great to me!

[@jarjar7609]

No Islam will rule forever!!

[@bigboyshit1]

@@jarjar7609 🤣🤣🤣

[@necmettinmutlu306]

Wait you stupid

[@potts995]

Loved this! The history of the popular religions is absolutely fascinating, and there’s so much mystery surrounding life in pre-Islamic Arabia that I’d love to see be broken down further.

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

End of Apuss's Career: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boKoYmSia9iWZpY

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

@@Kim_Jong_Un_. A year and a half later (August, 2020) and Rivdan's digital media influence is going from strength to strength. Have Mo Hijab's diet supplements shrunk your brain as well as your genitals?

[@sampaths8849]

@@Kim_Jong_Un_. what women get in heaven 🤣🤣😂😅

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

@@sampaths8849 🐮🐄

[@FranceGaulGallia]

It will be a work of propaganda as usual. The distorians are saying there was no idol worship in the region.

[@briansprock2248]

Truly loved this talk. Very insightful. Beatiful to see the human behavioral element explained as motivating factor

[@Sam-fh1ez]

Great to see you bring on an academic. Please do more.

[@Tasucu-b4j]

As far as I am concern that Robert Hoyland is a monster in terms of research.and the books he has written.I am absolutely delighted that you have an interview with him.Well done Ridvan

[@Matti94337]

Remember all the nowadays People's Ancestors living in Arabia fought against Islam.

[@gangadin2873]

Not against islam - islam is just an idea. You can't show any person fighting against a quran verse or a hadith. They fought against muslims. Say it as it is. What is the reason to lie and hide the truth?

[@gangadin2873]

@@maalikserebryakov You keep repeating that word, but you don't know what it means, do you?

[@gangadin2873]

@@maalikserebryakov What race is islam?

[@gangadin2873]

@@maalikserebryakov It is not possible to be racist against a religion.

[@ahassan4151]

We have been truly blessed with this content.thank you for all the effort you put in for us mr Prophet

[@parmykumar8592]

Muhammad’s own uncle, Umar-Bin-E-Hassham was a staunch Hindu and fervent devotee of Lord Shiva. He was a renowned poet and wrote many verses in praise of Shiva. One of these has survived on page 235 of Sair-Ul-Okul and reads as follows: Kafavomal fikra min ulumin Tab asayru Kaluwan amataul Hawa was Tajakhru We Tajakhayroba udan Kalalwade-E Liboawa Walukayanay jatally, hay Yauma Tab asayru Wa Abalolha ajabu armeeman MAHADEVA Manojail ilamuddin minhum wa sayattaru Wa Sahabi Kay-yam feema-Kamil MINDAY Yauman Wa Yakulum no latabahan foeennak Tawjjaru Massayaray akhalakan hasanan Kullahum Najumum aja- at Summa gabul HINDU WHICH TRANSLATES AS: The man who may spend his life in sin and irreligion or waste it in lechery and wrath If at least he relent and return to righteousness can he be saved? If but once he worship Mahadeva with a pure heart, he will attain the ultimate in spirituality. Oh Lord Shiva exchange my entire life for but a day’s sojourn in India where one attains salvation. But one pilgrimage there secures for one all merit and company of the truly great.

[@humanrights5742]

Proud to be an Ex Muslim...

[@Apo2332]

Nothing to be proud of poojeet

[@kaiyin3842]

@@Apo2332see how toxic u are? Thats why I am proud of him too! He left a toxic cult and thats not easy, kudos to that brave man for having wisdom and courage 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dr.shahidkarim8420]

Good we got rid of you

[@christiang4497]

Yes! Please more interviews with academics. Love this.

[@thenun1846]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 I'm an Egyptian ex Muslim and I've talked to many people on this channel from the same background. Regardless, even if what you say is true, it doesn't invalidate this video. That is a weak excuse to help you cope that Islam is being exposed

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 People like me love it when Rivdan make Christians look foolish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CTlYJ5lNOfmNE I'm in the political center. I'm looking forward to the day when the internet finally kills off all the Abrahamic religions.

[@BLACK.ANGEL.]

*AP:* "Why do they not allow to go into archaeological research, and all that, in this area? Is it for religious reasons?" *Dr. Hoyland:* "Saudi their status really comes from being the guardian of the most holy sites of lsIam. *So, I can understand they're not really going to want that narrative to be questioned.* Uhm, or just the broader idea, which is a quite likely one, for some example there were many cultic sites initially in the earliest period of lsIam, including Jerusalem. *So, that's not going to be popular with the Saudi government. Inevitably, they'd like to preserve the standard narrative!"* *Me:* Well, that was a very polite way to say, that they don't want their Kaaba bubble bursted, since it's a great source of income for Saudi Arabia! The arabic Disneyland gotta keep rollin!

[@misterbig9025]

Some people cannot handle the truth!

[@rdvangercek8990]

The Islamic World, based on some verses in the Qur'an (81:8-9, 16:58-59) There is a discourse that pre-Islamic girls were buried alive. However, although there is no trace of this in the historical records, it seems impossible that such a practice exists outside of individual events. Especially in Arab societies, from the past to the present, when we consider the fact that men are married to more than one woman, it is clear that these claims are completely baseless. If we look at it from a scientific point of view, It is a determination in terms of social sociology that serious social problems will arise if the ratio of Women / Men in societies deviates above 10%. According to the common view in the scientific world, the sex ratio at birth is considered to be "100 Girls - 107 Boys". There are 101 men for every 100 women in the entire world population. Depending on the definition used, the rate of intersex (intersexual) live births is between 0.1% and 1.7%. Considering the fact that according to the available scientific data, the number of men in the world is more than the number of women, How can the Prophet allow men to marry 4 women in a society that bury their daughters alive? The only explanation for such an application is, It may be that the lack of women is eliminated through "Slaves and Concubines", even this does not change the fact that the number of women with whom men will marry officially will be missing by 1/4. CONCERNING THAT GIRLS ARE NOT BURIED ALIVE... 81:8-9 - and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked for what crime they were put to death.. 16:58-59 - Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage. He hides himself from the people because of the bad news he has received. Should he keep her in disgrace, or bury her ˹alive˺ in the ground? Evil indeed is their judgment!

