controversy
Revisionist school of Islamic studies
Also known as Hagarism, Wansbrough
undated
1970s skepticism (Wansbrough, Crone and Cook) about the Islamic tradition's account of origins; later manuscript finds pushed many back toward an early Qur'an text.
Wikipedia extract
The revisionist school of Islamic studies is a scientific movement in Islamic studies that questions traditional Muslim narratives of the origins of the religion of Islam.
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- Revisionist school of Islamic studies · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q26495438 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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- Controversies over Islamic Origins · book
- Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World · book
- Stephen J. Shoemaker · scholar
- Gabriel Said Reynolds · scholar
- Mun'im Sirry · scholar
- Patricia Crone · scholar
modern-scholarly-debate · bridge · quran-history