The first biography of muhammad book review
Best biography of prophet muhammad.
By: Mohammad Jashim Uddin
Most Westerners judge the Prophet Muhammad through the prism of Islamic extremism.
Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources pdf
After all, someone who inspires such rabid fundamentalism must have himself been a wild-eyed zealot. But the truth is, at least as told by Lesley Hazleton in her book The First Muslim, that Muhammad&#;s story is that of a most reasonable, marginalized man beset by extraordinary circumstances.
This humble young merchant picked himself up by his bootstraps and changed the course of human history. Considered alongside America&#;s war against unionized labor (e.g., carpenters) and Jesus’ calm submission to Roman governmental authority, Muhammad’s story should — on its surface merits, anyway — appeal at least as much as Christianity to a U.S.
culture that values small, independent businessmen, and fighting tooth and nail against government oppression. That third pillar of monotheism will soon be the Earth’s largest faith? Muhammad built that.
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