[@valerierit2003]

Love this arabic disney land part 🤣🤣

[@meggieqin8496]

At the End its all about money and power 🙃

[@Neko.Virtual]

good luck in hell BLACKANGEL

[@briansprock2248]

Yes!!!! More interviews with him. Loved it heaps.

[@briansprock2248]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 Dude,...your doctrine it's narrative has fallen apart for the greater part. It was taken apart by people that are experts. So I don't know what you are yapping at here. I look at the matters of doctrines from a Buddhist or Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) perspective and I can easily say that Islam is crude, clouded, controversial, conflicting, with a small percentage of truth. It can also easily be seen that much of the Quran is plagiarized Judaism/Christianity and that much of the blabla of last true revelation and last true prophet/religion is just bait and indoctrination talk for gullible people. Look man, I have looked and kind of studied other religions to understand the essence or at least understand the perspective and essence and therefore I can tell you that Islam has more than just motivations for a relationship with the divine truth/God. Some of it is more or less gang or mob rules. (the only way out of the mafia is death, sounds familiar?!?!) So you have a good day man. Good luck with your cult beliefs

[@Larrypint]

There have been several kaabas and Holy stones on the Arab peninsula. It's written in byzantine literature and also in some Islamic sources about Abu Bakr who destroyed them.

[@Neko.Virtual]

he destroyed them cuz they were pagan temples and we obviously don't want people to go to hell by worshipping false gods

[@Larrypint]

@@Neko.Virtual lol isn't that a deep doublestandard? The kaaba in Mecca has pagan roots too

[@neverhasslethehoff6209]

@@Larrypint They had enough manpower to take over the kaaba and milk it for money, as to the other temples they simply found it the best solution to destroy them...It is funny if you think about it, everything from the kaabah to RAMA-dan (wich was a celebration for a hindu god name RAMA) is taken from pagan gods then converted into Islam religion, Meanwhile the GOD of abraham, isac and jacob destroyed nations for taking a single false idol into its temple to pray, somewhere in the madness of islam they claimed jesus as one of their prophets aswell...It's just a mix mash of different religions put into one, and to critizise it has death penalty so on and on it goes. Without lies, islam dies

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@Neko.Virtual We captured some of the women as captives, and the long separation from our wives was pressing us hard and we wanted to release sperms outside of the women. We asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (whether it was permissible). He said, "It is better for you to release sperms inside. No soul, (that which Allah has) destined to exist, up to the Day of Resurrection, but will definitely come, into existence." Sahih al-Bukhari 2542

[@tripmonk0]

@@Neko.Virtual And Allah was NEVER a false god was he?!!?? HA HA HA HA!!!!

[@eggy7684]

Proud ex muslim here

[@n.sadequi4381]

Sometimes I question myself tho

[@QuantumCosmos2.0]

Pre-Islamic Arabia had mostly Hindu practices and customs and some Jewish culture. Abrahamic culture call these practices as Pagan.

[@deewesthill4705]

Hindu gods were worshipped and yoga was practiced at the Kaaba, according to historic records cited by websites about the Vedic Hindu roots of Islam. Yoga is the origin of Islamic prayer prostrations. Hindus still practice circumambulation of their temples like the "tawaf" of Muslims around the Kaaba during the haj. There is plenty of fascinating information on this topic online, although, of course, Muslims refuse to face the facts.

[@kamalchauhan5470]

@Prasanth Thomas dude do you even know that why there are so much similarities between hindu God indra Greek God zeus or viking God thor bcoz its the same thing but it has a different name in every bcoz of their kocality it's like same in india like we call bhagwaan shiva we so many different names like in South they call shiva with some totally different name and in kabba muslims kiss that stone it's looks almost same as shivling......

[@kamalchauhan5470]

@Prasanth Thomas dude u didn't get my point plz watch abhijit chawda on KZbin maybe ur doubt will get clear

[@QuantumCosmos2.0]

@Prasanth Thomas Yea but they are all based on nature and qualities unlike Christian/Islamic brainwashing ideology. And they were all similar because they shared values and culture over several thousands of years.

[@charlo90952]

Yes. The crescent moon is a Shiva symbol. The Zamzam spring is named after Zamza the Ganges.

[@evelynl.4554]

Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to search for information on pre-Islamic Arabia…and it is very difficult to find anything that doesn’t claim the lie “Islam made Arabia better and gave rights to women”.

[@jasbaksh41]

😂😂😂😂🤡

[@arabianfox4545]

Woman right in bible Rape Virgin Deuteronomy 22:28-29 ESV / 19 helpful votes “If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days. Deuteronomy 22:23-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes “If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

[@arabianfox4545]

oh joke

[@uhura647]

@@arabianfox4545 westerners have moved beyond these ridiculous laws .it is only the peacefuls who want to follow everything in their scriptures word by word .

[@tahahagar7664]

Can you prove its a lie? Because we know Christian Europe in the Middle Ages were still asking if women have souls...

[@Addam1488]

Proud to be an author of first comment under such based video

[@whiskey-biscuit9388]

based mate have a cookie.

[@Addam1488]

@@whiskey-biscuit9388 Nice

[@greensleeves6683]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 Which thing keeps u following islam, the fear of the hell moh described. Or the promise of the perverted and materialistic after life the prophet for profit promised you? I for one am neither of those you mentioned, a truth seeker would be my best description. Majority of APs would be agnostic or atheists i would say.... no lols or emojis at end of this, as i am an adult.

[@kaizen_monk]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 if fearing islam is Islamophobia then fearing covid is covidophobia, fearing nazi ideology was naziophobia

[@rdvangercek8990]

Dawah Gangs Say the Funniest Things! Mohammad Hijab | Dawah Man | Abu Mussab | Sheikh Assim Al-Hakim kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYGtg4Z7qqeNh9U

[@donaldmcronald8989]

This was fantastic, AP. Thanks.

[@lastprophet8338]

Khadijah was a very successful woman before Islam ☪️ to the extent that she employed Muhammad as her errand boy, but since the beginning of Islam, there has never been a successful woman like her

[@yurichtube1162]

Mohammad feared women.

