The development plan
More depth, with a clear sequence.
These modules are planned. The available introductory pages are linked through the library and sitemap.
These are development commitments, not claims that the research or specialist review is complete.
Planned module · 01
The world of Muhammad
Pre-Islamic Arabia, Mecca and Medina, Byzantium and Persia, Jewish and Christian communities, tribal society, maps and chronology.
Planned module · 02
The historical Muhammad
A fuller evidence-based life, from the first revelation traditions through migration, community leadership, campaigns, final years and succession.
Planned module · 03
Examine the evidence
Detailed manuscript case studies, non-Muslim witnesses, inscriptions, coins and an evidence grid distinguishing dates and degrees of independence.
Planned module · 04
The Qur’an question
Expanded treatment of composition, collection, readings, literary arguments, late-antique material and the limits of historical method.
Planned module · 05
Islam and other religions
Further Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and secular perspectives, with named sources and adequate representation.
Planned module · 06
From Muhammad to Islam
The caliphates, legal schools, Sunni and Shia traditions, theology, Sufism, reform and modernity.
Planned module · 07
Belief and doubt
Longer, source-specific studies of women, slavery, punishment, apostasy, inherited belief, experience and the strongest competing arguments.