Muhammad is the founder of the Islamic religion. He was born in 570 in Mecca, western Saudi city. Very young scholars visited Syria, where Christians and Jews recognize him as a prophet. Returning to Mecca, married 25 years with Khadija, his first wife. According to tradition, at age 40 had his first prophetic vision when presented with the archangel Gabriel and told him to start his preaching. At first I only met a small group of followers. Persecuted in Mecca today moved to Ethiopia and from there, the agricultural settlement of Yathrib where he established the first Muslim community. This episode is known as the Hijrah. Yathrib changed its name to Medina. From 624 war broke out between Medina and Mecca. The Prophet overcame his opponents and, from that moment began the conversion of a large number of tribes to Islam. Gradually, the fame of Muhammad was spreading across the Arabian peninsula. He died in 632.
In a Libo called the Koran, which according to religious tradition, is a compilation of all the revelations made by the Archangel Gabriel to the prophet.
For Muslims there is one God, whom they call Allah That divinity is characterized as the one who gives and takes life as well as the creator is present in all parts of the universe. Along with Christianity and Judaism, Islam is one of the three great monotheistic religions.