[@yuribezmenov9257]

@@yurichtube1162 free women*

[@meggieqin8496]

Suprisingly there were many female bussines owners or poets before Islam in Arabia , love to know the reality about them, cause clearly they were not as opressed as scholars says

[@whoisnext9837]

@Saint FluffySnow I don’t think that Waraqah was Christian because Mohamed really got many information about other beliefs from him . If waraqah was really a Christian , Mohamed wouldn’t have been confused about the trinity being The father, the som and the Holy Spirit nor that Jesus was a just a prophet

[@rdvangercek8990]

The Islamic World, based on some verses in the Qur'an (81:8-9, 16:58-59) There is a discourse that pre-Islamic girls were buried alive. However, although there is no trace of this in the historical records, it seems impossible that such a practice exists outside of individual events. Especially in Arab societies, from the past to the present, when we consider the fact that men are married to more than one woman, it is clear that these claims are completely baseless. If we look at it from a scientific point of view, It is a determination in terms of social sociology that serious social problems will arise if the ratio of Women / Men in societies deviates above 10%. According to the common view in the scientific world, the sex ratio at birth is considered to be "100 Girls - 107 Boys". There are 101 men for every 100 women in the entire world population. Depending on the definition used, the rate of intersex (intersexual) live births is between 0.1% and 1.7%. Considering the fact that according to the available scientific data, the number of men in the world is more than the number of women, How can the Prophet allow men to marry 4 women in a society that bury their daughters alive? The only explanation for such an application is, It may be that the lack of women is eliminated through "Slaves and Concubines", even this does not change the fact that the number of women with whom men will marry officially will be missing by 1/4. CONCERNING THAT GIRLS ARE NOT BURIED ALIVE... 81:8-9 - and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked for what crime they were put to death.. 16:58-59 - Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage. He hides himself from the people because of the bad news he has received. Should he keep her in disgrace, or bury her ˹alive˺ in the ground? Evil indeed is their judgment!

[@rosemarie7816]

Just beginning to listen to this video and commenting immediately because I am intensely interested in this topic. At university, I studied Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. I tried to write a paper on this subject, and there was soooo little information in the entire extensive library and in all their considerable resources. I found ONE book with a bit of pre-Islamic history, and someone had written in the margins with angry denials of the accuracy.

[@inquisitivemind007]

Check out Robert Hoyland's interview with mythvision kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOsiJSmZtCBfZY

[@inquisitivemind007]

@@maalikserebryakov Learn that dog 🐕 faeces call Islam? ☪️ you need to update yourself with what's happening in academia: Islam ☪️ is being carpet bombed academically.

[@FaustCrowley]

@@maalikserebryakov What would you consider a "proper subject?" Some people are interested in information, in language, culture and history. Research and study in nearly any field can be enriching and rewarding.

[@pennyhardaway7491]

@@maalikserebryakov a proper subject like the mechanics of how a body with mass & size of an average donkey, can fly

[@sankofaashanti2572]

I love A.P, I've been a ex Muslim many many years ago..I took my shahada like 1998 times I stayed in the deen(religion) for about 3yrs strong day in day out even got that prayer mark on my forehead lol done many many dawah up n down the U.k..1 thing they hated on me was how I remain a vegan and 2 was I loved history books and that iz wen I left islam...2day am free thinker and free spirit the best way of life😎

[@alphadragon1948]

Pre Arabia was similar with Vedic Hinduism. the pilgrim proceeds towards Mecca he is asked to shave his head and beard and to do special sacred attire that consists of two seamless sheets of white cloth (That's vedic). The culminating rite in a Hindu marriage enjoins upon the bride and groom to go round the sacred fire four times (but misunderstood by many as seven times). Since “Makha” in sanskrit means fire in Vedic Astrology, the 7 circumambulations also prove that Mecca (distorted word for Makha) was the seat of Indian fire-worship in the West Asia.

[@alphadragon1948]

The word Arabia is itself the abbreviation of a Sanskrit word. The original word is ‘Arabasthan’. Since Prakrit ‘B’ is Sanskrit ‘V’ (like Vanga became Banga or Bangla and Vihar became Bihar) the original Sanskrit name of the land is ‘Arvasthan’. ‘Arva’ in Sanskrit means a horse and it signifies a land of horses, and as well all of us know, Arabia is famous for its horses.

[@generaljg4373]

Not true, these were pagan Arabian gods, Hinduism didn't exist yet when muslims came to India during the Islamic invasion they named Indian people Hindus, so no these idols got nothing to do with Hindusm

[@yuribezmenov9257]

@@generaljg4373 lol are you a spammer? Same exact reply under every comment. Hinduism is the oldest religion , the Persians who used to follow Zoroastrian gave this word "hindu" to the followers of Vedic people as they mis pronounced the word "sindhu" as "hindu". Islam wasn't even born at that time.

[@alphadragon1948]

@@generaljg4373 The King Vikramaditya inscription was found on a gold dish hung inside the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, proving beyond doubt that the Arabian Peninsula formed a part of his Indian Empire. (Ref: page 315 of a volume known as 'Sayar-ul-Okul' treasured in the Makhtab-e-Sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey).

[@yuribezmenov9257]

@@alphadragon1948 wait , what is Sayar-ul-Okul? Is it an authentic book? Or something made up?

[@theastronomer5800]

Very informative and interesting conversation with a great guest! I have had Dr. Hoyland's book "Seeing Islam as Others Saw It" in my wish list for a while, waiting for the price to drop or a more affordable used copy!

[@evanspenneberg549]

Thanks!

[@lahleholivia7398]

Muslims think they pray towards Kaaba. As the Earth is a Sphere with a circumference of 41,000km, praying in a straight line to an object would be physically impossible due to line of sight propagation, Geometry and curvature of the Earth, unless you were within 7 km of the object in question. The author of quran clearly believed the earth was a flat surface and was ignorant to this huge Geometric problem. Further note, Muslim astronauts taken to the Space Station by the non belivers have an equally big problem when praying to Kaaba as the Earth is moving at 1600 kph, with the Space Station moving at 26000 kph. The quran author did not consider this problem.

