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great people's (non-Muslim ) remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam-1
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sadly, a backlash against Islam is on the rise in the West and around the Globe as well; hate propaganda/campaigns and hate crimes targeting the Muslim population furiously increased day by day. Stigmatizing character of Prophet Muhammad, without knowing him properly, becomes a cruel strategy.
i searched a lot and collect the memes, they use to spread out:, they use to say:

the Prophet Muhammad(pbu) was suffering from..
OCD(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder),
Bi-Polar Disorder/Mood Disorder,
Numerophobia,
Hallucinoses and even Hallucinations,
Huntington's disease,
and he was Psychopathic,
Schizophrenic,
Paranoid,
having Suicidal Tendencies,
Delusional,
Thoroughly Narcissistic,
Demon-Possessed,
misogynist tendencies,
Pedophile,
Necrophiliac,
A captor causing effects of Stockholm syndrome on the victims, Temporal lobe Epilepsy/Limbic-temporal lobe Seizures
and Hyper activation,
Hypocrite, Liar,
Megalomaniac,
also suffering from many other diseases
and shortfalls such as,
he was a Syphilitic (because of his hyper-active sexuality), showing many of the overt signs
and manifestations of later stage Syphilis, Acromegaly/Gigantism (due to over secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland),
a Dwarf and Fat,
giving off a peculiar strong bodily smell,
Rank Smelling,
also he was a Plagiarist,
Rapist,
not a Warrior, but Terrorist,
not a Prophet but Poet,
a Savage leader of a Gang of Robbers,... what else??
will you believe?

--- so how with all those above mentioned difficulties and stigmas, still He is the Man, about whom the great mind and many sincere academicians and scholars said or even admired:

Gustave Le Bon,
'Muhammad is the greatest man that history ever knew.'

Will Durant admitted,
'If we judge greatness by influence, he (Mohammed) was one of the giants of history. He undertook to raise the spiritual and moral level of a people harassed into barbarism by heat and foodless wastes and he succeeded more completely than any other reformer; seldom has any man so fully realized his dream. He accomplished his purpose through religion not only because he himself was religious, but because no other medium could have moved the Arabs of his time.' -Will Durant, Story of Civilization, vol. 4, 231.

Alphonse de Lamartine admitted,
Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire: that is MUHAMMAD. As regards all the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask is there any man greater than he? -History of Turkey,1854,vol-22, page-276-77

Mahatma Gandhi admired,
'I wanted to know the best of the life of one (Muhammad) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.'-Young India (23 September 1924) Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol.29, "My Jail experiences", p.133

Swami Vivekananda, despite some of his strong criticism, praised Prophet Muhammad, 'And then comes Mohammed, the Messenger of equality. You ask, What good can there be in his religion? If there were no good, how could it live? The good alone lives, that alone survives; because the good alone is strong, therefore it survives. How long is the life of an impure man, even in this life? Is not the life of the pure man much longer? Without doubt, for purity is strength, goodness is strength. How could Mohammedanism have lived, had there been nothing good in its teaching? There is much good. Mohammed was the Prophet of equality, of the brotherhood of man, the brotherhood of all Mussulmans.

So we see that each Prophet, each Messenger, has a particular message. When you first listen to that message, and then look at his life, you see his whole life stands explained, radiant. Now, ignorant fools start twenty thousand theories, and put forward, according to their own mental development, explanations to suit their own ideas, and ascribe them to these great Teachers. They take their teachings and put their misconstruction upon them. With every great Prophet his life is the only commentary. Look at his life: what he did will bear out the texts. Read the Gita, and you will find that it is exactly borne out by the life of the Teacher. Mohammed by his life showed that amongst Mohammedans there should be perfect equality and brotherhood. There was no question of race, caste, creed, colour, or sex. The Sultan of Turkey may buy a Negro from the mart of Africa, and bring him in chains to Turkey; but should he become a Mohammedan and have sufficient merit and abilities, he might even marry the daughter of the Sultan. Compare this with the way in which the Negroes and the American Indians are treated in this country! And what do Hindus do? If one of your missionaries chance to touch the food of an orthodox person, he would throw it away. Notwithstanding our grand philosophy, you note our weakness in practice; but there You see the greatness of the Mohammedan beyond other races, showing itself in equality, perfect equality regardless of race or colour.' ( Lectures Vol. 4 By Swami Vivekananda, p-46,47 )

Michael H. Hart,
'My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.' -The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

William Montgomery Watt,
'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.'-Muhammad at Mecca

