The Untouchable Prophet

How Islam Enforces Total Submission to Muhammad

7-part series: “The Untouchable Prophet: How Islam Enforces Total Submission to Muhammad”

Subtitle:
From Sacred Insults to State Killings — The Legal and Cultural Fortress Around Muhammad

Introduction:
Most religions place their ultimate reverence in the divine. Prophets and saints may be respected, but it is God who commands the highest loyalty and protection. Not so in Islam.

In Islamic theology, criticizing God may be forgiven. But criticizing Muhammad — even indirectly — is met with brutal consequences: legal death sentences, mob violence, diplomatic crises, and global riots. The founder of Islam is not merely respected. He is enshrined in an untouchable status that overrides divine mercy, suppresses free thought, and criminalizes historical inquiry.

This series, The Untouchable Prophet, will expose how Islamic law, culture, and psychology have constructed a forcefield around Muhammad. Each part will dissect a key mechanism through which this reverence turns into repression — and how Islam becomes a prophet-centered autocracy in practice, not just belief.

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Series Outline:

Part 1: Death for a Word — The Legal Machinery Behind Blasphemy Laws
How classical Islamic jurisprudence codified the death penalty for any insult toward Muhammad, and how this distinction places the Prophet above divine forgiveness.

Part 2: Mob Justice and Fatwa Wars — Vigilante Enforcement of the Prophet’s Honor
A global survey of modern enforcement: lynchings, state killings, fatwas, riots — and why criticizing Muhammad sparks more fury than mocking Allah Himself.

Part 3: Forbidden to Depict — Iconoclasm as Control
Why Islamic bans on depicting Muhammad go beyond avoiding idolatry and serve to lock down his image — making even respectful representation a crime.

Part 4: Thoughtcrime in the Muslim World — Silencing Scholars and Reformers
How even Muslim academics and theologians face censorship, excommunication, or execution for questioning aspects of Muhammad’s life or teachings.

Part 5: The Sacred Name — Symbolic Insulation and Ritualized Reverence
How even the name “Muhammad” is wrapped in mandatory phrases, legal sanctity, and enforced piety — revealing symbolic control over language and thought.

Part 6: More Revered Than God — Cultural Indicators of Who Really Matters
Why Muslims riot over Muhammad, not over Allah. How divine reverence has been eclipsed by emotional and cultural fixation on the Prophet.

Part 7: Infallible by Decree — The Weaponization of Ismah
How the doctrine of prophetic sinlessness (Ismah) has turned Muhammad into a moral black hole — where nothing he did can be judged, and everything becomes justified.

Next: Part 1: Death for a Word — The Legal Machinery Behind Blasphemy Laws