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Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: origins of Islam
Message-ID: <661@ulysses.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 15:16:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 17 15:16:11 1983
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Does anyone know much about the religions of the Arabian peninusla before
Islam?  Many Islamic practices (the lunar calendar, the prohibition against
pork, etc.) seem to be related to Judaism.


		--Steve Bellovin