501 | What About Mecca? with Dr Jay Smith.

Muslims claim that Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, that Mohammad was
born there, and that he also received his revelation of the Quran
there.  If that is true where is Mecca? Steven Shoemaker in
his book Creating the Quran on page114 mentions that there is no
mention of a mecca in any of the great civilizations of the time
.  Not only that,but another scholar; Patricia Corona said
that there were no trade roues going through Mecca on land nor by
the coast of the Red Sea bordering Mecca.  Many scholars say
that Islam started way north of Mecca and that most Muslim
scholars were Persians.  So Shoemaker concludes that Mecca
was further north.   


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