Robert Spencer was interviewed by Dr Smith on his book 'Did Muhammad Exist?' for an hour. He did a great job of reviewing why the historical Muhammad of the 7th century is quite different from the 9th-10th century traditional view we have of Muhammad, questioning why there is so little evidence for him anywhere in the century he lived, while simultaneously asking whether we should believe in any of the references we have of Muhammad from the later centuries?

They also discussed the problem of 'embarrassment' and how we can respond to them, as well as looking at why Abd al-Malik needed Muhammad, and why he indeed needed Islam, as well as what this means for Islam today.

Robert would like to do a follow-up session where people like you can ask him questions directly. So, if you would like to put questions to him, write them below, in the 'comments' section, and we will schedule another interview, possibly next week to let you direct your queries to him.

Enjoy the interview.

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