1) Multiple historical figures, including George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Carlyle, praised Muhammad as a great man and leader who unified tribes and founded powerful civilizations through moral teachings rather than military force.
2) Muhammad is described as accomplishing more than other influential figures in history by founding a religion, state, nation and moral code that transformed societies and human thought in just 23 years.
3) Multiple analysts and historians express admiration for Muhammad's moral character, teachings of monotheism, and establishment of early principles of democracy, human rights and religious tolerance.