13-F-0117_DOC_07-course-materials-perspectives-on-Islam_and_Islamic_radicalism.pdf

History .:= =-=..::....:::: JORGE= SCIEWIFC --------------- =!.:.....:.-:::;:::-= CORPORATION Islam 101 According to Islamic tradition, a man named Mohammed began receiving revel ations from the angel Gabriel which came directly from god, known in Isl am as Allah. Th ese revelations were received in Mecca, a city in the Arabian Peninsula, now part of Saudi Arabia. Born in 570 A.D., Mohammed received revelations from approximately 6 10 A.D...