Who's afraid of history?

Islam. In a sort of solipsism Islam denies that there was any meaningful history before it. That may have something to do with the problems it creates as it spreads into the West. While many Westerners are not very knowledgeable about even their own history they are not likely to pretend that nothing much happened before the 7th century AD. [note to self: there's an Islamic term for the period before Mo and his "prophecy", must look it up and provide some additional info]