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Historian have studied great personalities such as Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and many more, but there is one leader still largely unknown to the West, that literally changed the course of history: The Prophet Muhammad the best role model and most remarkable man. Starting Wednesday March 3rd, Muslims all around the world will celebrate his birthday for full one week. The whole weeks celebrations are known as Milad-un-Nabi in Arabic. Muslims of Lehigh Valley invite all the readers to explore the life of a personality who is loved by 2.5 billion people. This is one leader still largely unknown to the West; however, the Muhammad??s remarkable life has been carefully preserved and has been subjected to the scrutiny by many historians.But, why does the average American know so little about a man who was world??s most influential and successful personality in the history? The reason being prejudice, irrational fears dating back to the Crusades, Islam phobia, negative propaganda exaggerated by the media, which has created metal block against Islam.Prophet Muhammad is regard as the great noble man who ever trod upon the earth, a successor of Adam, Moses, Noah, Abraham and Christ. He was the last of the Prophets. If one wants to know how Muslims see him, one ought to take a good look at his life and teachings. It would be as wrong to judge him by the doings of Al Qaida, Taliban or the rulers of the Arab Nations. Who was Muhammad? Born in Mecca, Arabia in the year 570 CE he was a descendant of the Prophet Abraham. Orphaned at six, brought up by his grandfather and uncle. He received first revelation at 40, through the Angle Gabriel and continued to received revelation for 23 years on the topics ranging from Oneness of God, life after death, stories of earlier prophets, morality and social justice. All these revelations became collectively known as the Quran. Prophet Muhammad created a model government based on justice and human rights. He devised the world's first constitution in which the rights of religious minorities and the rights of women were protected. He established laws protecting trees, animals and the environment. He encouraged free trade, but protected the rights of individual to forbid usury. He condemns racism saying there is no superiority of an Arab over non-Arab womens jordans heels , or a white man over a black man, except in righteousness'. He condemned domestic violence and granted women many rights not dreamed of in Europe until centuries later, including right to education, right to own property, reject arranged marriages and seek divorce. In the short time of less than one generation the Prophet Muhammad successfully transformed the vast majority of people from idolatry to strict monotheism, from tribalism to brotherhood, from drunkenness to soberness cheap high nike heels for sale , from wickedness to piety, from lawlessness to discipline. Human history has never seen such a transformation of the faith and the cultural of the people of Arabia. And within 100 years, with no high tech communication technology Prophet Muhammad had touched the hearts and minds of millions in Africa, Asia and parts of Europe all the way up to Soviet Union. Prophet Muhammad was a religious teacher, a moral guide nike woman heels , a social reformer, a loving father, and a devoted husband. Thomas Carlyle writes How can one man single-handedly could weld tribes and wondering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades. While Michael Hart says My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise somany readers and be questioned by others, but he was the only man in the history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.On this auspicious occasion of the birthday of the prophet Muhammad one should read the biography of a remarkable person who has influence the life of billions of people over the last fourteen hundred years.