Christian apocalyptic numerology tied Islam’s founding date to the mark of the Beast
Evidence
The sect of Muhammed began in 666, and the beast of the Apocalypse bore the same number. The rise of the Ottoman empire in 1300 coincided almost exactly with the time appointed for Satan’s release and the renewed period of oppression and persecution forecast by Revelation. And it also coincided with the completed corruption of the Church under Boniface VIII. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 279
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- QUESTION: Where did the ‘Islam began in 666’ claim originate, and how was it computed or fabricated? Worth tracing to a specific medieval chronicler.
- XREF: Connects to Arjana’s core thesis of manufactured fear without an object — the number 666 linkage is pure projection onto a coherent symbolic system.