Fascinating example of cultural shifts being forced upon the unwitting masses by our betters.

Tony Woodlief has run a simple research project and determined that sometime around the election of Obama, the media decided that the founder of Islam would be honored with the title "Prophet":

The thing is, I didn’t know we’d all gotten together and decided to officially call this guy “the Prophet Muhammad.” I know that’s what he is to 2 billion or so Muslims, but that leaves around 5 billion of us who are undecided on the matter.

It seems to be the case, however, that major news outlets have begun using the honorific title far more frequently. I don’t think that’s very good journalistic practice. I mean, to 2.2 billion Christians, Jesus Christ is “Lord Jesus Christ”—but we don’t expect The Washington Post to call him that.