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In early islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. the prophet was a messenger. and one of the things that's happened in islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
-Salman Rushdie
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In Early Islam, It Was An Absolute

Salman Rushdie
In early islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. the prophet was a messenger. and one of the things that's happened in islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
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