Despite Saudi Arabia’s program of scientific destruction of the archeological record (see Unspeakable Islamic terrorism), it is difficult to deny that Mohammed adopted a Jewish religion (the Old Testament), prayed towards the Jewish capital (Jerusalem) and worshipped a Jewish shrine (Mecca). The Mecca elite chose Uthman, a wealthy Quraysh, as the new caliph, angering Ali’s followers. Uthman, probably fully aware of the importance of having religion on his side, is the caliph who had the Quran assembled in its current form. Zayd ibn Thabit was the one asked by caliph Uthman to write the final version that was then sent to every Muslim city with the order to destroy any other version. Human logic recognizes the fact that to get anything precisely done, the task must be led by only one person. A point is reached where we must have the wisdom to cease ethical reflection and affirm that certain issues indicate a reality more profound than the ethical.

In recent years, the Gemini-Sagittarius axis has been a focal point of the solar and lunar eclipses, signaling a period of profound transformation and movement for the Sagittarian sign. One cannot help wondering whether it is possible that Mohammed was a Jew or at least believed in the Jewish god Yahweh and (whether prompted by the Jews of Medina or by his wife or by both) simply founded a movement of Jewish religious revival that was later hijacked by the Umayyads and turned into a worship of their god (not Mohammed’s god) Allah. Back in Mecca, before Mohammed invented Islam, the Quraysh/Umayyads were worshipping, first and foremost, Allah. The Quraysh tribe that went on to establish the Umayyad dictatorship over the newly founded Islamic empire was the tribe of powerful warlords of Mecca, and they called themselves “the tribe of Allah”. The Quraysh tribe regained control of the empire and transformed itself into the Umayyad dynasty, with capital in Damascus (in the more comfortable and safe Christian land of Syria). Since his tribe was now the tribe of all tribes, it was not clear which tribe was entitled to appoint a successor.

The tribe of Ali claimed it because it was Mohammed’s tribe, and because Mohammed seemed to have named Ali as his successor although this was (and is) disputed. Two generations after Mohammed’s death, the Umayyad annihilated Mohammed’s family and seized power. The Quran is divided into two periods, the revelations in Mecca and the revelations in exile, in Medina. The Quran was written by at least two people. She said it seems like young people have taken the time to learn more about spiritual stuff, and they’re ready to teach. Mecca and Medina were raided and thousands of people were killed. To make sure that his version of the facts would never be contested, Uthman had all other scriptures burned in Medina. The Medina revelations are not. The Meccan revelations are peaceful. In Xella’s estimation, prenatal remains at the tophet are probably those of children who were promised to be sacrificed but died before birth, but who were nevertheless offered as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow.

The problem is that Mohammed died without naming a successor or a succession rule. Islam as it is today is the result of this corrupt dictator’s actions, of an enemy of Mohammed. Sunni Islam as we know it today was largely defined by the Umayyads. There is little historical question that this is precisely what Uthman and his dynasty (the Umayyads) did, but they won the confrontation against Ali’s followers. In 749 their corrupt dynasty was brought to an end by a Persian general, who installed a new dynasty, the Abbasid dynasty, and moved the capital to the Persian city of Baghdad. After the coup, it became mostly Persian. A Persian slave murdered Umar. The entire bureaucracy of the empire was already largely Persian and Greek and Jewish. Uthman simply restored the power of the Quraysh in all its corrupt glory, appointing close relatives and friends to all the important posts around the newly formed empire.