The Praised One: Empire Before Prophet

What if the birthplace of Islam wasn't Mecca, but the Christian heartland of the Levant?

What if "MHMD" was never a man's name at all?

For centuries, the world has accepted that Islam emerged from Mecca in the seventh century. But what does the archaeological evidence reveal? In The Praised One, researcher and writer H. David Manning follows a trail of coins, inscriptions, and early mosque alignments pointing to a radically different origin, one centered not in Arabia, but in the Christian Le...