Muhammad MUHAMMAD: LEGACY OF A PROPHET 1 OF 6
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PBS DOCS - MUHAMMAD: LEGACY OF A PROPHET 1 OF 6
His father died
before he was born, and his mother died when he was only six. But sheltered by a
powerful uncle, he made a good start in life, established himself in a
profitable business and married well. And then, at the age of 40, he was
transformed.
A man who could not read or write, he announced that he was
the prophet of God.
His name was Muhammad, and in the next 23 years he
would bring peace to the warring pagan tribes of Arabia and establish the new
religion of Islam, which today has 1.2 billion followers.
Three years in
the making, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet travels in the footsteps of the
prophet to the Arabian desert and the holy city of Mecca where much of
Muhammad's story unfolded. "There are six to seven million Muslims here in
America, where Islam is the country's fastest growing religion, but many
Americans are completely unfamiliar with the life story of the remarkable man
who founded this religion 1400 years ago," says producer/director Michael
Schwarz.
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