[@demo9299]

Hehe It seems Allah forgot the earth's surface curvature?

[@generaljg4373]

Girl debunk christianity 😆kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmjbZ5iEgculp6c

[@lahleholivia7398]

@@generaljg4373 We not Christian 😁

[@simriths.s5976]

@@generaljg4373 your Islam was debunked several times.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thenun1846]

@@generaljg4373 it's amazing how Muslims hide behind Christianity because they can't defend their religion. Christianity is the works of Allah too so that's another big fat L for Allah, the impotent god

[@Ariana_y004]

I truly enjoyed it. Thanks man you’re always intellectually honest

[@jenex5608]

Pretty sure Arabia before Islam is where the tale of Aladin originated.

[@findingPerdition]

Love it- Arab brothers and sisters should watch it

[@saurabhbunage]

Thanku man.. U r doing great work.. Cant... Appriciate in words❤❤❤❤

[@divyachacko3449]

I am so proud of u Ridvan. Keep up the good work

[@assadmahiddin6070]

Yeah, great work, Apuss 👍 you have a guy with PhD. without evidence, all speculation

[@assadmahiddin6070]

Great storytelling, I tell you

[@divyachacko3449]

@@assadmahiddin6070 if u cant believe it ur problem. Islam is a big lie

[@meggieqin8496]

@@assadmahiddin6070 well at least he doesnt preach about a Marvel movie plot based on 7th century called Miraj, its funny how we should not trust academics but should belive stories like that !

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@meggieqin8496 Darwin the monkey

[@SaintMatthieuSimard]

Sweet! That's a topic really worth talking about!

[@severiusbrandusa1413]

How much for that profile pic? I'm willing to pay up to 500 10-point bucks if I can even get a chance to buy that thing. I saw it in a dream once. It was a bad dream, but still, a dream...or sumfink like that.

[@SaintMatthieuSimard]

@@severiusbrandusa1413 It's not for sale. What was that dream about?

[@georgep.burdell7237]

Thanks for shining a light on a little understood corner of history. This was cool.

[@EnglishFluencywithAhmed]

seeing islam is the most important book written by R Hoyland

[@samoche4614]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 It angers you that someone is exposing the sham cult of Islam!!

[@rdvangercek8990]

The Islamic World, based on some verses in the Qur'an (81:8-9, 16:58-59) There is a discourse that pre-Islamic girls were buried alive. However, although there is no trace of this in the historical records, it seems impossible that such a practice exists outside of individual events. Especially in Arab societies, from the past to the present, when we consider the fact that men are married to more than one woman, it is clear that these claims are completely baseless. If we look at it from a scientific point of view, It is a determination in terms of social sociology that serious social problems will arise if the ratio of Women / Men in societies deviates above 10%. According to the common view in the scientific world, the sex ratio at birth is considered to be "100 Girls - 107 Boys". There are 101 men for every 100 women in the entire world population. Depending on the definition used, the rate of intersex (intersexual) live births is between 0.1% and 1.7%. Considering the fact that according to the available scientific data, the number of men in the world is more than the number of women, How can the Prophet allow men to marry 4 women in a society that bury their daughters alive? The only explanation for such an application is, It may be that the lack of women is eliminated through "Slaves and Concubines", even this does not change the fact that the number of women with whom men will marry officially will be missing by 1/4. CONCERNING THAT GIRLS ARE NOT BURIED ALIVE... 81:8-9 - and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked for what crime they were put to death.. 16:58-59 - Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage. He hides himself from the people because of the bad news he has received. Should he keep her in disgrace, or bury her ˹alive˺ in the ground? Evil indeed is their judgment!

[@rdvangercek8990]

In pre-Islamic Arabia, women were free enough to trade. Mohammadin's wife, Hatice, was one of the biggest merchants of Mecca. There is not a single female trader in post-Islamic Arabia.

[@rdvangercek8990]

Arab-Islamic imperialism has assimilated all societies of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as destroyed their beliefs, ethnicities, cultures and traditions. Thousands of years of cultures have been Arabized. The peoples of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria... were all Arabized and lost their personality. Women have been made second class people. Briefly thousands of years of values ​​and cultures were destroyed by the tyranny of the Arab-Islamic imperialists.

[@Jenvlogs404]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 More like critical thinkers, than those that watch revert stories to feel satisfied with themselves.

[@4ljc433]

Thank you for educating people about Islam and Arabs. I've had several Arab friends in my 73 years, but never understood the foundation upon which they stand. Again thank you for enlightening your followers in these areas.

[@superanonymous467]

Its something that since childhood they has been doctrine. And unlike Christian, people has a freedom to think. In this islam. Its no other answers and no other religions is true than islam.

[@Neko.Virtual]

@@superanonymous467 there is no freedom in Christianity, if you don't believe in Jesus you burn in hell forever

[@superanonymous467]

@@Neko.Virtual rather than believe in propet Mohamed the pedo. If i dont believe in Mohamed do i go to jannah..

[@merodaxue]

@@Neko.Virtual that's literally the same thing in islam

[@Neko.Virtual]

@@superanonymous467 in all abrahamic religions, if you don't do what they tell you then u won't go to heaven

[@humanrights5742]

Your account is banned in my country, it's literally showing How Corrupt Islam is. I'm from a Shia family and now I'm ex Muslim. Thanks for opening my eyes.

[@mudathirumar9902]

Oh well u were never a muslim before

[@humanrights5742]

@@mudathirumar9902 no no I was born in a Muslim family, and then for 2 years I'm watching videos of AP and DW, can you show me something that convinces me, and I do toohba and seek forgiveness. No hate.

[@smidlee7747]

@@humanrights5742 You were never a Muslim. David Wood and Apostate Prophet doesn't exist. You are in the Matrix. ;)

[@mudathirumar9902]

@@humanrights5742 Shias are not muslims

[@smidlee7747]

@@mudathirumar9902 I love my country (USA) but I believe some people in the government have used this to their advantage to get Muslims in the MiddleEast to fight and kill each other. Some refer this as the war machine.

