&gt; The assertion in this article seems deliberately calculated to undermine the historicity of Islam. There is a very sad and shortsighted movement in some corners of military scholarship right now that identifies Islam itself as the enemy...<p>FWIW I&#x27;ve seem some pretty ridiculous &quot;historical&quot; claims made against the historicity of Christianity. When it comes to the history of someone else&#x27;s religion, I find people tend to tolerate a lot of sloppiness. I wouldn&#x27;t take this article as specifically anti-Islam, but rather an example of such sloppiness.