He was University Lecturer in Byzantine studies at the University of Oxford. He is an emeritus fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His approach to Byzantium follows that of Edward Gibbon and concentrates on comparisons between the Byzantine state and its Western counterparts. Howard-Johnston has also done research on Late Antiquity, especially the Roman-Persian Wars and the early history of Islam.
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How Quraysh Arabs influenced Muhammad to accept Hajj Pilgrimage | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Rome-Persia War (602-628 AD) set the context for Early Islam to emerge in Arabia | James Howard-Johnston | MythVision
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Importance of reading The Quran in chronological order (revelation order) | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Significance of Qibla (prayer direction) changing from Jerusalem to Mecca | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Hudaybiya - Quraysh tribe demanded 'Ar-Rahman' be removed; Mecca become central location for Islam | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Why did the post-Islam Hajj pilgrimage continue many polytheist, pre-Islam Hajj rituals? | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Muhammad was first person to claim Abrahamic origin of Kabah | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Hajj was a Local Event which became an inclusive Global Event | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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Pre-Islam Mecca must have been an 'important, significant' trading centre | James Howard-Johnston | Skepsislamica
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