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

27:35 Great picture there. I don't usually see the Kaaba naked.

[@whitehorseproductions6871]

Back in 2005 I was in Iraq and spoke to a very old villager who said the purpose of the Kaaba pre Islamic times was a burial to someone called Hubal and had a statue on top of it. Animal sacrifices were carried out in honor to Hubal. This later became human sacrifices where a young Mohammed had to witness his younger brother being sacrificed making Mohammed fall out with his father and led to Mohammed being kicked out of Mecca where he headed north to Medina which was occupied by the Persians. Once Mohammed crew up to adulthood he was able to raise an army through the Persian forces and attack the Meccans. When he arrived back in Mecca he destroyed the Kaaba. It is unclear whether Hubals body was destroyed or moved by the locals before Mohammed got there. The old man told me that this was written down on old manuscripts from Cairo,s museum collection. All in all great piece with Dr Hoyland and yourself, well done.

[@Andalus710]

🤣🤣🤣 an old man from Iraq as your reference. Mohamed never even had a brother and that’s a fact. His father died before he was born so how can he fall out with him 😭😭😂 you’ll do well as a fiction story teller.

[@JamzYamz7]

As an ex Muslim, This is absolute rubbish 😂 Mohamed didn’t have a brother lol

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@Andalus710 We captured some of the women as captives, and the long separation from our wives was pressing us hard and we wanted to release sperms outside of the women. We asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (whether it was permissible). He said, "It is better for you to release sperms inside. No soul, (that which Allah has) destined to exist, up to the Day of Resurrection, but will definitely come, into existence." Sahih al-Bukhari 2542

[@maryamdiao1509]

@@takiyaazrin7562😢😢😢

[@brotherben4357]

Pre-Islamic Arabia sounds like some form of India, a melting pot of religions and cultures. Everyone had their own beliefs, and although they had the occasional fight, they generally respected and accepted each other’s.

[@krislo4788]

Facts....but monotheism is a dangerous concept...and it almost destroyed India's culture and religion..

[@Apo2332]

@riverdalehigh8r5tthanks to the prophet and his companians there is only one religion in arabia and it is al islam always and forever 🏴🏴

[@babsbylow6869]

I'll say it for you AP. "Stay away from lslam" Thanks for that history lesson. You hit quite a few questions I'd had on the subject. Please do keep having the scholars on. So fun to learn from such educators Keep doing for Islam what Dereck Lambert has done for the other Abrahamic religions. I love it!

[@jason666king]

Sheikh Yabooti, you are awesome, my dude. Great topic.

[@peacock69mcp]

On the topic of "Spread of Islam", if it was not for the Turkic tribesmen from Central Asia, Islam would have died out within Syria-Iraq-Jordan region. The Mongols and Turkic tribesmen were far more successful in building a vast empire than "Muslims-Arabs"

[@TheUnique69able]

ROFL keep lying to yourself you moron. Arabs conquered your people long back, were much more successful and beat your people. They made the empire, the Turks only stole it and literally stole the same practices of Arab government

[@peacock69mcp]

@@TheUnique69able Slimy Abdul, those Shamanic tribes of Central Asia came and changed the DNA of Iraqis, Jordanians and Syrians first. How do you think Turkey got it's name? Byzantium got screwed so many times that they actually changed their race from blonde, blue-eyed Aishas to Turkic looking with black hair and eyes. Even Taimur Lane screwed the Ottoman's whole family publicly.

[@peacock69mcp]

@@TheUnique69able tell me will your wife breastfeed me so that I can be mahram to her while you are absent so I can spend some time with her alone? It's in your Quran, Abdul! Aisha's sheep ate up that Aayat.

[@peacock69mcp]

Mr. Robert Hoyland is probably the most mentioned author throughout videos on islam. I never knew he resembled imran khan.

[@petercozyn9360]

hahaha I actually thought that too

[@theman8070]

They are Brothers lol

[@peacock69mcp]

@@theman8070 separated at birth😆😂

[@7xr1e20ln8]

@@theman8070 yes all the brain power seems to have inherited by Mr Robert Holland, leaving the other brother with little to no grey matter in his brain.

[@jipuragi1297]

thought of the same lol im glad im not the only one

[@darrobinson9830]

Id follow this guy as a guest on any platform that chooses to interview this man. So much to learn from him.

[@skepsislamica]

I interviewed Dr. Hoyland on my platform about several days ago. check it out

[@darrobinson9830]

@@skepsislamica will do...didnt you interview him earlier as well, or maybe im thinking about ahmed al jallad

[@Anonymous-ot8qu]

Arabia before islam was just like the world before corona virus 😷

[@elephantshrew6304]

Super interesting! Hope you are doing better now AP. ❤️🙏

[@elephantshrew6304]

@@tetragrammatonasabovesobel885 AP is living in your head rent free brazzarr!

[@armageddonnews]

🔴It was only Baal that had three daughters. So the attribution that Allah had three daughters in Quran, is the affirmation that Allah of Arabia is Baal. The removing of his three daughters does not stop him being the Baal who had three daughters

[@arasen6843]

The Quran differences ba'l and Allah. They are not the same. And Indeed, Elijah was among the messengers, When he said to his people: "Will you not fear Allah?Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators - Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?" And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment], Except the chosen servants of Allah. And we left for him [favorable mention] among later generations: Peace be upon Ilyāseen. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.Indeed, he was of Our believing servants." There are no evidences that Baal had three daughters.

[@mayms9181]

If Islam is a religion of peace as Muslims claim, why did Muhammad destroy the idols in Mecca?

[@benjaminbingaman1848]

Because this is what his God commands him to do just like what he did with Moses peace be upon him that there should be no idols Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

[@roshlew6994]

Neither Mohamed of Islamic traditions nor Mecca in Pre-Islamic times existed. Arab empire invented Islam. Arabs created quran from compilation of Pre-Islamic Arabic/Syriac/Aramaic literature derived from Biblical stories, ideas & popular local folklores.

