This presentation is about the history of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as "THE ULTIMATE ROLE MODEL" to the entire mankind
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First, Muhammad played a far more important
role in the development of Islam than Jesus did
in the development of Christianity.
The influence of Muhammed through the
medium of the Koran has been enormous It is
probable that the relative influence of
Muhammad on Islam has been larger than the
combined influence of Jesus Christ and St. Paul
on Christianity.
Furthermore, Muhammad (unlike Jesus) was a
secular as well as a religious leader. In fact, as
the driving force behind the Arab conquests, he
may well rank as the most influential political
leader of all time
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The idea of Muhammad as a military man will be new to many
Yet he was a truly great general. In the space of a single
decade he fought eight major battles, led eighteen raids,
and planned another thirty-eight military operations
where others were in command but operating under his
orders and strategic direction.
More than a great field general and tactician, he was
also a military theorist, organizational reformer,
strategic thinker, operational-level combat commander,
political-military leader, heroic soldier, and
revolutionary.
The inventor of insurgency warfare and history’s first
successful practitioner, Muhammad had no military
training before he commanded an army in the field