Buried Christian Empire in Yemen Casts New Light on Early Islam

History | 207932 hits | Dec 23 6:24 pm | Posted by: commanderkai

Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in the highlands of Yemen. The sites have sparked a number of questions about the early history of Islam. Was there once a church in Mecca?

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by martin14
Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:44 am
Surprised it hadn't already been destroyed.

Oh well, it will be soon enough.
by ShepherdsDog
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:09 am
The knuckle walkers haven't finished with mali/Timbuktu yet.
by commanderkai
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:41 pm
Depressing, isn't it?
by ShepherdsDog
Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:33 am
Fundies of all stripes are the bane of civilization. It just seems that Muslims tend to be burdened with more of them, and the supposed moderates are more easily intimidated into silence and inaction when their extremist coreligionists commit atrocities.
by BartSimpson
Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:50 pm
"martin14" said
Surprised it hadn't already been destroyed.

Oh well, it will be soon enough.

Yep. Along with the pyramids and anything else that the morons don't like.

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