Muhammad: A Biography

[David19]

I thought some people might be interested in this documentary called 'Biography: Muhammad The Prophet', it was on the history channel, and so far, IMO, it's really good:

Muhammad The Prophet Biogaphy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLHUiELhKk)

It's good to see what the life of Muhammad was life and his character, especially considering recent times.

The scenes they also had of ancient Arabia and Mecca are good too, it really makes the ancient world come alive, and Arabia definantly looks a very beautiful place.

Anyway, hope you like it, and any thoughts on it?.

[Laisrean]

Even though it is unpolitically correct to feel this way, I despise the man. He murdered thousands of people and force-wed a 9 year old girl. That makes him both a mass murderer and a pedophile. Perhaps even worse is that countless other cultures and religions in the middle-east were exterminated because of him.

However, I will say that in those days that behavior was more tolerated than it is now.

[Philosophia]

I thought some people might be interested in this documentary called 'Biography: Muhammad The Prophet', it was on the history channel, and so far, IMO, it's really good:

Muhammad The Prophet Biogaphy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLHUiELhKk)

It's good to see what the life of Muhammad was life and his character, especially considering recent times.

The scenes they also had of ancient Arabia and Mecca are good too, it really makes the ancient world come alive, and Arabia definantly looks a very beautiful place.

Anyway, hope you like it, and any thoughts on it?.

Cool, thanks for showing us this.


Even though it is unpolitically correct to feel this way, I despise the man. He murdered thousands of people and force-wed a 9 year old girl. That makes him both a mass murderer and a pedophile. Perhaps even worse is that countless other cultures and religions in the middle-east were exterminated because of him.

However, I will say that in those days that behavior was more tolerated than it is now.

I agree, though it does sound like every other leader in history. That behavior was the norm back then.

[Laisrean]

I agree, though it does sound like every other leader in history. That behavior was the norm back then.

Not really. Only Genghis Khan and a handful of others were comparable in their atrocities during this period.

Remember, we're talking about genocide here. Babylonians, Egyptians, Philistines, etc. were all wiped out. Zoroastrianism was almost completely wiped out, and Christianity (which was founded in that region and initially strong there) was also nearly completely wiped out, and the minority which remained Christian, Jewish, or Zoroastrian were persecuted and forced to pay special taxes and had other laws against them which Muhammad himself advocated.

[David19]

Not really. Only Genghis Khan and a handful of others were comparable in their atrocities during this period.

Remember, we're talking about genocide here. Babylonians, Egyptians, Philistines, etc. were all wiped out. Zoroastrianism was almost completely wiped out, and Christianity (which was founded in that region and initially strong there) was also nearly completely wiped out, and the minority which remained Christian, Jewish, or Zoroastrian were persecuted and forced to pay special taxes and had other laws against them which Muhammad himself advocated.

Actually, Muhammad said that the Christians and the Jews were to be protected, as they worshipped the same God as Muslims.

And, I wouldn't say the Egyptians, Babylonians, Philistines, etc were wiped out, they just became Muslim (the ancient Egyptians would look the same as modern Egyptians, just a different language and culture).

And like Philosophia said, it was common in that time for pediphilia and murder, e.g. in ancient Greece and Rome, it was seen as something positive when a young boy was "abducted" by an older man (like in his 40s, I think?), also, let's not forget that in the Torah, it gives an account of the Jews massacring the Canaanites and other groups, etc (let's leave aside that the Conquest of Canaan is mainly mythic, and not historical).

Personally, I think Muhammad had a mixture of good and bad in him, like every human. He, most likely, did commit some horrible acts, but he also committed some great ones too and inspired many great things to follow (for example, 'cause of Muslim scholars, we have our knowledge of maths, chemistry, and various forms of philosophy from the ancient world was preserved, etc).

[David19]

Cool, thanks for showing us this.

Thanks, glad you liked it :).