The mess of translations and what was a canonical or non-canonical book, they keep all that debate out burning all the miswrote Qur'an and similar, keeping it simple.I didn't understand your comparison to Catholicism.
Interesting Early Islam PODs?
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Precisely it could be interesting to see Islam with theological debates according to the different texts. The consequences of an Islam that is not theologically unified are very interesting, don't you think?
we've otl on it, all the school are difference how Sunnah and Law should be interpeted, we don't need lousy writing for that
The Karluk mercenaries don't defect to the Muslims in the Battle of Talas, while the battle is still a loss for the Tang Dynasty, it does present an interesting PoD.
Whether it is because of brutal reprisals facilitated on the Turkic mercenaries after the battle or just the pettiness of a sore loser, it causes a chain of events that either considerably slows down the adoption of Islam by the Turks or just shuts down even a shred of possibility of it being the case. This is course means the future of the middle east becomes unrecognizable, though I can't say the exact details.
Whether it is because of brutal reprisals facilitated on the Turkic mercenaries after the battle or just the pettiness of a sore loser, it causes a chain of events that either considerably slows down the adoption of Islam by the Turks or just shuts down even a shred of possibility of it being the case. This is course means the future of the middle east becomes unrecognizable, though I can't say the exact details.
Khalid ibn al-Walid doesn't meet Muhammad or does meet him but dies before becoming a successful general.
A few that I find interesting:
A khajirite wank. Although it’s an oversimplification, it would be interesting to see how a might-makes-right dominant theology would turn out. Probably we would end up with something more sustainable like the Ibadis, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
Another would be if Muhammad took the offers some of his contemporaries gave him of teaming up as fellow prophets, or if Musaliyah (probably have the name wrong) and his teachings were to become a major denomination.
A khajirite wank. Although it’s an oversimplification, it would be interesting to see how a might-makes-right dominant theology would turn out. Probably we would end up with something more sustainable like the Ibadis, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
Another would be if Muhammad took the offers some of his contemporaries gave him of teaming up as fellow prophets, or if Musaliyah (probably have the name wrong) and his teachings were to become a major denomination.
This. So much this. Given he was temporarily adopted by the Prophet Muhammad and even got his name changed to reflect that, he could be a powerful force had he lived past his adopted father's death.