muslims are anyway the first of the offshoots of christianity, i didn't count exactly but jesus and mary and the immaculate conception are mentioned at least 3 or 4 times

i don't know the exact details of the history but i strongly suspect that the "polytheism" that mohammed (and Gabriel) decry going on in medina were actually orthodox, as at the time i believe the catholic church was splitting and the eastern orthodox was forming and they, and the catholics both engage in idolatry

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I believe Nestorian Christianity was popular in Arabia at that time, but I confess I know little of it.

Traditional Arabian polytheism was also very popular, with a bewildering array of local "gods" and spirits.