From Algeria to Indonesia to Pakistan, Muslims love Michael H. Hart.
In debates and online forums, Muslims appeal to the authority of Michael H. Hart as evidence for how great and remarkable their prophet is.
Although most Muslims really know next to nothing about Michael H. Hart ~ his nationality, his occupation, his books or probably even how he looks like ~ all Muslims know one thing about him. He produced a “sacred” list in his book “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History” in 1978.
The prophet of Islam, Muhammad was ranked at Number 1. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was “supremely successful” in both the religious and secular realms. This great accolade has been celebrated for decades and trumpeted for generations by Muslims and memes passed down from father to son.
Firstly, Michael H. Hart ranked 100 personalities based on his personal opinions on the most influential persons. Obviously someone else would rank them differently based on their own opinions. This is a subjective exercise and no one can claim that theirs is the definitive or one true list. There is a book on Amazon entitled “Hitler, Stalin, Muhammad: Who ranks as the most evil human ever?” written by Dov Ivry. You can buy the book and see for yourself if you want to but I’ll tell you who ranks at number 1 as “most evil human ever.” Muhammad. What does this prove? Only that it is merely someone’s opinion. To insist that a claim is true just because someone said it, is indulging in fallacy known as argumentum ad verecundiam or Appeal to Authority.
Secondly, Michael H. Hart is hardly the spokesperson of mankind. Hart has described himself as a white separatist. What is a white separatist? A racist. White separatists believe that white people are superior to those of other races and therefore should subjugate and dominate them. He proposed the partitioning of the United States to separate states for people according to their skin color. A white state, a black state, a Hispanic state, and an integrated mixed-race state (1).
Thirdly, most Muslims probably don’t even realize Michael H. Hart is a Jew. Muslims all over the world spew hatred on the Jews. The Quran labels them as “the worst of creatures” and insults them as “apes and swine” and “easily deceived.” Ironically, it is Muslims who have been easily deceived to embrace the words of a racist.
What exactly does a list of “most influential people” mean? Does it mean it is a list of the greatest people? Does it mean it is a list of good morally upright people? That’s what most Muslims think; that it’s a list of the greatest people. Or a list of the best people. That is not true. That’s only what they have been told.
Adolf Hitler was influential. His atrocities influenced the whole world. Hitler is on Michael Hart’s list. So is Joseph Stalin, who butchered millions of his own people. So is Genghis Khan, conquering barbarian warlord. They were all influential according to Michael Hart. Is it necessarily something to be proud of that you are at number one on a list together with Hitler and Stalin and Genghis Khan? It’s embarrassing. But what do Muslims care? As long as Muhammad is number #1, that’s all that matters.
- (Interview with Michael H. Hart by Russell K. Neili, April 14, 2000. Carol M. Swain; Russ Nieli (24 March 2003). Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America. Cambridge University Press. p. 201.
Muhammad is actually the best of mankind no with saying of michiel even he insult him it will not change his position michiel is not the one who appointed muhammad on his position so that he can remove him by insulting him, or add because of his praise
I agree with you that Michael Hart’s personal opinion about Muhammad doesn’t affect Muhammad’s status.
You should tell this to Muslims who celebrate the opinion of Michael Hart about Muhammad.
As for your opinion that Muhammad is the best of mankind, I disagree with you. He was immoral. I can show you many evidences from your sources.
Have you studied about the life of Muhammad?
Let me ask you.
Was Muhammad a sinner? Most Muslims will answer, “No”, because they have been brainwashed to accept all his immoralities.
The koran teaches that Muhammad was a sinner. He was repeatedly told to ask for forgiveness of his sins.
Read 40:55, 47;19, 48:2.
It will be helpful to read about the life of the prophet from many resources rather than just the propaganda references. His life’s study is called Seerah and you can also find out the science of preserving the seerah. Then you’d need to study the background of the negative views, where they originate, how do their authenticity rate compared to the authenticity of seerah.
The goal has to be to learn the truth, not to praise someone or put down someone.
You literally believe that Prophet Lot got drunk and had sex with his own daughters and got them pregnant. According to your standards of Prophethood, yes, he was sinless.
