Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

Western relations with the Muslim world are increasingly important to international stability, but, although more can be discovered about Muhammad than about any other founder of a world religion, much of what is known about him originates from prejudiced medieval accounts written at the time of the Crusades. Just as she used events in St Paul’s life to examine Christian dilemmas in “The First Christian”, here Karen Armstrong draws on events in Muhammad’s life to discuss Western