Patricia Crone's book Meccan Trade and the Rise of
Islam, Oxford, 1987 grabbed my attention, because it
tackled an era connected with "The History of the Arabs
before Islam", a course I am teaching to female students at
the Department of History, King Abdul-Aziz University,
Jeddah.
It is noteworthy that when I started reading through
this book, I was really shocked by what I read between the
lines and even overtly. What shocked me is that some
things were clear, but others were grossly incorrect and
hidden behind a mask of fake historical research, the
purposes of which are obvious for every professional
researcher. Therefore, as a scholar in the field, it was
necessary for me to respond to this book so that readers
will not be deceived and misguided by the great errors
introduced to them under the guise of historical research
or scholarship.
Crone is an orientalist who raised somewhat clever
questions, but her answers were misleading. Most of the
time, she deliberately used documented and logical
coordination in order to prove the opposite of what has
already been proven to be correct. It is a well-known fact
that the easiest way to pass an illogical issue and to make
readers swallow it is to begin by an assumption which
looks logical and persuasive, but is in fact essentially void.
Then from this false assumption, you jump to a set of
conclusions in order to make your case logical and
acceptable.


Book A Response to Patricia Crone's Book Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam author : Amaal Muhammad AlRoubi