Traditional narratives or traditional lies? Let's examine Muhammed and Muhammedanism.

"There is little information about Muhammad in the Qur’an. The word “Muhammad” appears 4 times in the Qur’an. In three of the cases it could merely refer to a title, “the praised one,” or “chosen one.” Other names like Abraham appear 79 times, Moses 136 times, Pharaoh 74 times. The title “messenger of Allah” appears 300 times. Surah 33:40 is certainly a reference to a person, but it tells nothing about the life of Muhammad. Surah 48:29 also names Muhammad as a messenger of Allah" - Robert Spencer.

If there is little information about Muhammad in the Qur’an, where then did the name "Muhammad" come from? According to the available numismatic evidence, the name "Muhammad" first appeared, around 8th Century CE, in a coin that's minted by Abd al Malik (the 5th Umayyad Caliph). Abd al Malik coined the term "Muhammed(um)" as a phrasal commendation, meaning "praise be." The question is: praise be to who or what? It's "praise be" to Isa Ibn Maryam(Jesus), who, in direct protest to the Byzantium Church of Rome, was considered by the Monophysites/Nestorian Christians (I.e. the Umayyad) to be Abd Allah (I.e. servant of God) and Al Wali Rasul Allah (I.e. exalted messenger of God) and not Ibn Allah (I.e. the son of God) as claimed by the Byzantium Church of Rome.

The three phrases "Muhammed(um)," "Abd Allah," and "Al W(Ali) Allah," were transformed to proper names, around 9th Century CE, by the 7th Abbasid Caliph (Al Mamun) after he had usurped the Umayyad dynasty. Consequently, the phrase "Muhammed(um)," which originally meant "praise be," was redacted to a proper noun "Muhammed," and subsequently historicized as the Arabian prophet. Similarly, the phrase "Abd Allah," which originally meant "servant of Allah," was transformed to a proper noun "Abdullah," and subsequently historicized as Muhammed's biological father. Lastly, the phrase "Al W(Ali) Allah," which originally meant "exalted servant of Allah," was transformed to a proper noun "Ali," and subsequently historicized as Muhammed's son-in-law. 

For simplicity, the three aforementioned phrases can be illustrated with the following formulas:

Muhammed(un) (praise be to Isa Ibn Maryam) =Muhammed (Arabian Prophet/Christ).

Abd Allah (servant of Allah)=Abdullah ("Muhammed's father").

Al W(Ali) Rasul Allah (exalted messenger of Allah)=Ali (Muhammed's "son-in-law").

The Sassanid aristocrats of Iran adopted the last formula, which is the root of Sunni-Shia schism, today. And while some non-Arab Muslims can recite certain prayer words in the Quran, majority of them do not understand Arabic. Hence, their ignorance about the historical origin of Islam.

 

THE ROOT OF SUNNI-SHIA SCHISM

The Sunni-Shia schism emanated from these two formulas.

1. Muhammed(un) (who's the Arabian Christ) = Abd Allah (i.e. servant of Allah), where Abd Allah was later redacted to Abdullah  (I.e. alleged father of Muhammed) by the Abbasid political elites.

2. Muhammed(un) (who's the Arabian Christ) = W(Ali) Al-Amir Allah (i.e. the exalted representative of Allah), where W(Ali) was later redacted to Ali (I.e. the fabricated son-in-law of Muhammed).

As expected, the created object of Muhammedanism, who's Muhammed(un), had no male heir, making patrilineal succession difficult - note: originally, the word "Muhammed" was not a personal name; rather, it's a phrasal commendation, meaning "praise be" (I.e. praise be to Isa Ibn Maryam).

It suffices to say that the Western Arabs (the Ghassanids) adopted the first formula and created succession based on their Caliphate system while the Eastern Arabs (the Lakhmids) and the Sassanid Aristocrats of Iran adopted the later and created succession based on the fabricated family relationship between Ali and Muhammed(un). This explains why the Iranians are mostly Shites and the Saudis are mostly Sunni.

In conclusion: Muhammedanism, now Islam, was formulated by the Umayyad Caliph (Abd Al-Malik). It was later reformulated by the Abbasid Caliph (Al-Ma'mun). And its was finally consolidated by the Ottomans.