ARAB-ISLAMIC MYTHS

Submitted by IamJoseph' (Australia), Apr 14, 2010 at 05:54

The 900 BCE claim is a fake. When examined, there will be absolutely no back-up of proof.

The earliest sources where the term Arab appeared the first time are the Hebrew Scriptures of the post-exilic period, namely, during the rebuilding of the Temple under the Persian Empire (Nehemyah 2:19 - 5th century b.c.e.). Of note this ties in with the 500 BCE period, namely there were no Arab groups before this time. [5th C bce].

The Hebrew Bible occasionally refers to 'Arvi peoples (or variants thereof), translated as "Arab" or "Arabian". The scope of the term at that early stage is unclear. The name ARVI has no historical connection with Arabs, Arvi being an error derived by its similarity sound with modern Arabs. This is evidenced by the fact the Arabs had no 'V' at any time, a sound exclusive to the Hebrew, and not seen even in other early languages [thus the Arab Muslims spell Abraham with a latinized B instead of its original V - proof it is not ancient]. Further, w we have no transit or continuity thread from the Arvi to Islam - no Arab nations, states, kings, wars, monuments - nothing whatsoever till well after 500 BCE, at which time the Jews were exiled in this location, already with the Hebrew bible completed and observed for many centuries. This is also where and how the later emerging Arab groups got their knowledge of Abraham and Moses - it was not from the Quran - there was no belief in Abraham before Islam.

The error here is so blatant, that even allowing any reference of Arabs to 900 BCE as their origins [a total fake nothwithstanding] - it is still proof against any connection with Abraham and Moses who pre-dated this time! The other fake exploited by Muslims is a reference to the Greeks who connect the Philistines with Syria - but here the Greeks were not referring to Arabs but their kin the Philistines, who were not semtici or Arabian.

Consider also the normal historical portrait of any ancient nation or group: the Greeks, the Romans, the Indians, the chinese, the Jews any nation one chooses to examine. We find that all these nations show a continuous, evidential thread of dots of their history, with kings, wars, writings and monuments - yet we see nothing when it comes to Arabs claiming they are from time immorial and connected to Abraham: how come such a great anomoly - what excuse can there be for the Arabs contrading the historical thread of every known nation? Take another route, concerning culture and religious beliefs - we find that the pre-Islamic Arabs were pagan between 500 BCE till Islam emerged, with no marks of any Arabs before 500 BCE, nor of any Abrahamic beliefs: how come?

The above factors cannot be found surprising no matter what one's leanings are. The only requirement is honesty and correct research, considering how easily the Arab Muslims today took on the name Palestinians when this is a total fiction; how they impudently deny there was a Jewish temple in Jerusalem; and how they shamelessly tout such known falsehoods as the blood libels and the Protocols of Zion as real history throughout their media, sermons and education systems.

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