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It strikes me as strange that the founders of both Christianity (not that Jesus actually founded Christianity) - and Islam - are each promoted as figures of some pathos. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, born in a stable (not), and the step-son of a lowly carpenter - and Mohammed, an illiterate orphan. Tugs at the heartstrings, doesn't it? I don't believe for a moment that Mohammed was illiterate. He was an orphan - but he was certainly no fool - in fact he was a clever man - and he was raised by wealthy and influential relatives. Some sections of the Koran reveal that Mohammed was clearly writing from his own point of view and although others were heavily involved in producing the final product, I have no doubt that Mohammed wrote the original. We'll never know for sure though because the original no longer exists.