Islam 101, page-172

''No body stole anything from anybody - it is all an illusion - read some ancient history & discover at least a modicum of truth depending on your brain density !!''

MUHAMMAD THE BORROWER

INTRODUCTION

''Since Islam began people have charged Muhammad with borrowing stories and religious material from other religions and repeating them as the Quran. Muhammad's contemporaries had heard those stories before and voiced that Muhammad was repeating them.

The exposure of Muhammad's borrowing continues to this day. Modern Islamic scholars continue the assertion. These scholars come from Atheist, Jewish, Christian, and even Muslim backgrounds. They've all agreed that Muhammad borrowed religious material. A moderate selection of quotes from about a dozen scholars is presented at the end.

Specifically, scholars assert that primarily Muhammad borrowed from Judaism and Christianity. He also borrowed from Arabic paganism. They add that he injected quite a bit of his own concepts, desires, and philosophy, into the Quran.

On the other hand fundamentalist Muslims claim, as Muhammad claimed, that he received pure revelations from a spirit he identified as the angel "**riel". They believe that this spirit, "**riel" had previously received these words from God and repeated them to Muhammad. Muhammad then recited them as the Quran.''