Recent outbursts sparked by a viral video and controversial
cartoons powerfully illustrate the passions and sensitivities that
continue to surround the depiction of the seventh-century founder
of Islam. The Lives of Muhammad delves into the many ways the
Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam
to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the
major transformations since the nineteenth century, Kecia Ali shows
that far from being mutually opposed, these various perspectives
have become increasingly interdependent. Since the nineteenth
century, two separate streams of writing, one hagiographic and the
other polemical, have merged into a single, contentious story about
the life of Muhammad. Protestant missionaries, European
Orientalists, Indian and Egyptian modernists, and American voices
across the spectrum, including preachers, scholars, Islamophobes,
journalists, academics, and new-age gurus, debated Muhammad's
character and the facts of his life. In the process, texts written
symbolically came to be read literally. Muhammad's accomplishments
as a religious and political leader, his military encounters with
Meccans and Medinan Jews, and-a subject of perennial interest-his
relationships with women, including his young wife Aisha, are among
the key subjects writers engaged, repurposing early materials for
new circumstances. Many of the ideas about Muhammad that Muslims
embrace today-Muhammad the social reformer, Muhammad the consummate
leader, Muhammad the ideal husband-arose in tandem and in tension
with Western depictions. These were in turn shaped by new ideas
about religion, sexuality, and human accomplishments.
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