The threat of terrorism that justifies killing fellow humans, as well as Islamophobia, is both based on the intensely misinterpreted version of Islam. Having then written extensively locally and internationally on her lecture and the book itself, I nevertheless thought that it would be apt to look once again at the relevance of such wisdom as spoken by Hazleton, at a time when Islam remains misunderstood across the world. This article is inspired and based on a talk given by her in 2017 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI) on the topic‘Getting Muhammad Right and Wrong,’where she spoke of her research on the life of Muhammad for her book ‘The first Muslim’ which was published in 2013. She has worked as a veteran Middle East journalist and authored books such as After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split, which was the finalist of the 2010 PEN-USA book award, The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad, (New York Times Editors’ Choice) and a range of other books such as Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography which won the 2005 Washington Book Award and Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir of War and Peace, Passion and Politics which was honoured with the 1987 American Jewish Committee/Present Tense Book Award) British-born and of Jewish origin, renowned author Lesley Hazleton traces history through exceptionally empathetic biographies of religious figures.
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