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1) What were the social, cultural and religious conditions in pre-Islamic Arabia?
2) What were the principal events in the life of Prophet Muhammad?
3) How did Prophet Muhammad’s contemporaries react to Muhammad’s revelation? What groups were enthusiastic and which were very opposed to these revelations? Why?
4) Why does Professor John Renard (in the documentary) say that Prophet Muhammad was very concerned about social justice for the marginalized in pre-Islamic Arabia? Why were these individuals or groups marginalized?
5) Are there any historical parallels you can identify from the ministries of Muhammad and Jesus of Nazareth?