Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it ? Judaism and Christianity. ?Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying? Sister Wendy Beckett, Sunday Times