IN LATE SPRING 2015, armed anti-Muslim demonstrators drew cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad outside a mosque in Phoenix, Arizona. Kecia Ali followed the incident, which made headlines worldwide, with keen interest. “Clearly, Muhammad remains a flashpoint in the current American climate,” says Ali, an associate professor of religion and author of The Lives of Muhammad (Harvard University Press, 2014). The book is a biography of biographies, showing how depictions of the Prophet by believers and non-believers alike have evolved over 14 centuries. read more………