Mohammed -pbuh- in their eyes - part 2

Assalaamu alaikum [peace be to you],

This article is part of a series of Articles about what famous non-Muslims said about the prophet Mohammed -peace be upon him-.

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WHO WERE HISTORY'S GREAT LEADERS, TIME, JULY 15, 1974
The world famous "Time" carried the above rubic on its front cover. Inside the magazine were numerous essays as to 'What makes a great leader?' 'Throughout history, who qualifies?' TIME asked a variety of historians, writers, military men, businessmen and others for their selections. Each gave his candidate according to his "light" as objectively as is humanly possible,
depending on one's own awareness and prejudice.

MUHUMMED (PBUH) CANNOT BE IGNORED!
Among the contributors to the "Time," it seems that none could ignore Muhummed (pbuh).
WILLIAM McNEILL, a United States historian, of the University of Chicago, records:
"If you measure leadership by impact, then you would have to name Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius, the great prophets of the world..."

McNeill does not go into details, nor does he give us any explanation as to why he placed Jesus (pbuh) first and Muhummed (pbuh) number three. Perhaps it was by force of habit. It is very likely that McNeill is a Christian. However, we will not argue with him. Then comes -

JAMES GAVIN, described as a United States army man, a retired lieutenant general. He says
"Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Mohammed, Jesus Christ, Maybe Lenin, Possibly Mao. As for a leader whose qualities we could most use now, I would choose John F. Kennedy."
The General does not say much more, yet we have to salute him. It calls for tremendous fortitude to pen the name Muhummed before that of Christ (peace be upon them both). It surely, was no slip of the pen.

JULES MASSERMAN, United States psychoanalyst and professor of the Chicago University, gives us, unlike the other contributors, the basis for making his selection. He gives us his reason for choosing his greatest LEADER of all times.
He wants us to find out, what we are really looking for in the man, the qualities that sets him apart. We may be looking for any sets of qualities. As in the case of Michael H. Hart, he was looking for a person wielding the MOST influence.

However, Masserman does not want us to depend on our fancies or prejudices: he wants to establish objective standards for judging, before we confer greatness upon anybody.

He says that "leaders must fulfil three functions - -"
No. 1 THE LEADER MUST PROVIDE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE LEAD ..
No. 2 THE LEADER OR WOULD BE LEADER MUST PROVIDE A
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH PEOPLE FEEL RELATIVELY SECURE ...
No. 3 THAT THIS LEADER MUST PROVIDE HIS PEOPLE WITH
ONE SET OF BELIEFS ...

With the foregoing three standards, Masserman searches history and analyses Louis Pasteur, Salk, Gandhi, Confucius, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Hitler, Buddha, Jesus and the rest; finally coming to the conclusion that -
"Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was Muhammed, who combined all three functions. (and) To a lesser degree, Moses did the same."

We cannot help marvelling at Masserman, that as a Jew he condescends to scrutinize even Adolf Hitler, the archenemy of his people. He considers Hitler to be a great leader. His race, the mighty German nation of 90 million people, was ready to march to destiny or destruction at his behest. Alas, he lead them to ruin.
Hitler is not the question. The question is why would Masserman, as an American Jew, a paid servant of the Government proclaim to his countrymen of over two hundred million Jews and Christians that not Jesus, not Moses but Muhummed was "The greatest Leader of all times!" ACCOUNT FOR THAT!


to be continued in part 3:


from "Muhammad the greatest" by Ahmed Deedat.
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