As an Arab my self who was born in Nazareth Palestine as an Christian that really doesn't know a whole lot about the Muslim religion because what i was told about them as a child and the personal bickering i remember going on as child in Israel.  in reading  chapter nine i learned that Muhammad was born in mecca to a Quash family. Muhammad as a young boy lost his parents and had to live with his uncle and worked as a Sheppard to earn a living. Muhammad in later life wanted to get and explore the world and travel as fair as Syria starting from mecca this would be consider a long journey in that time. while his travels to Syria he became a trader. by the age of 25 years old he married a wealthy widow who also prosperous merchant who Muhammad father six children with. Muhammad was a high reflective man and was deeply troubled by the religious corruption and social inequalities that was accruing in Mecca at the time. like Jesus, Buddha and other religion started Muhammad himself had a powerful, overwhelming religious experience that left him convince that he was Allah's messenger and senger to the Arabs. Mohammed preached for over 22 years which was later writhing by his flowers which is now known at the Qua ran that most muslin believe is the word of god. Muslim believe that people in power and religion should mix in one because if your leader believe in Muhammad that they  will be good, just merciful to their people. i know in today time many people look at Islam a terrorist religion because of what going around the world today. but remember you can't judge a few bad apple in that blame for the whole, Christians and other religions have there wars in the name of their religions also. you have judge people individually and truly understand what the religion is teaching before you make precluded judgement and that discrimination is thought why we have so many war from misunderstand people a little different  from us.