In assessing Muhammad’s character, we have considered only two matters in any depth: the beginning of his ministry and his teachings regarding warfare. These alone are enough to question Muhammad’s character and prophethood, but in case more is needed, there is much, much more that skeptics commonly bring to the table, such as concerns about his spiritual aptitude, his teachings about women, his troubling theological teachings, his incorrect understandings of Judaism and Christianity, his unfulfilled prophecies, his commands to perform idolatrous rites, and his special allowances for himself.
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