Prophet Muhammad (S-A-W-W) Cartoon Terror Plot Arrested in Denmark

Danish police are investigating what they’re calling the most-serious terror plot ever attempted in the country. Five suspected Islamist militants have been arrested for allegedly planning a gun attack in Copenhagen..

Prophet Muhammad (S-A-W-W) Cartoon Terror Plot Arrested in Denmark

Their target was the office of the newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad five years ago. Police say the suspects intended to break in and to kill as many people as possible. The publication of the cartoons, one of which depicted the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban, invoked the fury of Muslims around the world. It’s the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which have put European nations on high alert, over the spread of Islamic radicalism. And, as Egor Piskunov reports, it’s happening right under the authorities’ noses.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (Arabic: ﷴ; Transliteration: Muḥammad;[n 1] pronounced [mʊˈħæmmæd] ( listen); also spelled Muhammed or Mohammed)[n 2][n 3] (ca. 570/571 – June 8, 632), (Monday, 12th Rabi’ al-Awwal, Year 11 A.H.) was the founder of the religion of Islam,[3] and is regarded by Muslims as a messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: الله‎ Allāh), the last law-bearer in a series of Islamic prophets, and, by most Muslims,[n 4] the last prophet as taught by sura (chapter) Al-Ahzab, ayah (verse) of the Qur’an.[4] Muslims thus consider him the restorer of an uncorrupted original monotheistic faith (islām) of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets.[5][6][7] He was also active as a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, reformer, military general, and, according to Muslim belief, an agent of divine action.
Born in 570 in the Arabian city of Mecca,[9] he was orphaned at an early age and brought up under the care of his uncle Abu Talib. He later worked mostly as a merchant, as well as a shepherd, and was first married by age 25. Discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic beliefs it was here, at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that “God is One”, that complete “surrender” to Him (lit. islām) is the only way (dīn)[n 5] acceptable to God, and that he himself was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as other Islamic prophets.[7][10][11]
Muhammad gained few followers early on, and was met with hostility from some Meccan tribes; he and his followers were treated harshly. To escape persecution, Muhammad sent some of his followers to Abyssinia before he and his remaining followers in Mecca migrated to Medina (then known as Yathrib) in the year 622. This event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar, which is also known as the Hijri Calendar. In Medina, Muhammad united the conflicting tribes, and after eight years of fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers, who by then had grown to 10,000, conquered Mecca. In 632, a few months after returning to Medina from his Farewell pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill and died. By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam; and he had united the tribes of Arabia into a single Muslim religious polity.[12][13]
The revelations (or Ayat, lit. “Signs of God”) — which Muhammad reported receiving until his death — form the verses of the Qur’an, regarded by Muslims as the “Word of God” and around which the religion is based. Besides the Qur’an, Muhammad’s life (sira) and traditions (sunnah) are also upheld by Muslims. They discuss Muhammad and other prophets of Islam with reverence, adding the phrase peace be upon him whenever their names are mentioned.[14] While conceptions of Muhammad in medieval Christendom and premodern times were largely negative, appraisals in modern history have been far less so.[11][15] His life and deeds have been debated and criticized by followers and opponents over the centuries. He is revered as a true prophet and Manifestation of God in the Baha’i Faith.

Names and appellations in the Qur’an

The name Muhammad means “Praiseworthy” and occurs four times in the Qur’an. The Qur’an addresses Muhammad in the second person not by his name but by the appellations prophet, messenger, servant of God (‘abd), announcer (bashir), warner (nathir), reminder (mudhakkir), witness (shahid), bearer of good tidings (mubashshir), one who calls [unto God] (dā‘ī) and the light-giving lamp (siraj munir). Muhammad is sometimes addressed by designations deriving from his state at the time of the address: thus he is referred to as the enwrapped (al-muzzammil) in Qur’an 73:1 and the shrouded (al-muddaththir) in Qur’an 74:1.[19] In the Qur’an, believers are not to distinguish between the messengers of God and are to believe in all of them (Sura Al-Baqara 2:285). God has caused some messengers to excel above others 2:253 and in Sura Al-Ahzab 33:40 He singles out Muhammad as the “Seal of the Prophets”.[20] The Qur’an also refers to Muhammad as Aḥmad “more praiseworthy” (Arabic: أحمد‎, Sura As-Saff 61:6).

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