Okay, I read your article Mdawah, now let us take another look at the real character that was Muhammed. I notice you have declined to mention this aspects of his personality in your article and yet these are equally well documented. Can you bring anything like these claims against Jesus the Messiah, the Christ?
Muhammad’s claims
* "...If you love Allah, then follow me (Muhammad)..." (Sura 3:31).
* "...Obey Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad)..." (Sura 3:32).
* "Ye have indeed in the Apostle of Allah (Muhammad) a beautiful pattern of (conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day." (Sura 33:21).
Now.. let's look at the real man
1. His moral behaviour
Not only did he practise and give the right to polygamy, he himself broke that rule by having many more than the four permitted in his own teachings. Worse still, one of these wives was a 9 year old girl
How can someone be a perfect moral example for the whole human race and not even live by one of the basic laws he laid down as from Allah?
2. His attitude to women
On one occasion Muhammad sanctioned the beating of a female servant in order to elicit the truth from her. Haykal reports that “the servant was called in and Mi immediately seized her and struck her painfully and repeatedly as he commanded her to tell the truth to the Prophet of Allah.” Finally, according to the Qur’an, men can even beat their wives: “Men are in charge of women because Allah hath made the one to excel the other.... As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them” (4:34).
In addition to this, Muslim women must wear a veil, stand behind their husbands, and kneel behind them in prayer. The law requires that two women must bear witness in civil contracts as opposed to one man.
In a hadith found in the Sahih of Al-Bukhari we find the following narrative describing the inferior status of women in Islam:
Narrated [by] Ibn ‘Abbas: The Prophet said: “I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful.” It was asked, “Do they disbelieve in Allah?” (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, “They are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them.”
3. His moral character in general
Muhammad was far from sinless. Even the Qur’an speaks of his need to ask Allah for forgiveness on many occasions. For example, in 40:55 Allah told him, “Patiently, then, persevere: For the Promise of Allah Is true: and ask Allah forgiveness For thy fault.“ On another occasion Allah told Muhammad, “Know, therefore, that There is no god But Allah, and ask Forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men And women who believe” (41:19, emphasis added). This makes it absolutely clear that forgiveness was to be sought for his sins, not just for others (48:2).
In view of the facts about Muhammad recorded in the Qur’an, Muhammad’s character was certainly far from flawless. Even one of the most widely accepted modern biographers of Muhammad admits that he sinned. Speaking of one occasion, Haykal said flatly, “Muhammad did in fact err when he frowned in the face of [the blind beggar] ibn Umm Maktum and sent him away.” Haykal adds, “in this regard he [Muhammad] was as fallible as anyone.” If so, then it is difficult to believe that Muhammad can be so eulogized by Muslims. However much an improvement Muhammad’s morals may have been over many others of his day, he certainly seems to fall short of the perfect example for all men of all times that many Muslims claim for him.
4. The problem of Holy Wars
Muhammad believed in holy wars (the jihad). Muhammad, by divine revelation, commands his followers: “fight in the cause Of Allah” (2:244). He adds, “fight and slay The Pagans wherever ye find them” (9:5). And “when ye meet The Unbelievers (in fight) Smite at their necks” (47:4). In general, they were to “Fight those who believe not In Allah nor the Last Day” (9:29). Indeed, Paradise is promised for those who fight for Allah: “Those who have left their homes... Or fought or been slain, - Verily, I will blot out From them their iniquities, And admit them into Gardens With rivers flowing beneath; - A reward from the Presence Of Allah, and from His Presence Is the best of rewards” (3:195; cf. 2:244; 4:95).
These “holy wars” were carried out “in the cause Of Allah” (2:244) against “unbelievers.” In 5:36, we read: “the punishment of those Who wage war against Allah [i.e., unbelievers] And His Apostle, and strive With might and main For mischief through the land Is: execution, or crucifixion, Or the cutting off of hands And feet from opposite sides, Or exile from the land.” Acknowledging that these are appropriate punishments, depending on “the circumstances,” Ali offers little consolation when he notes that the more cruel forms of Arabian treatment of enemies, such as, “piercing of eyes and leaving the unfortunate victim exposed to a tropical sun,” were abolished!
5. Moral Expediency
The Qur’an itself informs us that Muhammad was not indisposed to breaking promises when he found it advantageous. He even got a “revelation” to break a long-standing pledge to avoid killing during a sacred month of Arab: “They ask thee Concerning fighting In the Prohibited Month. Say: ‘Fighting therein Is a grave (offense)’; But graver is it In the sight of Allah To prevent access To the path of Allah” (2:2 17). Again, “Allah has already ordained For you, (O men), The dissolution of your oaths (In some cases)” (66:2).
6. Retaliation
On at least two occasions, Muhammad ordered people assassinated for composing poems that mocked him. This extremely oversensitive overreaction to ridicule is defended by ordered people assassinated for composing poems that mocked him. some in this unconvincing way: “For a man like Muhammad, whose success depended to a large extent upon the esteem which he could win, a malicious satirical composition could be more dangerous than a lost battle.” But as critics point out, this is merely a pragmatic, the end-justifies-the-means ethic.
When it was believed that one woman, Abu ‘Afk, had insulted Muhammad (by a poem), one of Muhammad’s followers “attacked her during the night while she was surrounded by her children, one of whom she was nursing.” And “after removing the child from his victim, he killed her.”
7. Mercilessness
Muhammad attacked the last Jewish tribe of Medina based on the suspicion that they had plotted with the Meccan enemies against Muslims. Unlike the previous two Jewish tribes who had been simply expelled from the city, this time all the men of the tribe were put to death and the women and children were sold into slavery. Even some who try to justify this admit this was an act of “cruelty” and attempt to explain it away by claiming that “one must see Muhammad’s cruelty toward the Jews against the background of the fact that their scorn and rejection was the greatest disappointment of his life, and for a time they threatened completely to destroy his prophetic authority.
Does this sound like the profile of a man to be receiving God's Holy Word? Compare this with Jesus' own claim about Himself
Unlike the Jesus of the Gospels, Muhammad certainly would not want to challenge his foes with the question: “Which of you convicts Me of sin?” (John 8:46).