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Muhammad the Reformer

Ever heard of Karen Armstrong? He had been a Roman Catholic nun during heading years before becoming a scientist. He melakuhkan serious research and writing about God more seriously about the Historiy of God. He investigated again the life of Paul, not as an adherent of the Catholic, but as a neutral researcher and produced a series of controversial TV show: The Firs Christian. Finally, he tried understand Islam by studying the main character, namely the prophet Muhammad SaW.Ia reported research results in Muhammad: A Western Attempt to Understand Islam.

As reported Paul's life, a former Catholic nun that describes Paul as a critic. When the reports of Muhammad, he became a defender of the Prophet Muhammad. The remarkable thing. With persistent error he describes the view west of Rasululah Saw. He defended the honor of the noble Prophet sharper and more clearly than Temple.

One of the objections most people west of the Prophet personally. It is his involvement in various political activities. How could a figure of spiritual purity participate in activities related to the temporal power? How could a prophet kill fellow human beings in wars? Find out how Karen armtrong answer any questions or indictment:

"After Muhammad migrated pasa in 622, a small Islamic msyarakat had first stepped into political power. Ten years later the Muslims mengusai almost the whole of Arabia and has laid the foundation for a new Arap political system, which allows the Muslims mengusai vast empire for thousands of years. This political success had conceived the difficulties and struggles constantly. The years were tumultuous in Medina and shows how difficult and how dangerous trying to rebuild society in accordance with the plan of god.

Muhammad had difficulty menerjemakan the holy word of God into human language, which kadanng-sometimes fall apart because of the influence of the divine. The struggle to unearth the word of God in human society has brought the mulim the limits of his patience and awareness of them so much that sometimes they are on the brink of decision-tops and sometimes almost left the prophet at all. However, keberhasilanya showed the best evidence of exceptional discretion and konversial.

The decision to fight in Badr, to repel and kill the Jewish tribes or make an appointment at Hudaibiyah, he did not get a direct revelation from God. He asked for help and bermusyawaroh and use common sense. The Qur'an, Islam does not ask people to leave common sense or sit memunggu God to save them with a miracle. Islam is a religion of practical and realistic, which saw human intelligence and divine revelation coexist and work together in harmony.

Menjelanng in 622, seemed as if the will of God will occur in Arabia. A variety with so many previous prophets, Muhammad was not only teach men and women of vision of a new hope, but also has tried to shoulder the task of saving human history and create a fair masyiarakat, which creates realistic opportunity to every human being, male and women, who sebenarnnya actualize its potential.

People's political success has almost become a kind of sacrament for the Muslims. This is the birth sign of the invisible presence of God in the midst of a sacred responsibility and success of Islamic rule in the future be a sign, that humanity as a whole can diselamatklan.

Instead of wandering in a way that no earthly surrounding hills Galiela, preach and heal like Jesus in the Gospel, Muhammad hurus engage in political struggle to reform society and his followers vowed to continue this perjungan.

Instead of devoting attention to the business seluhnya restructure their personal lives in the context of the pax Romana, like the earlier Christians, Muhammad and his companions tried nenyelamatkan their society, that without struggle there can be no moral or spiritual progress. However, the safety of individuals can not be achieved if a series of endless bloodshed and repression continue in Arabia. Corrupt society and helter-skelter, can not, will give birth to stagnation and public immorality, except the seal intir hero. So, the situation Arabia abat to go according to plan social safety and well individually.

Madina Muhammad succeeded in creating a strong society and escape the turmoil around him. Other tribes began to join the group, although not entirely komindan mighty, but Muhammad was not the main purpose of political power but to create a good society.

The challenge to the will of god mewujutkan takakan in human history never ends. There will always be dangers and new problems that must be faced. Sometimes Muslims have to fight, sometimes they have to live in peace, but they have started a project to save the history of the individual as well, to make what should mmenjadi hidmup reality in this dinia.