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Citation please. And a more trustworthy and neutral one than what you have given. Which battle are you referring to? edit: Perhaps the Battle of the Trench.

by _nedR 11y ago

Citation please. And a more trustworthy and neutral one than what you have given. Which battle are you referring to? edit: Perhaps the Battle of the Trench. If so, your comment is misleading. The Jews were forced into a surrender after having betrayed their former muslim allies in favour of the confederates. From wiki article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trench https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trench) : "Following the retreat of the Confederate army, the Banu Qurayza neighbourhoods were besieged by the Muslims, in revenge for their treachery. After a 25-day siege of their neighbourhood the Banu Qurayza unconditionally surrendered. When the Banu Qurayza tribe surrendered, the Muslim army seized their stronghold and their possessions.[29] On the request of the Banu Aus, who were allied to the Qurayza, Muhammad chose one of them, Sa'ad ibn Mu'adh, as an arbitrator to pronounce judgment upon them. Sa'ad, who would later die of his wounds from the battle, decreed the sentence according to the Torah, in which the men shall be killed and women and children enslaved. Deuteronomy 20:10-14 says: When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies. [30] Muhammad approved of this decision, and the next day the sentence was carried out."

sparkzilla 11y ago
Your point illustrates rather than negates mine, which is that Mohammed was a military leader, rather than a peacemaker. After the Battle of the Trench his army, under his command, killed many hundreds of Jews, who had surrendered. Here is the next section of the Wikipedia page: >Then they surrendered, and the Apostle confined them in Medina in the quarter of d. al-Harith, a woman of B. al-Najjar. Then the Apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches. Among them was the enemy of Allah Huyayy b. Akhtab and Ka`b b. Asad their chief. There were 600 or 700 in all, though some put the figure as high as 800 or 900. As they were being taken out in batches to the Apostle they asked Ka`b what he thought would be done with them. He replied, 'Will you never understand? Don't you see that the summoner never stops and those who are taken away do not return? By Allah it is death!' This went on until the Apostle made an end of them. Huyayy was brought out wearing a flowered robe in which he had made holes about the size of the finger-tips in every part so that it should not be taken from him as spoil, with his hands bound to his neck by a rope. When he saw the Apostle he said, 'By God, I do not blame myself for opposing you, but he who forsakes God will be forsaken.' Then he went to the men and said, 'God's command is right. A book and a decree, and massacre have been written against the Sons of Israel.' Then he sat down and his head was struck off. This actually says that Mohammed himself beheaded the Jews, but even if he didn't, he allowed it to happen. Thus, ISIS follow this same pattern.

by _nedR 11y ago

sparkzilla 11y ago

Your point illustrates rather than negates mine, which is that Mohammed was a military leader, rather than a peacemaker. After the Battle of the Trench his army, under his command, killed many hundreds of Jews, who had surrendered. Here is the next section of the Wikipedia page: >Then they surrendered, and the Apostle confined them in Medina in the quarter of d. al-Harith, a woman of B. al-Najjar. Then the Apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches. Among them was the enemy of Allah Huyayy b. Akhtab and Ka`b b. Asad their chief. There were 600 or 700 in all, though some put the figure as high as 800 or 900. As they were being taken out in batches to the Apostle they asked Ka`b what he thought would be done with them. He replied, 'Will you never understand? Don't you see that the summoner never stops and those who are taken away do not return? By Allah it is death!' This went on until the Apostle made an end of them. Huyayy was brought out wearing a flowered robe in which he had made holes about the size of the finger-tips in every part so that it should not be taken from him as spoil, with his hands bound to his neck by a rope. When he saw the Apostle he said, 'By God, I do not blame myself for opposing you, but he who forsakes God will be forsaken.' Then he went to the men and said, 'God's command is right. A book and a decree, and massacre have been written against the Sons of Israel.' Then he sat down and his head was struck off. This actually says that Mohammed himself beheaded the Jews, but even if he didn't, he allowed it to happen. Thus, ISIS follow this same pattern.