The first to criticize the
Islam
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ic prophet
Muhammad
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were his
non-Muslim Arab contemporaries, who decried him for preaching
monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that one God is the only, or at least the dominant deity.F. L. Cross, Cross, F.L.; Livingstone, E.A., eds. (1974). "Monotheism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. A ...
, and the
Jewish tribes of Arabia
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, for what they claimed were unwarranted appropriation of
Biblical narratives and
figures
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* Noise figure, in telecommunication
* Dance figure, an elementary dance patte ...
and