[@dodgeshadow099]

I was waiting for this video ❤️

[@bardofoc]

Thank you. It was so beautiful

[@SmokeShadow49311]

Thank you for actually being prepared. You had questions and weren't just relying on the guest to give a presentation (not that there is something wrong with presentations, as long as it is supposed to be a presentation). A lot of other youtubers have a guest on and just think they can wing it (use their 'amazing' personality) and the interview will be great.

[@Stardust475]

Yes AP prepares really well, i noticed on this one and the Shady Nasser interviee how much more he was able to explore with these academics. Really appreciate the professionalism too.

[@deewesthill4705]

I had long been interested in pre-Islamic Arabia and even more so as i noticed the great lack of information about it and the way Muslims tended to dismiss the whole subject, as if Arabia before Muhammad somehow had no history worth talking about, which was obviously false.

[@djjethalal3519]

If 7th century had invented camera Muhammad will caught in red handed

[@jupiter5834]

Right

[@jupiter5834]

🔥🔥🔥

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

More recent religions such as mormonism and scientology where the history is well known are easiest to debunk. If there were cameras and youtube in Mohammeds time, you would still have crazy people following him but I suspect there wouldn't be billions of them.

[@humanrights5742]

AP you are our only hope. Take care of yourself. I can't believe the fact your account exist on yt. It literally changed my life🙏...

[@jizyaisextortion9790]

So many pagan and Zoroastrian myths/rituals somehow found it's way into Islam. It's very funny when these Muslims walk around calling Christianity pagan 😂😂

[@maryamdiao1509]

Exactly 👍🏾

[@erikjrn4080]

Pre-Islamic Arabia is something I've wondered about, many times, but not taken the time to look into. In part, I have the excuse that it's hard to find; my halfhearted attempts have quickly come to dead ends. In part, though, I must blame myself; as admitted, the attempts were just halfhearted. Thanks to both AP and Dr. Hoyland for helping me overcome both difficulties! I'm very happy to learn that more knowledge about pre-Islamic Arabian culture has survived than I thought. Sadly, there still seems to me much less than I had hoped. Hopefully, with time, the region will become more peaceful, and more hospitable to archeologists. I imagine that the entire peninsula is largely unexplored, archeologically.

[@meggieqin8496]

I dont know if you are familiar with arabic or persian but there are lots of researchers who are doing reaserchs about pre Islami arabic culture and have published some book as well , definetly check them out

[@irreligiousexmuslim8234]

The “Before the Time of Islam”.

[@ssr5049]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩💕❤

[@destiny0004]

I really enjoy this discussion and I really love to see more academics in your channel. Your channel is awesome.. Is fascinating.. I'm considering reading In God's path. Keep up the good work.

[@inquisitivemind007]

Check out Robert Hoyland's interview with mythvision kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOsiJSmZtCBfZY

[@destiny0004]

@@inquisitivemind007 wow thanks. I'm watching now. 😍

[@ivanos_95]

Considering that Islam is just a mix of the Christian and Arab-Pagan traditions, while there were a lot of Christians and Jews who already brought civilization to the Arabian-Peninsula long before Islam, so this particular region haven't really changed from the time of pagans, until the discovery of oil in the last century.

[@snf321gotti6]

Christmas is pagan

[@gepwxaqdfsidsesg1548]

and as Mr Hoyland said, many of the Christians there would have been heretic sects who had had to leave areas under mainstream Christianity. This is why the Qur'an accuses Christians of worshipping a holy trinity of Father, Son and Virgin Mary when this was not what real Christians had believed since since six hundred years before Mohammed as proven by the writings of Pope Clement 1 and the council of Nicea. Mohammed clearly didn't know this, but "Allah" should have.

[@generaljg4373]

Nah cristian people still pagan till this day unfortunately, but Islam brought many things such as algorithm math modern medicine but other religions did give anything to society especially christianity

[@snf321gotti6]

@@gepwxaqdfsidsesg1548 Jesus said worship one God . Early Christians followed this message and others the majority did not and made him God after he died or appeared to die . The Qur'an mentioned this and accused them of worshipping a man and is wrong . Qur'an was aware of this even though Christians claimed that ISA is God . The Qur'an is correct actually .

[@ivanos_95]

@@generaljg4373 Wrong, all the things which you mentioned were invented by the Zoroastrians and Byzantine-Christians, while the hole modern world until 21th century was developed almost exclusively by the Western-Christians. There are some local traditions that have survived from the pagan times in the Christian countries, but we can easily make a distinction between them and the traditions which are exclusively Christian, while Islam in its core is a mix of the Christian and Arab-Pagan tradition.

[@toddbeamer6131]

"00:54:26 Mecca Before Islam" Zero evidence. Yes. I disagree with Dr Hoyland that it was a city in the 7th century. It is in a desert, with a very poor water source, and had no connection with trade routes. No water means no city.

[@backfire4468]

How were people live they with the same poor water sources before becoming rich and desalination the water !! People who say that just waffling for views money

[@kaloarepo288]

History is always written by the winners -that's why one needs to be cautious about reaching certain conclusions.

[@maryamdiao1509]

Yup

[@HariKrishna-sy1kp]

00:07:10 - 00:10:58 So according to islamic documentarians, female infanticide was extremely rampant but the men also would have 10-15 wives in a desert settlement. Just where did all these women come from if little girls were being killed off?

[@dharma7766]

The Pre Islamic world was much more colorful and progressive... Throughout history, everytime culture strives trying to elevate humanity, a barbarian horde ends up in the subjugation and exploitation of it...

[@truthserum3050]

He sounds so much like Christopher Hitchens! 😲

[@deewesthill4705]

Yes, Hitchens's diction was also somewhat hard to hear.

[@brotherben4357]

Walking around a box, worshipping coloured rocks, stoning pillars, drinking holy water, offering blood sacrifices, the number 7, pilgrimage … these are all very pre-Islamic paganism.

[@thedissentingvoice8097]

Pre-islamic arabia sounds fascinating

[@hattorihanzo562]

Not rly, just as superstitious and backwards Culture, Islam basically evolved out of the pagan culture in arabia. Its for example true arabians used to burry their child alive if it was a girl.