To address your point: “And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.” Mark 1:4–5
BUT Jesus was a sinless man
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 1 Peter 2:22
But yet Jesus had to be Baptised according to Christianity even though he was a sinless man. Why? Because Prophets are our guides and example. They repent so that we know how to repent. But while we repent for sins, they repent for mistakes (
1. First of all, we do not believe Lot was a prophet. He was Abraham’s nephew.
2. All man, including prophets, were sinners. The only one sinless is Jesus.
3. Baptisms are not for the purpose of cleansing sins. Baptism is a symbolic act of death and resurrection. Jesus was sinl;ess. he had nothing to repent for.
His baptism is an example for us to follow, to symbolize the newness of life we have in him, through his death and resurrection.
Hart did NOT claim that Mohammed was “the best of mankind”.
Hart did NOT claim that Mohammed was “the best of mankind”.
I am really stunned with the stupidity of the author. A mixture of ignorance and arrogance is really hard to handle. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and the insults you and other idiots do to the Prophet PBUH are just an exposure of your hatred and mental illness. Despite all what the Western media and people like you do, it’s still the fastest growing religion. Deal with it and go find a job or something.
Mah,
When you have to resort to personal insults, it shows you have already lost the argument.
Muslims like to say that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.
So? Fastest growing does not prove that Islam is true.
Even weeds grow fast. It’s a nuisance in the garden.
The reason why Islam is growing fast is because of high birth rates.
You need to read more about Islam. Islam is not just an idea; it is a religion that provides a sense of justice worth following.
Mohamed,
Islam is a cult built around one man’s words and fantasies.
You have done much lying and insulting yourself.
Islam has the highest conversion rate, and Muslims are the only practicing believers in the world. Nobody else prays. Nobody else observes jurisprudence. Nobody else fasts. Except a few.
1. What is the lie? Go ahead and show me.
2. Does having the highest conversion rate prove that Islam is true?
This is a fallacy. Look up Bandwagon fallacy.
3. “Muslims are the only practising believers in the world; no one else prays or fasts.”
This is another logical fallacy. Hasty generlization.
Bro all your arguments are fallacies. Please come up with better arguments in defending your religion if you want to be taken seriously.
Muhammad is greater than Yeshua because…
M..slaughtered many people, Y killed no one
M.. slept with 9 year old girls, Y… only raised them from the dead,
M…flew on a winged horse..Y.. only walked on water…
M became rich, accumalated much wealth from looting and pillaging , Y… was poor and received only a few gifts from women,
M..had the energy to service his 13 wives in one night…. Y…did not even have one wife..
If you know something, it doesn’t mean you know everything. The piece of knowledge will direct you to satan(devil), full, detailed knowledge will direct you to the God(single creator of all universes). If your purpose is to find the righteous path, read more original books about prophet Muhammad(p.b.u.h), which are written by Muslim or non-Muslim, kind, conscientious, honest writers, scholars, not by low-educated, sellout scientists. If your purpose is not to find the righteous path, going to hellfire, then, devil will help you! Then, you will wright such kind of bad things against Islam. If you are against Islam, you are against humanity!
Anowen,
What JosephGeo stated in his comments about Muhammad are from your own authentic books, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, etc.
Those books are not authentic, Shia Islam is the truth.
You say Shia Islam is the truth.
Sunni Muslims (which make up 95% of the all Muslims) say Sunni Islam is the truth and all Shia are kafir.
This is your problem to resolve.
The prophet of Islam is indeed the most influential n the greatest personality to ever on d earth.Am saying this because Islam is a culmination of all devine religions including true Christianity. Even St. Paul confessed in NT 1 Corinthians 13: 9-11 that all his knowledge n prophecies were incomplete. That one in future, d true knowledge will come n d incomplete knowledge they had shall b put aside. D holy Quran emphasizes that to b a true Muslim,you should believe in all prophets of God from Abraham through Moses, David, Jesus n himself. Any rejection on this shall render a person an unbeliever.
Mohamad Fofanah,
Islam is a mixup of various beliefs that Muhammad adapted into his invented religion. He stole ideas from the pagan Arabs, Zoroastrians, Sabians, Hindus, the occult, Jews and Christians. You can call it culmination if you like. It doesn’t make Islam the truth.|
It’s funny that you claim that Paul prophesied about Muhammad. You must be the only Muslim who believes Paul was a prophet.
If that’s the case then Prophet Jesus stole from Judaism
Stole what?
Jesus was a Jew!
He fulfilled the Law.