Islam

How Islam began and spread: tribal Arabia between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires, Mecca and the Kaaba, the Prophet Muhammad and the first revelation in 610, the message of one God and care for the poor, the Hijra to Medina in 622, the Quran and the Five Pillars, the caliphs and the Sunni–Shia divide after Karbala, hadith, sharia and the Sufis, Islam's spread by caravan and sea to West Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Thailand, reform and revival in the modern world, and two billion Muslims today. Episode 10 of the Origins of Religions series.

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