the Prophet

noun

used as another name for Muhammad, the founder of Islam

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Paris Reuters — The father of a French pupil whose account of the use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a class on free speech indirectly led to the teacher’s brutal murder went on trial on Monday accused of association with a terrorist network. Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 Caustic remarks about or caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad generate strong (and sometimes violent) reactions in many Muslim countries. Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2022 The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering some Muslim parents. Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Just weeks before Paty's death, Charlie Hebdo had republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to mark the start of the trial for the deadly 2015 attacks on its newsroom by Islamic extremists. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Prophet 

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“The Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Prophet. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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