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[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.
bashar al-assad— As quoted in "The disappearance of the Jews", The Economist (May 10, 2001)
Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles. Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents.
aurangzeb— Congratulating the Sayyid Brothers, as quoted in Later Mughals : Volume II : 1719-1739 (1922) by Irvine William Irvine
There is no god but God and Muhammad (aws) is God’s prophet and messenger; the purpose of life is to establish a loving relationship with The One through a hermeneutic engagement with God’s signs (ayat) in revelation , creation , and in the human mind and heart ; such a purpose requires a wholehearted commitment to learning in all its forms…
yakoub islam— The Muslim Anarchist Charter (20 June 2005)
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure , intrigue, betrayal .
— Deepak Chopra, in Nicole Neroulias 10 Minutes with... Deepak Chopra, Beliefnet
Forget the South Park dust up; forget Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. If you want to see truly shocking anti-religious cartoons, you have to go back to the sixteenth century. Near the end of Luther’s life, his propaganda campaign against Rome grew increasingly vitriolic and his language grotesquely pungent.
— Austin Dacey, Austin (May 12, 2010). "Satire is Religion – The debate over cartoons and prophets is not just about free of speech; it’s about freedom of religion.". Religion Dispatches (www.religiondispatches.org).
The debate over cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad is often framed as a clash between free speech and religious attitudes. But it is just as much a clash between conflicting religious attitudes, and the freedom at stake is not only freedom of expression but freedom of religion. For while Luther was surely engaging in offensive speech, he was also exercising a right of freedom of conscience, which included the right to dissent from Catholic orthodoxy.
— Austin Dacey, Austin (May 12, 2010). "Satire is Religion – The debate over cartoons and prophets is not just about free of speech; it’s about freedom of religion.". Religion Dispatches (www.religiondispatches.org).
Whether this succeeds or not, and I have no personal interest in drawing Muhammad, I support the concept. We must join together to stop injustice.
— Herb Silverman, founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America (May 3, 2010). "In support of Draw Muhammad Day". The Washington Post blog (The Washington Post Company).
Safiyya, the aunt of the Prophet Muhammad , used a pole to kill a Jew in the battle of the Trench.
— Palestinian MP from Hamas Dr. Yunis Al-Astal on the Participation of Women in Jihad Since the Advent of Islam and Until the Female Suicide Bombers of Modern Times June 2007
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
— Hadith, Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.
— Alexis de Tocqueville, letter to Arthur de Gobineau, October 22, 1843.
Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
— Narrated by Ibn Umar, in Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24
Christians claimed the Antichrist was Muhammad, founder of Islam, because they consider him a false prophet who placed himself above Jesus, and whose religion conquered Jerusalem and forcibly converted Christians, Jews, and others.
— Theopedia an Encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity, article on the Antichrist
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.
— William Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca (1953), p. 52
I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad . I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Al? ibn Ab? T?lib.
— Majlisi, Bih?rul Anw?r, vol.44, p.329
Our enemy is the enemy of my grandfather, Muhammad .
— al-Shahid al-Tustari, Ihqaqul-Haq, vol.11, p.592
The companions of (the Prophet) Muhammad who took part in Badr, told me that their number was that of Saul's (i.e. Talut's) companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him and they were over three-hundred-and-ten men. By Allah, none crossed the river with him but a believer. (See Qur'an 2:249)
— Narrated by Al-Bara
— Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59, Number 293.
And no soul can die but with Allah's permission -- the term is fixed. And whoever desires the reward of this world, We give him of it, and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We give him of it. And We shall reward the grateful. 144 Maulana Muhammad Ali translation
— 145-147 Maulana Muhammad Ali translation
Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts? Marmaduke Pickthall
— Original: ?
— The Qur'an (?), Sura 67:3
The Koran uses the word "life" negatively, meaning "any life"...as the Prophet Muhammad has taught us, yearn for death and you will be given life.
— Sheikh Muhammad Al-Bajirmi of the Palestine Religious Scholars Association About a Muslim's Death Wish (March 2004)
The root of Islamic terrorism is the fundamentalist application of the Quran and the life of Muhammad.
— Mark A. Gabriel, "Journey Into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist", page. 169.
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
— Hadith, Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
And when Isa son of Marium [Jesus son of Mary] said: O children of Israel! surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad [Muhammad], but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.
— Original: ?
— The Qur'an (?), Sura 61:6 (The Ranks, ?).
I am the last Avatar in this present cycle of twenty-four, and therefore the greatest and most powerful. I have the attributes of five. I am as pure as Zoroaster , as truthful as Ram, as mischievous as Krishna, as gentle as Jesus , and as fiery as Muhammad .
meher baba— Statement to his women mandali, December 1942, as quoted in Gift of God (1996) by Arnavaz Dadachanji, p. 72
I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad . So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.
alexis de tocqueville— Letter to Arthur de Gobineau, 22 October 1843, Tocqueville Reader, p. 229
Theo van Gogh was murdered for making a movie critical of Islam. 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are threatened with the same fate. They deserve our solidarity, and I will stand with them by hosting images of Muhammad on my own website. Please stand with us.
— Jason Greaves (May 13, 2010). "Stand up for free speech May 20". The Washington Times (The Washington Times, LLC).
These two camps – the Muhammad-knockers and the Muslim offence-takers – are locked in a deadly embrace. Islamic extremists need Western depictions of Muhammad as evidence that there is a new crusade against Islam, while the Muhammad-knockers need the flag-burning, street-stomping antics of the extremists as evidence that their defence of the Enlightenment is a risky, important business.
— Brendan O'Neill (May 19, 2010). "Mocking Muhammad: a shallow Enlightenment". Spiked magazine (www.spiked-online.com).
O ye men, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad , let him know that Muhammad is dead, and whoever amongst you worshipped Allah , let him know that Allah is Living, there is no death for Him.
— Abu Bakr's speech after Muhammad's death; Bukhari, Volume 2, Chapter Manaqibe Abu Bakr; zitiert in: Dawat-ul-Amir, English translation: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, First Edition, pg. 17-21, by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Muhammad had nine wives, the last was a 9-years-old child. Muhammad was a polygamist and a pedophile.
— Daniela Santanchè [5] (Shi'ite Hadith)
The above observation makes the hypothesis advanced by those who see Muhammad as the author of the Qur'an untenable. How could a man, from being illiterate, become the most important author, in terms of literary merits, in the whole of Arabic literature? How could he then pronounce truths of a scientific nature that no other human being could possibly have developed at that time, and all this without once making the slightest error in his pronouncement on the subject?"
— Maurice Bucaille, THE BIBLE, THE QUR'AN AND SCIENCE, 1978, p. 125.
