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'''Muhammad Sven Kalisch''' | '''Muhammad Sven Kalisch''' is a German professor of Islamic studies at Münster University, one of [[Germany|Germany's]] oldest and most respected universities. Kalisch[[converted|converted]] to [[Islam]] at the age of 15. After working briefly as a lawyer, he began work in 2001 on a postdoctoral thesis in [[Islamic Law|Islamic law]] in Hamburg, and in 2004 he went on to become Germany's first ever professor of Islamic theology.<ref name="wsj"></ref> | ||
In 2008 after extensive research he claimed there was no historical evidence of [[Muhammad|Muhammad's]] existence and came to the conclusion that “Muhammad probably never existed”. | In 2008 after extensive research he claimed there was no historical evidence of [[Muhammad|Muhammad's]] existence and came to the conclusion that “Muhammad probably never existed”. |