People I inspire

Muhammad bin ‘Abdullāh ((ca. 570/571 Mekkah/ – 8 Juni, 632 Medina), adalah pembawa ajaranIslam, dan diyakini oleh umat Muslim sebagai nabi Allah (Rasul) yang terakhir. Menurut biografi tradisional Muslimnya (dalam bahasa Arab disebut sirah), ia lahir diperkirakan sekitar 20 April 570/571, di Mekkah ("Makkah") dan wafat pada 8 Juni 632 di Madinah. Kedua kota tersebut terletak di daerah Hejaz (Arab Saudi saat ini).

Michael H. Hart, dalam bukunya The 100, menetapkan Muhammad sebagai tokoh paling berpengaruh sepanjang sejarah manusia. Menurut Hart, Muhammad adalah satu-satunya orang yang berhasil meraih keberhasilan luar biasa baik dalam hal agama maupun hal duniawi. Dia memimpin bangsa yang awalnya terbelakang dan terpecah belah, menjadi bangsa maju yang bahkan sanggup mengalahkan pasukan Romawi di medan pertempuran.

Perbedaan dengan nabi dan rasul terdahulu

Dalam mengemban misi dakwahnya, umat Islam percaya bahwa Muhammad diutus Allah untuk menjadi Nabi bagi seluruh umat manusia (QS. 34 : 28), sedangkan nabi dan rasul sebelumnya hanya diutus untuk umatnya masing-masing (QS 10:47, 23:44) seperti halnya Nabi Musa yang diutus Allah kepada kaum Bani Israil.

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi:محاضر بن محمد), (born 10 July 1925) was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister. His political career spanned almost 40 years.

Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir excelled at school and became a medical doctor. He became active in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's largest political party, before entering parliament in 1964. He served one term before losing his seat, before falling out with the then Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and being expelled from UMNO. When Abdul Rahman resigned, Mahathir re-entered UMNO and parliament, and was promoted to the Cabinet. By 1976, he had risen to Deputy Prime Minister, and in 1981 was sworn in as Prime Minister after the resignation of his predecessor, Hussein Onn.

As Prime Minister, Mahathir was credited with engineering Malaysia's rapid modernisation and economic growth, and initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects. He was a dominant political figure, winning five consecutive general elections and seeing off all of his rivals for the leadership of UMNO. However, his accumulation of power came at the expense of the independence of the judiciary and the traditional powers and privileges of Malaysia's royalty. He also deployed the controversial Internal Security Act to detain activists, non-mainstream religious figures, and political opponents including his sacked deputy, Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir's record of curbing civil liberties and his antagonism to western diplomatic interests and economic policy made his relationships with the likes of the US, Britain and Australia difficult. As Prime Minister, he was an advocate of third-world development and a prominent international activist for causes such as the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and the interests of Bosnians in the 1990s Balkans conflict.