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Date: 2002-05-28 01:07:07 PST
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``We (God) have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to the whole of
humankind,
as a giver of glad tidings and as a warner, but most of humankind
still
do not know.''
[translation of the meaning of the Qur'anic verse 34:28]
The Prophet of Islam
Do you know who really is Muhammad? What was his message? Do you
think this matter is not worth investigating? Maybe it is time to know
something about this great man who is still influencing more than 20%
(about 1000 million persons) of the current earth's population.
If I were to tell you what Muslims have said or written about him,
you might consider it as exaggeration or idolization by some of his
followers. Why? Because we, as humans, often do that. It is quite
natural
for anyone to love, praise, or hero-worship one's leader, be it an
actor,
a saint, or a prophet.
<COMMENT---->
COMMENT: "At the time of Muhammad's death (632) there were no less
than 600,000 stories of the Muhammad. "Al-Bukhari, the most famous of
the researchers, a little more than two hundred years after Muhammad,
had gone throughout some 593,000 of them. We can only imagine what was
in them. The surviving 7,275 anecdotes were gathered in a book which
he called "The Correct Book" [Hadith] (Fergosi 64). Although, the
system to ascertain the authenticity of what is called the traditions
was highly disputed even unto today. "One gentleman called Ibn Abi
al-Awja, who was put to death in Iraq in 772, confessed before his
execution that he had made up no fewer than four thousands traditions"
of Muhammad for print (Fergosi 64). "
(c) 2004 Michael Johnathan McDonald
http://michaelreport.com/history/east/arabs/islamiclaw.html
</COMMENT>
Therefore, in this article I'm going to quote only non-Muslims who
devoted some time to study and learn about Muhammad.
Lamartine said with reference to Muhammad, `As regards to all
standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask,
is
there any man greater than he?' [Historie de la Turquie, Paris 1854]
George Bernard Shaw said about him, `I have studied him -- the
wonderful man -- and in my opinion, far from being anti-Christ, he
must be
called the saviour of humanity.' [The Genuine Islam]
More recently, Michael Hart, a Christian American, historian,
mathematician, and astronomer published an incisive biography of the
100
most influential people of all time. His extensive research included
illustrious personalities such as Jesus Christ, Moses, Caesar, the
Wright
brothers, Napoleon, Shakespeare, Columbus, and Michaelangelo. In his
book,
M. Hart rated Muhammad as number ONE. He concluded his biography about
Muhammad with these words, `It is this unparalleled combination of
secular
and religious influence which I feel entitles Muhammad to be
considered the
most influential single figure in human history'.
What about those who wrote attacking Muhammad? What did they
accuse him of? Some of them said He was a liar while others claimed he
was
a crazy person (he thought he was really a Prophet). What is the truth
about these allegations?
Let me tell you a well known event that happened and is reported
in Muhammad's history that negates the possibility of him being either
a
liar or a crazy man. When Muhammad's only son died, an eclipse
happened to
the sun in the same day. Muhammad's followers hurried to him saying
that
they witnessed this miracle that implied there was a sadness in the
heavens for his son's death. Now, if he was a liar, he would have
taken
advantage of this event to prove his Prophethood. If he was crazy, he
would
even believe this himself. But what did he do? He became angry with
his
followers and said that the sun and the moon are signs of God and they
do not
bother themselves with the death of Muhammad's son.
<COMMENT---->
"Law in the Islamic world has not progressed toward a separation of
church and state. Therefore, religious leaders have a large sway in
the politics of the Arab-Islamic world." ...
"Jesus preached some separation of Church and State. He fully
understood that the two could not cohabitate in civic society. He
stressed prayer in private, and respecting tax collectors of the
state. In other words "Give what is do unto Caesar [the state] and
give what is do unto god," (Bible) "
http://michaelreport.com/history/east/arabs/islamiclaw.html
(c)2004 Michael Johnathan McDonald
http://michaelreport.com/history/east/arabs/islamiclaw.html
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Bookoflife.org & Bookoflife.net
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In article <dd3256f0.0406211736.249ac9d5@posting.google.com>,
abookoflife@yahoo.com (Michael Johnathan McDonald) wrote:
Repost:
From: ahsanul (ahsan_yr@yahoo.com)
Subject: The Prophet
View: Complete Thread (32 articles)
Original Format
Newsgroups: alt.religion.islam
Date: 2002-05-28 01:07:07 PST
I am copy paste this from soc.religion.islam
ahsan
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``We (God) have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to the whole of
humankind,
as a giver of glad tidings and as a warner, but most of humankind
still
do not know.''
[translation of the meaning of the Qur'anic verse 34:28]
The Prophet of Islam
Do you know who really is Muhammad? What was his message?
• Kill members of competing religions. It's OKwith Allah to copulate
8-year, 10-month old girls.
Do you
think this matter is not worth investigating? Maybe it is time to know
something about this great man who is still influencing more than 20%
(about 1000 million persons) of the current earth's population.
If I were to tell you what Muslims have said or written about him,
you might consider it as exaggeration or idolization by some of his
followers. Why? Because we, as humans, often do that. It is quite
natural for anyone to love, praise, or hero-worship one's leader, be it
an actor,
a saint, or a prophet.
• Good point, Mike. When he was younger, one of the currently highest
paid actors in Hollywood was arrested for exposing his male equipment to
passing cars on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu during a movie shoot.
However, to his doting fans, the public-pubic display never happened.
Similarly, Pope John Paul II's account of his WW-II years in occupied
Poland is at odds with German records of WW-II, yet True Believer Roman
Catholics are rapturously oblivious.
- cheerz
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€ R.L. Measures, 805-386-3734, www.somis.org. + in adr = spam trap
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