The basic creed of the more than a billion Muslims in the world is La ilaha illa Allah . . . Muhammad rasul Allah. This translates to “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah” (Marston 7). Because Muhammad lived recently, compared to the founders of the other major religions, quite a bit is known about his life. Historians cannot figure out the exact date of Muhammad’s birth, but the common consensus puts …showed first 75 words of 1601 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1601 total…many years after his crucifixion. Islam today is as well known and wide spread as Christianity. And with the turmoil in the middle-east I think we should all have at least a basic understanding of Muhammad and his followers. Who knows, if both Muslims and Christians took time to look at the opposite’s view some kind of peace might be reached. Or this could just be the naive hopes of a, relatively, young man.