Why has Michael Hart put Prophet Mohammad at No. 1 in his book,'The 100'?

Answer 1

He changed the destiny of a whole society...

there is a saying I've heard once.. it says:
"arabs are barbars, Islam tried to make them humans..."

and what you can see now is the great improvements done..
all by Islam & prophet mohammad..

and i believe if you read more about this prophet you can see the wisdom "Michael Hart " has seen...
it is unbelievable..

am being objective..

Answer 2

According to Michael Hart, because he (Muhammad, peace be upon him) is directly the most influential human being in history. He didn't put Jesus first because St. Paul was more instrumental in spreading Christianity.

Answer 3

i found one passage from the book. hope it will be of some help to u.

Excerpt from Hart's book:

My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels...

Muhammad founded and promulgated one of the world's great religions, and became an immensely effective political leader. Today, thirteen centuries after his death, his influence is still powerful and pervasive... Like all religions, Islam exerts an enormous influence upon the lives of its followers. It is for this reason that the founders of the world's great religions all figure prominently in this book. Since there are roughly twice as many Christians as Moslems in the world, it may initially seem strange that Muhammad has been ranked higher than Jesus. There are two principal reasons for that decision. First, Muhammad played a far more important role in the development of Islam than Jesus did in the development of Christianity. Although Jesus was responsible for the main ethical and moral precepts of Christianity (insofar as these differed from Judaism), St. Paul was the main developer of Christian theology, its principal proselytizer, and the author of a large portion of the New Testament.

Muhammad, however, was responsible for both the theology of Islam and its main ethical and moral principles. In addition, he played the key role in proselytizing the new faith, and in establishing the religious practices of Islam. Moreover, he is the author of the Moslem holy scriptures, the Koran, a collection of certain of Muhammad's insights that he believed had been directly revealed to him by Allah. Most of these utterances were copied more or less faithfully during Muhammad's lifetime and were collected together in authoritative form not long after his death. The Koran therefore, closely represents Muhammad's ideas and teachings and to a considerable extent his exact words. No such detailed compilation of the teachings of Christ has survived. Since the Koran is at least as important to Moslems as the Bible is to Christians, the influence of Muhammed through the medium of the Koran has been enormous It is probable that the relative influence of Muhammad on Islam has been larger than the combined influence of Jesus Christ and St. Paul on Christianity. On the purely religious level, then, it seems likely that Muhammad has been as influential in human history as Jesus.

Furthermore, Muhammad (unlike Jesus) was a secular as well as a religious leader. In fact, as the driving force behind the Arab conquests, he may well rank as the most influential political leader of all time... the Arab conquests of the seventh century have continued to play an important role in human history, down to the present day. It is this unparalleled combination of secular and religious influence which I feel entitles Muhammad to be considered the most influential single figure in human history.


well Michael Hart was not the only man to accept muhammed, even scientists beleive in Quran and muhammed-pbuh
http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch1-1-h.htm

Answer 4

Michael Hart? I'm still trying to figure out why his brother Cory is wearing his sunglasses at night...

Answer 5

He's exercising his choice and his belief, don't bother yourself about this. Besides he's considering Islam as his second religion. And nobody can change this except him.

Answer 6

I don't know, I haven't read it. Did he not explain why in the book?

Answer 7

simply, because he is

Answer 8

simple,,,,, cuz he is the one.

Answer 9

Don't know!!!!!!