THE PROPHET

Throughout Mohammed's religious career, he appears to have been invisible to all outside commentators. He is not mentioned until 200 years after his supposed death. In fact, very little of the early events in the Koran, like the Gospels, is historically verifiable. There is no evidence for slaughter of the innocents, and of course none for the visit of the Magi. A very curious matter indeed, with Zoroastrian priests bringing ritualistic gifts to another god. There is no contemporary evidence for Medina and Mecca as bustling urban sites, nor any for Mohammed.