13 September 2014 A.D. Dante puts Muhammed & Ali in Hell: Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims
13 September 2014 A.D. Dante puts Muhammed & Ali in Hell: Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims Here’s one quote from Dante. Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321), also known as "the Supreme Poet", was an Italian poet. His Divine Comedy is often considered the greatest literary work ever composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. Below is Dante's description of Muhammad and Ali in Hell. “And one his limb transpierced, and one lopped off, should show, it would be nothing to compare with the disgusting mode of the ninth Bolgia. A cask by losing centre-piece or cant was never shattered so, as I saw one rent from the chin to where one breaketh wind. Between his legs were hanging down his entrails; his heart was visible, and the dismal sack that maketh excrement of what is eaten. While I was all absorbed in seeing him, he looked at me, and opened with his hands his bosom, saying: `See now how I rend me; How mutilated, see, is Mahomet; ...