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The Social Contract · Character

Muhammad

Prophet of Islam, referenced in discussion of civil religion.

minor

Also known as Muhammad

First appearance: viii civil religion

Muhammad shows up with force in The Legislator. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Referenced as the founder of the law of the child of Ishmael, which has ruled half the world for ten centuries.
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See Muhammad in viii civil religion