non-muslims verdict on prophet Muhammad (Jesus, ritual, Moses, virgin)

[gnostic]

Originally Posted by MidnightBlue

Frankly, I'd be very surprised to learn that that's an accurate quotation from Britannica.

It's not in the Britannia. A search for precisely this quote on the whole encyclopedia, and it didn't yield any result.

I did another search on "successful" in the full article of Muhammad, and I all I got was this:

Originally Posted by Encyclopædia Britannica

This they did successfully, and in doing so they violated pagan ideas of sanctity—thereby making the Meccans aware of the seriousness of the threat from Muḥammad.

And a last search on the article "prophet", and still got nothing to resemble this quote.

Can you give us the name of this article you have quoted from, beign6?

[goraya15]

Originally Posted by penguin

You know, you don't have to put all the good quotes... You can put someting against him... If Muhammed ruled the world it would be chaos. He'd go round and destroy ANYTHING non-muslim. Communism would be all over... Secularism wouyld be a thing of the past. The man was not good.

First of all, i find it offensive that you would say something like that since you obviously have no idea of how the Holy Prophet (pbuh) treated humanity in general and non-muslims in particular. I don't see you pointing out the many instances in which he tolerated people of the opposite faith. For example, he was allied at several times with several Jewish tribes, and there were also Jews living in Medina while he used to live there. If he ruled, i think that world would be a much better place. As a ruler, he cared not for himself, but rather viewed the world as a temporary abode. The night he conquered Mecca (and subsequently forgave all those who had abused him for years on end), he ate only a few broken pieces of bread soaked in water. Does this sound like a corrupt politician to you? At least if he was ruling, you could be sure that he wouldn't squander the wealth on himself, as we see with many "democratically" elected leaders in the world (think dick cheney awarding contracts to Haliburton uncontested, congressman leaving their positions to take up positions as CEO's of pharmaceutical companies, etc.). As for communism, no proof whatsoever, you seem to be just hating on this great prophet. And for Secularism being destroyed, you also seem to forget that soon after the advent of Prophet Muhammad, Islam was the leader of the world in many sciences, including architecture, medicine, astrology and others. Don't think that the corrupt muslim fundamentalists who are ignorant of the true teachings of Islam and have a political agenda in mind represent the teaching and excellent character of the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the future, please back up all opinions you may have with at least some sort of fact.