Muhammad

Description

This biography attempts to strip away centuries of distortion and myth and present a balanced view of the man whose religion continues to dramatically affect the course of history.

First Sentence

It has been difficult for Western people to understand the violent Muslim reaction to Salman Rushdie's fictional portrait of Muhammad in The Satanic Verses.

Description

Born on the fringes of an unsettled and violent society, Muhammad emerged as one of history's most influential figures. In the course of twenty-three years he gave birth to a literary masterpiece, created a major religion and founded a new world power. Muhammad's revelations were of such imaginative force that a hundred years after his death Islam had spread across three continents, attracting enthusiastic converts from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas. Muslims continue to be powerfully motivated by their religion and their prophet. Partly for this reason they have been viewed for 1400 years, until the beginning of the Cold War and since its end, as a profound threat to Western civilization.

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Other Editions

• Muhammad: A Western Attempt to Understand IslamPaperbackOrion1991-01-01
• MuhammadHardcoverHarperSanFrancisco1992-01-01
• MuhammadHarperCollins1992-04-01
• MuhammadHarperOne1993-09-10
• MuhammadPaperbackHarperOne1993-09-10
• MuhanmodeJiu jing chu ban she2001-01-01