January 2011 UTC I find it hypocritical that you find my comments to be an insult when nothing explicit was said but when an individual is called the madman or possessed a devil and first born child of Satan a wicked impostor a dastardly liar and a willful deceiver a terrorist tyrant a pervert a mass murderer and a pedophile a misogynist a rapist a pedophile a narcissist a lecher a torturer a mass murderer a cult leader an assassin a terrorist a madman and a looter You say The parts you quoted above are not insults if they are directed at a sympathetic audience A criticism by definition is the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything 2 All those statements quoted above are simply that passing judgment on the merits of Muhammad That s a statement by Martin Luther one of the most notable figures of Christian history therefore worthy of noting his views of Muhammad in an encyclopedia He was not addressing Muslims He is passing judgment on Muhammad a devil and first born child of Satan By definition that is criticism wow An insult also called a putdown is an expression statement or sometimes behavior which is considered degrading and offensive A criticism is an argument against something not a profane single worded statement or label against it 06 01 6