By LesleyHazleton<\/strong><\/p>\n From time to time Altmuslim likes to feature interesting videos exploring Islam, Muslims and interfaith discussions. This recent TED video from Lesley Hazleton, who wrote <\/em>The First Muslim (a biography of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and who blogs at the Accidental Theologist<\/a>, caught our eye.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n For an agnostic Jew like myself, writing a biography of Muhammad might be considered an act of pure\u00a0chutzpah.\u00a0 Yet exploring his life\u00a0has led me places I never imagined going\u00a0\u2013including the TEDGlobal stage in Edinburgh earlier this month, where I talked about his struggle with doubt.\u00a0\u00a0Doubt is essential to faith, I argued.\u00a0\u00a0Without doubt, faith is reduced to the unthinking, inhuman conviction of militant fundamentalism \u2014 a travesty of everything Muhammad himself advocated.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the video, just released:<\/p>\n <\/p>