User blog comment:LurkerLordB/Religion in a world without Christianity/@comment-1593341-20120424094112/@comment-1630894-20120430044332

Also, on the subject of the Hanifs, I don't see any evidence, outside of the Quran which attests to this religion having existed more than a few generations before Muhammed. I see no reason to believe that this religion is more than 400 years old and having arisen in a world without heavy Judeo-Christian influence.