The Messanger

Ramadan provides both an intimate portrait of a man who was shy, kind, but determined as well as a dramatic chronicle of a leader who launched a great religion and inspired a vast empire. Underscoring the historical importance and meaning of Muhammad, The Messanger addresses the significance of the Prophet for some of today`s most controversial issues, such as the treatment of the poor, the role of women, Islamic criminal punishments, war, racism, and relations with other religions. Selecting those facts and stories from which we dan draw a profound and vivid spiritual picture, the author asks how can the Prophet`s life remain or become again an example a model, and an inspiration? And how can Muslims move from for malism a fixation on ritual toward a committed spiritual and social presence?