Mohammad

The founder of the Islamic religion who was born in Mecca around 570/571 BC, and died in Medina on June 8, 632 BC.

The name "Mohammad" is spelled (transliterated into non-Arabic languages) a number of ways depending on the nation.

The spelling is Mohammad (primarily in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Muhammed (Arab World, primarily in North Africa), Mohamed (Arab World), Muhammad (Arab World), Muhammed, Muhamed, Mehmed (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Muhammed, Muhammet, Muhamet or Mehmet (Turkey and Albania).

Mohammad created Allah in his image.

For a concise biography of Mohammed from an objective perspective go here. The essence of Mohamad's theology, and what we are faced with in Islam today is characterized in this quote in Mohammad's words:

"I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them..." (Bukhari 8:387)

This is just one of hundreds of examples cited in Islamic literature. There a number of books that give an objective account of the life of Muhammad.

An excellent one is "The Truth About Muhammed: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion" by Robert Spencer.

Here is one of many reviews of this book on Amazon:

It is interesting how often those who are negative to Spencer's book cite Karen Armstrong's book as a much better source. It may interest you to know that Karen Armstrong's book is sold on all the Islamist websites I recently visited. That should tell you something. Things are very polarized these days and its hard to figure out as an outsider, who is telling the truth. I have read both books as well as all the early Muslim biographies of Muhammad, Ibn Ishak in Hisham's recension, Al Tabari, Al-Waqidi, Ibn Kathir. Armstrong is writing Islamist propaganda and Spencer is telling you the truth, pure and simple. Now you don't have to believe me, just read the Muslim books! Ibn Ishak's Life of Muhammad is available for $22 postage paid from Oxford University Press Pakistan. It is an 800 page medieval tome, not an easy read. But you owe it to yourself to read it. Remember, it is a work of Islamic propaganda circa 750 C.E. It is not history but a santized version of history. What is astonishing is that Karen Armstrong, Dr. Esposito and numerous other "scholars" sanitize this sanitized version of history. In other words they write Islamic propaganda. I have no doubt that when you finish reading the book you will KNOW that Armstrong, Esposito and the entire politically correct crowd in academia have lied to you. And they are paid to do so. Esposito's Georgetown University recently received a $20 million dollar gift from a Saudi financier to further Esposito's organization at the college. There are big bucks to be made if you play the politically correct game. Spencer is risking his life to tell you the truth. He is on hit-lists. Now go buy the MUSLIM book, read it and "witness the greatest cover-up in world history". My apologies to the DaVinci Code for stealing their line.