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The gullible nature of humans has, regrettably again, enabled the preachers of almost religions to turn themselves into very successful business entrepreneurs. Among the preachers of all the three major religions of our time, the Christian preachers are most successful in their efforts.  

During my recent visit to Vancouver , I saw sign in front of an almost dilapidated church. It read: Church for sale.  

It appeared to me that the owner of the church or the preacher who owned it did not do well in his business and the lack of enthusiasm and donations forced its sale.  

A House of God on sale and that, too, by humans! Despite being a non-believer, I felt a shame, laden with guilt, crawling all over my face!!  

Turning the statue of a crucified Christ into an extremely high-value commodity, many Christian priests have already built their economic empires. Others are in the process of climbing the ladder of their success; they, too, would one day become multi-millionaires. But the common folks, who contribute to their priests’ success and aggrandizements, would continue to remain what they are today. This is what is called the irony of fate, which not even Jehovah, God or Allah has ever cared to address, fearing, perhaps, that the restoration of peace and happiness among the perpetually suffering and hungry masses might change the violent atmosphere of the world, a perspective that all sensible humans will, though, welcome, but the Al-mighty Deity does not want it to happen, lest it throws His Universal Plan into a uncontrollable spin.  

Religious preaching is not an easy job, nor have all the preachers succeeded in their ambitious endeavors. They have to be very careful with what they select from their Religious Scriptures to preach on. Their cautious selection of preaching materials is what prevents many of us from learning about the fallacies and inglorious narratives with which all of them are laden.  

The Quran of the Muslim faith is not only filled with inanities, it also has some vital clues that lead us to question whether or not Muhammad himself, the founder of Islam, was a Muslim. It is a very important question, and I wish to explore it, albeit briefly, to satisfy the curiosity of those who are always eager to find out facts and realities.  

The Quran says that Muhammad was like other apostles of Allah. Like all his predecessors, he took birth from the womb of a mother, and when he grew up, Allah appointed him as His Apostle and Prophet. Like all the previous prophets but Jesus Christ, he also died and was buried in the soil of our earth (cf. Quran; 3:144 et al).  

It is an established fact that Muhammad took birth in a Pagan family. He grew up with Pagan traditions and practices, which then dominated Mecca , his birth place. They preserved and nurtured their pagan faith with all dedications and force, for it not only helped them keep their spirits alive in the arid, inhospitable and harsh conditions of their surroundings, it also provided them their sustenance.  

In an atmosphere where almost all people practiced paganism, there was no way for Muhammad to remain outside its influence that controlled all spheres of his life. The fact that he worshipped the idol of al-Uzza and that he sacrificed an animal at its altar (Philip K. Hitti, History of the Arabs, p. 98) are good reasons, based on which anyone can conclude that Muhammad grew up as a Pagan and lived the life of a Pagan, until he began to wear the mantle of a prophet from the age of forty.  

Pagan Muhammad became the Prophet of Islam in the cave of Hira without ever invoking Kalima Tayyaba. The angel, who visited him in the cave, is not reported to have asked him to recite it, even though no non-Muslim, as the one Muhammad was, could then or can now enter Islam without first confessing that there is no deity but Allah and also that Muhammad is His Messenger.  

It is truly amazing to note that a Pagan Muhammad was able to found Islam without himself ever converting to it. Perhaps, his charms and charisma and brutality were responsible for his astounding success; otherwise, how could a Pagan have established the concept of one Deity without himself paying homage to Him?

 

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