La recherche historique dévoile la nature profonde de l'islam - Odon LAFONTAINE

"Historical Research Unveils the Deep Nature of Islam," a lecture given by Odon Lafontaine at the Jesus the Messiah Forum in Compiègne, September 17, 2022. Odon Lafontaine has been conducting research, monitoring historical research on the origins of Islam, and synthesizing existing findings for the past fifteen years, collaborating with various researchers, most notably Father Édouard-Marie Gallez. In 2020, he published a synthesis of this research, the book "The Great Secret of Islam," freely available on his website. He is a founding member of Mission Ismérie, a regular attendee of the Jesus the Messiah Forum, and an active member of the EEChO association. ▶ The Great Secret of Islam: https://legrandsecretdelislam.com/ ▶ Jesus the Messiah Forum: https://www.jesus-messie.org/ ▶ Mission Ismérie: https://mission-ismerie.com/ ▶ Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/thegreatsecr... ● Conference Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 1:06 – Understanding the Hopes of Islam Through Historical Research 2:14 – The Traditional Islamic Narrative of its Origins 4:04 – The Apologetic Force of the Traditional Narrative 5:36 – Massignon Seduced by the “Mystery of Islam” 6:45 – Historical Research Unveils the Mystery of Islam 7:12 – Applying the Historical-Critical Method to Traditional Texts 7:56 – Challenging the Historicity of Traditional History 8:28 – The Taking Taking into account non-Muslim sources 9:40 – The Jewish and Aramaic foundations of the Quran 10:48 – The geopolitical context of the 7th century 12:22 – The apocalyptic context of the 7th century 13:25 – Critical studies of the Quran and tradition 14:52 – Discoveries of new historical remains 15:25 – Henri Lammens: “one of the greatest historical hoaxes” 18:40 – “Muhammad” on a Christian Arab coin 23:27 – The hills of Safa and Marwah in the Quran 24:07 – Safa and Marwah in Mecca 24:59 – What does the Quranic text literally say? 27:53 – Safa and Marwah in Jerusalem 29:50 – A new framework for explaining the emergence of Islam 30:16 – Armed apocalyptic Arab prophetic movements in the 7th century 33:02 – Muhammad preached the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem 36:06 – The collapse of empires and the transfer of power to the Arabs 37:58 – The Temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt by a Judeo-Arab alliance 38:38 – The war between Arabs to rule “in the name of God” 39:38 – The victory of the Umayyad clan 40:00 – Abd al-Malik, the viceroy of God 41:44 – The establishment of God’s reign on Earth 42:40 – The invention of direct divine legitimacy for the divine rule of the caliphs 44:32 – The depth of Islamic hopes for messianism Politics 46:20 – The lingering expectation of the political return of Jesus 47:15 – Islamic hopes from yesterday to today 48:30 – The psychological impact of political messianism 49:43 – Conservatism and the questioning of Islam 51:09 – Towards an intelligent critique of Islam ● Questions from the audience 53:10 – Why will Jesus in Islam return to Damascus? 1:00:46 – Do Shiites and Sunnis share the same vision of the end times? 1:03:23 – What are the differences between the Jesus of Islam and the Christian Jesus? 1:07:33 – How did the Quranic oral tradition transition to written form? 1:09:53 – Conclusion