"Regardless the real life of Mohammed is largely unknown in the West because most people have never done the research. Muslim scholars that produce anything other than the party line risk having their throats slit and Western Scholars are often politically correct to the point of delusion or simply afraid of the truth"
So, if the sanitized, approved, acceptable version is that modammed was a pedophile (had sex with at least one young child) ... how much worse is the truth?
I agree. If the vigor liberal scholars used to uncover what they believe is the "historic Jesus" were applied to Mohammed I think the world would be truly shocked by the reality of Mohammed's life. Right now Western scholars seem to like Islam because they loath their own cultural roots and that clouds their honesty when dealing with him.