Man Made Koran

It can be hard for Christians to understand the place the Koran has in Islam. It's more important than Mohammed and Mecca. Some use the term "God inlibrate", an analog of the "God incarnate" formulation from Christianity. God in the form of a book. This is why there are elaborate protocols for handling individual copies of the Koran. For example, right now I have my gigantic Saudi-funded Koran under a pile of other books. This kind of disrespect causes riots in Muslim countries.

This is why Muslims react hysterically and violently to any suggestion that the Koran has a history. By history, I don't mean the one the Muslims claim for it (that has existed from all eternity in heaven and was dictated word-for-word to Muhammed in the late sixth and early seventh centuries--In Arabic, because God speaks Arabic). I mean that it is based on source material that pre-dates Muhammed and that men were editing and altering it long after Muhammed died. If it has a real history, all of Islam crumbles to dust. Mormonism shares this vulnerability with Islam.

There is very strong evidence of that history, and more is coming out all the time. The problem is that fear and multi-cultural cravenness are inhibiting research. One of the leading lights in this area has to go by pseudonym for fear of his life. Contrast this with the 250 years of relentless critical scrutinty the Bible has received.

If you want to read more, including news of recently rediscovered source materials, see this Spengler article.