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Islam. Who Was Muhammad?
Comparative Religions
Islam is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion. Its 1.9 billion faithful all started with one man known today simply as Muhammad.
He was born in a town now called Mecca in today’s southwest Saudi Arabia in 573 AD. His family lineage traces back to the first-born son of Abraham, Ishmael, through the Hashim clan of the Arabian Quraysh tribe. His great…