KM Abiduzzaman’s Reviews > Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time > Status Update

"The Quran asks insistently: "where are you going with your life?" (Quran-81:26). Human beings are not inherently evil, but they were forgetful... so they needed a constant reminder. "Remind them," God urged Muhammad, "All you can do is be a reminder." (Quran-88: 21)

"Muhammad was not a man of violence. We must approach his life in a balanced way, in order to appreciate his achievements."

"As a paradigmatic personality, Muhammad has important lessons, not only for Muslims but also for Western people. His life was a jihad: as we shall see, this word does not mean 'holy war', it means struggle"

"We have a long history of Islamophobia in western culture that dates back to the time of the Crusades. In the twelfth century, Christian monks in Europe insisted that Islam was a violent religion of the sword and that Muhammad was a charlatan who imposed his religion on a reluctant world by force of arms."