The Middle Ages Christian's antagonistic view of the Prophet of Islam. Reflections on Dante’s Divine Comedy

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to shed light on the fear, the hostility and prejudice that colored the Christian view of Islam, particularly of the Prophet Mohammed who was viewed in a negative light for over a millennium, and he was always used abusively in many works of Middle Ages like the Divine Comedy by the Italian poet Dante. Who refused to have any contact with the Islamic world, and he would prefer to have culture devoid of any Islamic influences.