[@rdvangercek8990]

The Islamic World, based on some verses in the Qur'an (81:8-9, 16:58-59) There is a discourse that pre-Islamic girls were buried alive. However, although there is no trace of this in the historical records, it seems impossible that such a practice exists outside of individual events. Especially in Arab societies, from the past to the present, when we consider the fact that men are married to more than one woman, it is clear that these claims are completely baseless. If we look at it from a scientific point of view, It is a determination in terms of social sociology that serious social problems will arise if the ratio of Women / Men in societies deviates above 10%. According to the common view in the scientific world, the sex ratio at birth is considered to be "100 Girls - 107 Boys". There are 101 men for every 100 women in the entire world population. Depending on the definition used, the rate of intersex (intersexual) live births is between 0.1% and 1.7%. Considering the fact that according to the available scientific data, the number of men in the world is more than the number of women, How can the Prophet allow men to marry 4 women in a society that bury their daughters alive? The only explanation for such an application is, It may be that the lack of women is eliminated through "Slaves and Concubines", even this does not change the fact that the number of women with whom men will marry officially will be missing by 1/4. CONCERNING THAT GIRLS ARE NOT BURIED ALIVE... 81:8-9 - and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked for what crime they were put to death.. 16:58-59 - Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage. He hides himself from the people because of the bad news he has received. Should he keep her in disgrace, or bury her ˹alive˺ in the ground? Evil indeed is their judgment!

[@thedissentingvoice8097]

@@hattorihanzo562 theres no evidence for that only hearsay from biased quran hadith texts based on their own narratives of their enemy.

[@salmabenayed4417]

@@hattorihanzo562 this is one of the biggest lies that scholars keep telling . If they barried little girls , they would have gone extinct

[@Sixtra]

Ridvan takes the content of his channel up a notch. Or rather a big step with bringing academics onto here. And as written earlier among the comments, this brings more credibility to your channel.

[@Noname-dr1jm]

Great job AP👏👏👏...

[@misterbig9025]

Imagine this planet without Islam!

[@misterbig9025]

No FGM, people drink alcoholi drinks, no barbaric laws!

[@jeanclaudepierrot2971]

There would be no Arab women hijabs or burqas!

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

You people are so naive. Islam is just a sect of christianity that made it big. Like mormonism. Without Islam, some other religious nut would gain popularity and you would be here complaining about that religion. People need to educate themselves about religion in general not just islam.

[@rdvangercek8990]

In pre-Islamic Arabia, women were free enough to trade. Mohammadin's wife, Hatice, was one of the biggest merchants of Mecca. There is not a single female trader in post-Islamic Arabia.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

@@glowing571 Right..and christian fundamentalists storming Capitol and hearing voices that tell them Trump is still the president of USA (one of the greatest powers in the world) despite losing the election is not dangerous for the entire world. 🙄 Yes you are naive.

[@fartemisfartmallow8647]

I always wanted to know about this topic but couldn’t find much information.

[@inquisitivemind007]

Check out the other interview he did on mythvision kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOsiJSmZtCBfZY

[@carvakasatyasrutah9249]

Look forward to listening to this later. Have read two of his books. In God’s Path he scuttles that ridiculous notion that the Arabs won so many victories only because they had a huge tailwind provided by Allah. Just as no one can become a concert pianist by starting to learn the instrument at age 30, no group can become conquerors without extensive military experience.

[@arabianfox4545]

You jthey

[@edgarwoolf4282]

The book was quite good and makes one appreciate the vigor and spirit of similarly great peoples in history; Romans, Mongols, the many Muslim Sultanates and empires, Crusaders etc.

[@VitorEmanuelOliver]

Such a shame his audio wasn't really great

[@hynsum]

agreed, the audio not so great...

[@deewesthill4705]

Didn't religions spread mostly with trade and settlements? Merchants from ancient India visited and brought Vedic Hinduism, resulting in converts and also in a lot of Sanskrit words and names being adopted into Arabic. Islam itself has Vedic roots, although of course greatly changed.

[@misterbig9025]

Slave trade

[@AndrewMartinNZ]

Root religion of Hinduism and Islam comes from Ur. Allah comes from Lah, Sin and Baal. Cattle worship with Sin, flows into Islam and Hinduism. There's also likely to be cross fertilisation as well, with trade.

[@gangadin2873]

Except for abrahamic religions, yes. Yes they did.

[@michikatsu_tsugikuni-c7m]

@@AndrewMartinNZ Totally wrong. If you don't know then don't spread wrong Comments. Hinduism and Islam don't have same roots and not related in any way. In fact before Islam many islamic states hindus and these states are mentioned in our history and holy books. Also to have a same root they must have evolve around the same time whic is not the case. Hinduism came before any religion and is the oldest religion.

[@michikatsu_tsugikuni-c7m]

@@AndrewMartinNZ and how do you know cattle worship is a sin brother? Worshipping them and trying to preserve them is much better than consuming them inhumanely.

[@dmckenzie9281]

It seems like if pre islamic Arabia practiced female infanticide that would make it very difficult to have numerous wives and in general it seems like the society would fail for lack of females to sustain the birth rate.

[@meggieqin8496]

Thats true, because there are arab tribes in yemen ,Iraq ,and south of Iran that has their own history and killing the young girls was never mentioned in that , it seems it was only a thing common in Qureish tribe and probably their sourandings, not the whole semitic tribes

[@trollarasan]

pre-Islamic Arabia might be similar to India or Greece. As polytheism was the general religion throughout the world.

[@torisantiago9176]

It’s similar to Babylon or Canaan too. You can make a case for the Mesopotamian chief deity Marduk or Anu with the arabian al-lah. Or the Elohim of the Canaanites/Israelites

[@petergrimshaw492]

Thanks Ridwan really interesting intelligent chat, as always. Piecing together a pre-Islamic Arabia helps get a sense of what 'Islam' is .. ? I'm getting a sense that religiously at least pre-Islamic Arabia was maybe more 'chill' (if primitive with Razzia) than Islam itself. The mafia style of the Umma formed over time maybe The traditional Islamic story is heavily redacted and curated? The first people to destroy Quranic texts were Muslims, Uthman, who wanted to emphasize a particular narrative. Great chat, I had not come across Robert before, will check his books out.

