Excerpt from Islam and Other Religions The character of Muhammad is perfect. His opponents cannot lay a finger on a single flaw in his private life And whatever has been saidagalnst his public career in one or two things, involves really a. Matter of principle. They say he had more than one wife; that he waged war; that he did this, that, and the other; but before we judge him 1n these matters we have to decide as to the validity of the principles under which he worked. If polygamy IS a matter of necessity in certain circumstances and an economic measure sometimes, then why find fault with Muhammad, when all the great men and benefactors of hii'rnanity, espec1ally in the world of religion, have all' of them had more than one wife. As to the use of the sword, the whole world until now has taken the grea test pride in unsheathing the weapon. War has hitherto been an indispensable institution. A Prophet was needed to teach the world the true ethics of war, and who can deny the nobility of Muhammad in this respect He unsheathed his sword only to crush evil and defend truth. With great care I read the accounts of every war waged by him, and they were all in self-defence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.