the Prophet

noun

used as another name for Muhammad, the founder of Islam

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The show was banned in China, in 2019, for mocking Chinese censorship, and the creators famously received death threats after depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 25 July 2025 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a mourning ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, in Tehran on July 6, 2025. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025 Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Istanbul, claiming the cartoon was a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and Moses. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 July 2025 The latest crisis erupted late last month, when a Druze cleric was alleged to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Prophet

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