Islam as Identity and Intruder:

A Comparative Analysis of Arab and Iranian Cultural Relationships with Islam

Islam did not simply arrive in Arabia; it was born from its soil. Emerging in the 7th century CE in Mecca, Islam was deeply embedded in the tribal, linguistic, and cultural fabric of the Arabian Peninsula. The Prophet Muhammad, a member of the Quraysh tribe, preached in Arabic, a language that the Qur’an itself describes as divine (Qur’an 12:2; 43:3). T…