Scholar Steven Scholl has co-written a book that appears at first glance like one of those pocket guides to a tourist destination. 

It IS a pocket guide, but to one of the key figures in history. 

Scholl studies and writes about Islam and comparative religions, and his slender book is . 

The book features words and pictures about the founder of Islam and the places connected to his life. 

The author visits our studio to talk about his towering--and frequently misunderstood--subject.