[@sandmantheman]

Hoyland looks like a mix between Joseph Gordon Levitt and Imran Khan. Pretty handsome guy.

[@austin426512]

You mean the Taliban khan? 😂😂😂

[@NoRiceToEat]

Nooooooooooooooooo Why did you say imran Khan I am traumatized now.

[@steviedfromtheflyovercount4739]

Interesting topic. Great video.

[@hans471]

Great Interview! - How uniform was the preislamic culture in terms of language and deities? Are al lat etc worshipped all over Arabia (also in Jemen)? Which region of Arabia does the Quranic language and script come from? Is it correct that the article "Al" is northern Arabian?

[@Stardust475]

Quranic Arabic is based of Nabatean Arabic. Further up north, another hole in the narrative. The script of the Hijaz at that time was Sabaic (may be spelling it wrong) this was used in Southern Arabia and extended to Hijaz. This script had vowelization that the early rasms of Quran don't have. So was the Quran from the Hijaz? If so why didn't they use a existing well developed script of the Hijaz? Ahmad Al Jallad is the most recent academic looking into epigraphic studies in that region. As Hoyland referred to Petra. I know that Allat, Manat, Dushara & Al Uzza were worshipped in and around the Nabateans. Trade would have spread the belief in these Gods too, across the Arabia and southern Levant. There are lots of channels covering Islam's origins.

[@Stardust475]

Epigraphic studies of northern and southern Arabia shows no polytheism really remaining in those regions by 5th 6th century. There was widespread Christian, messianic Judaism practised and well established Jewish communities in Northern and Southern Arabia. Christianity had also spread to the Persian empire by the 6th century too. Sassanid incursions into Byzantine territory forced migrations of Christians out of Edessa and Antioch this is how Christianity got established in Persia.

[@hans471]

@@Stardust475 thank you!

[@lucienlagarde8093]

Interesting interview AP the way you do it to see the view among scholars in academia is absolutely interesting

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

End of Apuss's Career: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boKoYmSia9iWZpY

[@chandruu1995]

I knew about this. Pre Arabia was pervaded with Vedic Hindu gods. Many unearthed artifacts prove it. There were many research made & some books available on it pre 50s. Its available on web.

[@bandygamy5898]

Internet was created by vedic monks

[@simriths.s5976]

@@bandygamy5898 nope but there are many Indian internet entrepreneurs

[@generaljg4373]

Those were pagan Arab gods, Hinduism didn't exist yet, muslims that came to India during the Islamic invasion named Indian people hindus, so no these were Arabian idols

[@yuribezmenov9257]

@@generaljg4373 lol what? Are you being sarcastic or are you really that dumb?

[@yuribezmenov9257]

Well one thing is same among hindu rituals of going around fire in a square box 7 times.

[@satishkumarpatra4896]

Why the deities look like Ram, Sita, Laxman?? Is it just me or ..,.??

[@abrahamherzl9904]

This what i wanted to know so badly thnx

[@inquisitivemind007]

Check out the other interview he did on mythvision kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOsiJSmZtCBfZY

[@abrahamherzl9904]

@@inquisitivemind007 BRO WTF THANK U SO MUCH I WANTED THIS

[@abrahamherzl9904]

@@inquisitivemind007 i heard him in the podcast he said he interviewd dr anthony about the historical mohamed but couldnt find the vid if u know it pls send it

[@abrahamherzl9904]

@@inquisitivemind007 also if u have any other vids about history of islam birth (non muslim sources) pls send

[@inquisitivemind007]

@@abrahamherzl9904 Sean W Anthony's interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKaTmXqCr9xqm9E

[@alex1991ander]

Please AP, if it possible for you, make an episode with Dr Mordechai Kedar! He is a jewish scholar for Arab literature and Islam. From Bar Ilan University. He have lots of debated with muslims in arabic in Al Jazeera channel etc...

[@kingryan69]

i would love to watch that.

[@truth2]

Proud to Be a Sanatani Here !

[@bentofernandes8311]

Brother AP: Lovely stream! I know that you have had a very cordial debate with Dr. Michael Brown on The Modern Day Debate KZbin channel, moderated by James. Would you consider having Dr. Michael Brown as a guest on your KZbin channel for a discussion on a topic the two of you could mutually agree to, in the foreseeable future?

[@nitinnimkar1654]

Long story short, Monotheism has destroyed the earlier cultures & we now don't know anything about it. If you want to experience that destruction, visit India & see 30,000 Temples destroyed by Invader Desert Cults. Recently renovated Kashi Vishwanath Temple or Ram Janmabhumi.

[@potts995]

Yeah, seems to be a common and very unfortunate trend.

[@deewesthill4705]

It is horrifying and beyond outrageous to read about the centuries of bloody warfare and plunder that destroyed untold numbers of beautiful temples, libraries, schools, universities, and whole tribes and cultures. And we are censored from even talking or writing about it. It appears that this guest had better carefully avoid saying certain forbidden facts about a certain cult or face repercussions worse than only censorship.

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏🙂 Very interesting

[@gamerzhub5842]

Brother you are doing a great job by telling the truth about Islam 🐷. Keep doing the great work.

[@napoleonlaguerre5587]

i am glad that I see him on KZbin and also read his books

[@hari-bol5638]

Bro make video about Hinduism... Everything make sense in Hinduism.. And if you have questions I will give you answer... Becoz that's what Hinduism says always ask questions becoz when you ask you learn

[@charlo90952]

The preIslamic history of Arabia is Vedic. The crescent moon of Islam is a symbol of Shiva.

[@FromValkyrie]

Lol. Nothing makes sense in Hinduism. It's all just wild, fantastical stories.

[@KofiCatlovesU]

Love your work AP

[@brandono7003]

Other than building stuff, Chrsitians don't have any shred of theological command to venerate stones. Wonder why? 🤔

[@PrinceMono676]

At least we don’t kiss it 😏

[@brandono7003]

@Saint FluffySnow It was a rhetorical question I was asking lol. Leviticus outlines this as well.