Essays on Muhammad

The Prophet Muhammad is the most important human in Islamic history, second only to Allah in reverence. To Muslims he was the last prophet, delivering God’s final message, and is therefore often referred to as The Prophet or the Messenger, the capital initial letters differentiating...

While the revelations from God became the basis for the Qur’an, Muhammad’s thoughts and deeds were also considered important enough to document as examples of the way to live a life perfectly. For the next hundred or more years, scholars documented these thoughts and deeds...

One of the key Muslim beliefs is that ‘there is no god except God and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the messenger of God’ This means that there is only one god and Muhammad is the messenger and prophet. Therefore, this statement regarding the role and...

One of the most controversial steps taken by Muhammad bin Tughlaq early in his reign was his so-called transfer of capital to Deogiri which was renamed Daultabad, and the alleged orders of the sultan ordering a mass transfer of the people from Delhi to the...

A new Islamic movement, led by Mullah Mohammad Omar, first appeared in Kandahar in 1994. The Taliban promised the people of Afghanistan order and stability, two things Afghans legend for. As a result, many Afghans joined the Taliban including Hamid Karzai, who wanted to see...