Sarojini Naidu admired,
'..Though I stand side by side with you as a Kaffir, I am a comrade in all your dreams. I stand beside you in your dreams and aspirations, because the ideals of Islam are so essentially and supremely the progressive human ideals that no human soul that loves progress can refuse allegiance to those ideals. One has to look back to see how the vision of tomorrow may be linked with the vision of the past; and therefore if, in speaking of the ideals of Islam, I take you through a long journey into the past, it is only that you may realise, what only the other day it was my privilege to say to the young generation: that it is only in her ideals that we find seeds of immortality, and that if there be today vitality in the Muslim people, it is because the seed was sown into the Desert, and the Desert blossomed with roses….
..Brotherhood is the fundamental doctrine that Islam taught: --Brotherhood of civic life, of intellectual life, of spiritual life in the sense of leaving other religions and creeds free to offer their worship. This is what we call modern toleration, the larger outlook, this is what we call civilisation; this is what we call the real understanding of human characteristics, the real understanding of those sources that bind human hearts to one another…
..sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read the Koran, I find those dynamic principles of life: not mystic, but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life, suited to the whole world. We are fond of saying that we belong to a rational age, that we belong to a practical age. If you belong to a practical and rational age, what more shall you find than those codes of ethics laid down so clearly for your daily conduct? How far-seeing was the wisdom that laid down as religious law those great principles that tended to conserve the Brotherhood that the religion taught!... -Ideals of Islam.A talk given to the Young Men's Muslim Association, Madras, 1917

Prof. Ramakrishna Rao, Indian Professor of Philosophy,
'The personality of Mohammad! It is most difficult to get into the truth of it. Only a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of picturesque scenes. There is Mohammad the Prophet, there is Mohammad the General; Mohammad the King; Mohammad the Warrior; Mohammad the Businessman; Mohammad the Preacher; Mohammad the Philosopher; Mohammad the Statesman; Mohammad the Orator; Mohammad the reformer; Mohammad the Refuge of orphans; Mohammad the Protector of slaves; Mohammad the Emancipator of women; Mohammad the Law-giver; Mohammad the Judge; Mohammad the Saint.

'By the laws of war he could have justly avenged all the cruelties inflicted on him and his people. But what treatment did he accord to them? Mohammad's heart flowed with affection and he declared, "This day, there is no REPROOF against you and you are all free." "This day" he proclaimed, "I trample under my feet all distinctions between man and man, all hatred between man and man.

'This was one of the chief objects why he permitted war in self defense, that is to unite human beings. And when once this object was achieved, even his worst enemies were pardoned. Even those who killed his beloved uncle, Hamazah, mangled his body, ripped it open, even chewed a piece of his liver.
'Even a hostile critic like Sir William Muir speaking about the holy Quran says that. "There is probably in the world no other book which has remained twelve centuries with so pure text.
'And more wonderful still is what the reverend Bosworth Smith remarks, "Head of the state as well as the Church, he was Caesar and Pope in one; but, he was pope without the pope's claims, and Caesar without the legions of Caesar, without an standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by a right divine It was Mohammad, for he had all the power without instruments and without its support. He cared not for dressing of power. The simplicity of his private life was in keeping with his public life.

'Even those who did not believe in his message were forced to say "O Mohammad, we do not call you a liar, but we deny him who has given you a book and inspired you with a message.
'The western nations are only trying to become the master of the Universe. But their souls have not found peace and rest. ''
(‘Mohammed The Prophet 'Islam and Modern age'.by Prof. Ramakrishna Rao, Indian Professor of Philosophy.)

Jean-Louis Michon, the French orientalist, said,
'Islam which ordered Jihad or Holy war, had much tolerance towards the followers of other religions. As per the teachings of Muhammad, Omar Bin Al-Khattab (The 2nd Caliph in Islam) did not inflict any harm on the Christian community when he conquered Jerusalem.'
James Gavin, USA Army Man, a Retired Lieutenant General,
'Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad,Jesus Christ,May be Lenin,Possibly Mao…'

Dr. Gary Miller, ‘Some years ago, the story came to us in Toronto about a man who was in the merchant marine and made his living on the sea. A Muslim gave him a translation of the Quran to read. The merchant marine knew nothing about the history of Islam but was interested in reading the Quran. When he finished reading it, he brought it back to the Muslim and asked, “This Muhammad, was he a sailor?” He was impressed at how accurately the Quran describes a storm on a sea. When he was told, “No as a matter of fact, Muhammad lived in the desert,” that was enough for him. He embraced Islam on the spot.’-The Amazing Quran

..and remember Jalaluddin Rumi, 'Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.' -The Rumi Collection, Muhammad and the sick companion.
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there are more i can add to but i think this is enough, the great minds see Prophet Muhammad through their deeper sense of intellectual capability and by their utter honesty , pls find out why they said thus. they are not people like cocktails.

'..For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.'-22:46