== Origin and development == 

 The first paragraph of this section is a joke: 

 Some modern Western historians have concluded that Muhammad was sincere in his statement about receiving revelation, "for this alone makes credible the development of a great religion." [24] Modern historians generally decline to address the further question of whether the messages that Muhammad reported were revealed to him were from "his unconscious, the collective unconscious functioning in him, or from some divine source", but they acknowledge that the material came from "beyond his conscious mind" [24]. 

 This seems like it's as NPOV as possible.  Just because some book says something doesn't make it fact. "Modern historians....acknowledge that the material came from "beyond his conscious mind"." Imagine if this statement was in entry on the Bible: "Some modern Eastern historians have concluded that Saint Peter was sincere in his statement that he saw the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ." Duh! The entire first paragraph, with the exception of the first sentence, is a pointless POV and should be removed.