CNN Larry King Live posts Deepak’s article, “Taking a Stand: Muhammad in the Age of Jihad.”
Muhammad: THE BALANCE BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION
MTV Iggy Interview with Deepak: Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet
The peaceful setting is the perfect backdrop as he discusses his thoughts on the prophet Muhammad and reads from his new novel Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet. In this interview he reads from a dramatic passage where the angel Gabriel appears to the prophet. Reflecting on the life of the prophet he says, “it’s a story where there is very little prejudice, no classism, no racism, no prejudices against color. Everyone is considered equal as long as they are willing to surrender to the mystery of the divine.” (more…)
Q&A with DEEPAK CHOPRA on Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet
Why do you think the time is right for a novel about Muhammad?
People realize that being enemies with the Islamic world is not a choice they want to make. Global- ism means that the world is getting smaller. It’s time to close the gap that makes Muslims seem far away when the truth is that no one is far away anymore.
Imagining the Prophet: Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON
Published in New York Times Magazine on September 3, 2010
Q: As a leader of alternative medicine who was born in India and raised as a Hindu before opening a wellness center in California, what led you to write your new book, “Muhammad,” a fictionalized biography of the Muslim prophet?
A: I had previously written “Jesus,” and I grew up in an environment where the kids in my school were either Muslim or Jewish or Zoroastrian. New Delhi has a very eclectic mix. There wasn’t any animosity. Having said that, my grandparents were prejudiced and Islamophobic. If a Muslim’s shadow crossedmy grandmother’s body — she lived with us — she would go and take a shower.
No!
Yes! My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist. He was very secular, and we discussed how prejudiced my grandparents were and how we would never be like that. So that was my upbringing. I was always interested in going deeply into the life of the Prophet. (more…)