Maaf, menyela sedikit. Mungkin yang dimaksud Pak CS Robert Spencer, bukan Luxenburg. Bukankah yang ditanyakan mengapa hanya meneliti berdasarkan koin saja? Kalau mengenai Luxenburg di trit satu lagi.
Robert Spencer mengajak kita berpikir dengan kritis, berdasarkan bukti-bukti ilmiah yang dapat dipertanggung jawabkan. Sesuatu yang sangat langka di negara-negara Islam. Islam mencampuradukkan ajarannya dengan mitos.
Coba lihat gambar-gambar di link berikut:
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benda-benda peninggalan Muhammad
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makam para nabi dan sahabat
Bukankah dengan melihatnya saja sudah memancing senyum, namun mungkin bagi orang Islam sungguh merupakan suatu hal yang sangat ‘luar biasa,’ memancing ucapan:
Subhanallah!!! , sama halnya dengan berbagai ‘mukjizat’ alam atau rekayasa gambar di komputer yang dikait-kaitkan dengan Islam.
Andai ada diantaranya yang tidak terkait tahyul, tentu sudah dari dulu memancing rasa ingin tahu untuk diteliti lebih lanjut. Dikemukakan hasil penelitiannya dan dicantumkan dalam jurnal-jurnal ilmiah. Tapi sekali lagi, untuk apa menghabiskan waktu, uang dan tenaga dengan percuma, sementara ilmuwan Islam tidak mau melakukan penelitiannya sendiri, sibuk berkutat membahas kebolehan menikahi anak usia 9 tahun misalnya. Atau justru jauh dalam lubuk hatinya paham bahwa semua ini tahyul.
Sementara umat Islam non-Arab disuguhi berbagai ‘mukjizat’ dan klaim kebesaran ‘agama Allah,’ maka tempat bermulanya agama ini sendiri,
secara sistematis dan bertahap menghancurkan situs-situs bersejarah yang ada untuk kepentingan komersil,, bukannya membuka diri pada ilmuwan luar untuk membuktikan kebenaran agamanya. Mengapa dihancurkan dengan mudah? Bukankah semua warisan sejarah ini merupakan bukti yang dapat mendukung kisah keberadaan Muhammad? Inikah agama yang mengajar umatnya untuk berpikir kritis? Dimana teriakan lantang Allahuakbar untuk tempat yang tepat? Apakah hanya saat mengeksekusi perempuan lemah?
Semua tahyul ini dibuat untuk mempertahankan mimpi-mimpi indah mengenai Islam, untuk menguatkan iman yang rapuh menghadapi fakta.
Islam berdiri di atas kebohongan dan tahyul, namun haus akan pengakuan ilmiah,. Sedangkan dari sisi pembuktian ilmiah, hanya bersandar pada penelitian non-Islam: jika ada yang kira-kira dianggap bisa mendukung kebesaran ‘agama Allah,’ cepat-cepat diklaim dan disebarkan beritanya.
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Destroyed sites
Mosques
The mosque at the grave of Sayyid al-Shuhada’ Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib.[8]
The Mosque of Fatima Zahra.[8]
The Mosque of al-Manaratain.[8]
Mosque and tomb of Sayyid Imam al-Uraidhi ibn Ja‘far al-Sadiq, destroyed by dynamite on August 13, 2002.
Four mosques at the site of the Battle of the Trench in Medina.
The Mosque of Abu Rasheed.[12]
Salman al-Farsi Mosque, in Medina.[12]
Raj'at ash-Shams Mosque, in Medina.[12]
Cemeteries and tombs
Jannat al-Baqi in Medina, completely leveled.
Jannat al-Mu'alla, the ancient cemetery at Mecca.[12]
Grave of Hamida al-Barbariyya, the mother of Imam Musa al-Kazim.
Grave of Amina bint Wahb, Muhammad’s mother..
Graves of Banu Hashim in Mecca.[12]
Tombs of Hamza and other martyrs were demolished at Uhud.[12]
Tomb of Eve in Jeddah,[12] sealed with concrete in 1975.
Grave of the father of Muhammad, in Medina.[12]
Historical religious sites
The house of Mawlid where Muhammad is believed to have been born in 570. Originally turned into a cattle market, it now lies under a rundown building which was built 70 years ago as a compromise after Wahhabi clerics called for it to be torn down.[13]
The house of Khadija, Muhammad’s first wife. Muslims believe he received some of the first revelations there. It was also where his children Umm Kulthum, Ruqayyah, Zainab, Fatimah and Qasim were born. After it was rediscovered during the Haram extensions in 1989, it was covered over and it was made into a library.
House of Muhammed in Medina, where he lived after the migration from Mecca.[12]
Dar al Arqam, the first Islamic school where Muhammad taught.[13] It now lies under the extension of the Masjid Al Nabawi of Madinah.
Qubbat’ al-Thanaya, the burial site of Muhammed's incisor that was broken in the Battle of Uhud.[8]
Mashrubat Umm Ibrahim, built to mark the location of the house where Muhammad’s son, Ibrahim, was born to Mariah.
Dome which served as a canopy over the Well of Zamzam.[12]
Bayt al-Ahzan of Sayyida Fatima, in Medina.[12]
House of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, in Medina.[12]
Mahhalla complex of Banu Hashim, in Medina.[12]
House of Ali where Hasan and Husayn were born.[12]
Under Threat
Bayt al-Mawlid
When the Wahabis took Mecca in the 1920s they destroyed the dome on top of the house where the Prophet Mohammed was born. It was then used as a cattle market before being turned into a library after a campaign by Meccans. There are concerns that the expansion of the Grand Mosque will destroy it once more. The site has never been excavated by archaeologists.[1]
Ottoman and Abbasi columns of the Masjid al-Haram
Slated for demolition as part of the Grand Mosque expansion, these intricately carved columns date back to the 17th century and are the oldest surviving sections of Islam's holiest site. Much to the chagrin of Wahabis, they are inscribed with the names of the Prophet's companions. Ottomon Mecca is now rapidly disappearing.[1]
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi
For many years, hardline Wahabi clerics have had their sites set on the 15th century green dome that rests above the tomb holding the Prophet, Abu Bakr and Umar in Medina. The mosque is regarded as the second holiest site in Islam. Wahabis, however, believe marked graves are idolatrous. A pamphlet published in 2007 by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, endorsed by Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, stated that "the green dome shall be demolished and the three graves flattened in the Prophet's Masjid".[1]
Jabal al-Nour
A mountain outside Mecca where Mohammed received his first Koranic revelations. The Prophet used to spend long spells in a cave called Hira. The cave is particularly popular among South Asian pilgrims who have carved steps up to its entrance and adorned the walls with graffiti. Religious hardliners are keen to dissuade pilgrims from congregating there and have mooted the idea of removing the steps and even destroying the mountain altogether.[1]