Muhammad The Last Prophet Analysis

Summary The animated film, Muhammad: the Last Prophet portrays the history of Islam with simplicity and potency. It illustrates the beginning of Muhammad’s ministry and his profound effect on the people of Mecca. Paganism and idolism were hugely predominant in Mecca, possibly influenced by neighboring countries like Egypt. As the religious leaders began to indulge in the pilgrimages and worship of the people, Muhammad went to pray in the wilderness. He claimed, according to his revelations in the Quran, to have been visited by the angel Gabriel, who instructed him to read and told him that he was a messenger of God. As Muhammad spoke out against paganism, preaching of the monotheistic Allah, conflict was seemingly ever present for the Muslims that followed him. They suffered persecution, extensive boycotts, were martyred, fled their …show more content…
This film suggests that the Muslims fled from Mecca to Abyssinia because they knew it was ruled by a Christian king with whom they could plead for refuge. The film made it seem like Muslims and Christians had similar morals and lifestyles and even lived peaceably. Why did that end? Did the conversion of Constantine or the Crusades cause the rift in their good relationship? If Christianity and Islam are like “two beams of light; separate yet coming from the same source,” as the film describes, then why is there still so much prejudice and loathing between radical Islam and Christianity? If Islam preaches charity and a message from the same source as the gospel of Christ, (as the movie suggests) why then, do they see everyone else as infidels and in radical cases, unworthy to live? Why are the fruits of Islam still so permeated by bloodshed and