Author: Abdullah Al Araby
Publication: Islam Review
Date:
URL: http://www.islamreview.com/articles/trueface.shtml
1. The Peaceful Prophet of Mecca
Changes into the Ruthless Warrior of Medina
Mohammed's decision to relocate
his new movement from Mecca to Medina presented an economic challenge.
He had to find a method of supporting himself and his followers that would
also provide an adequate base to finance the ever- increasing demands of
the Muslim movement. The traditional method for acquiring wealth among
the Arabs at the time was attacking other tribes and seizing their possessions.
Muslims living in Medina found no easier way than doing that. They started
to make raids (Ghaswa) on other tribes and passing caravans.
The first raid was called an-Nakhla.
Muslims, led by Abdullah bin Jahsh, waited in ambush near a place called
an-Nakhla and took the passing Qorayshite caravan by surprise. Muslims
killed the leader of the caravan and captured two men and the entire cargo
goods.
The turning point in Mohammed's
life, however, was the raid against Badr. Muslims were able to kill dozens
of Meccans and take scores of prisoners and much booty. On their way back
to Medina some of those prisoners were put to death. One of them was a
man name Uqbah bin abi Muait. Before his execution Uqbah pleaded with Mohammed
saying, "Who, then, will take care of my little girl?" Mohammed answered,
"Hell-fire."
After that, a confident Mohammed
starting moving against his enemies in a series of attacks that resulted
in the elimination of Jewish tribes and the assassination of certain individuals
for the slightest offense. The assassination of Kaab ibn al-Ashraf, of
the Jewish tribe Banu al-Nodair, was prompted by Kaab showing sympathy
for the Qorayshites, and then when he returned to Mecca he recited amorous
poetry to Muslim women. Mohammed was enraged and asked for volunteers to
rid him of ibn al-Ashraf. Those who volunteered asked for permission to
lie in order to lure him out of his house at night into a remote area where
they were able to kill him.
A poetess named Asmaa bint Marwan
was ordered to be killed for uttering a few verses of poetry against Mohammed.
A Muslim assassin, acting on Mohammed's orders, crept at night into the
women's bed while her suckling baby was attached to her breast. The man
plucked the baby from her breast and then plunged his sword into her abdomen.
Later, the killer, fearing the consequences of his crime, asked Mohammed,
"Will there be any danger to me on her account?" Mohammed answered, "Two
goats will not butt each other about her."
There were many other outrageous
assassinations ordered by Mohammed. Abu Afak, an old man of 120 years of
age was murdered for composing poetry critical of the Prophet. Another
brutal assassination was against an aged women by the name of Umm Kirfa.
They tied her legs to camels which were then driven in opposite directions.
The poor woman was split into two pieces.
The reality of the Muslim assassin's
brutality is punctuated by their practice of cutting off the heads of victims
and bringing them to Mohammed. As the killers came into view carrying with
them the evidence of Allah's victory over the enemies of Mohammed, a jubilant
Mohammed would cry, "Allaho Akbar," (God is great)!
The list of these horrendous acts
is too long, much is too repulsive to mention. What has been cited should
be sufficient to say about the man that Muslims describe as the "prophet
of peace and mercy"!
The essential problem is that the
fruit of Mohammed's legacy exists today. As Muslims get deeper into Islam,
they simply try to follow in the footsteps of their prime example. Can
one still wonder why so much violence is committed, around the world, in
the name of Islam?
2. The Abrogator and the Abrogated
In their attempt to polish Islam's
image, Muslim activists usually quote the Meccan passages of the Quran
that call for love, peace and patience. They deliberately hide the Medenan
passages that call for killing, decapitating, and maiming.
Muslim activists also fail to reveal
to people in the West a major doctrine in Islam called "al-Nasikh wal-Mansoukh"
(the Abrogator and the Abrogated). This simply means that when a recent
verse in the Quran gives a contradictory view to another verse that preceded
it (chronologically), the recent verse abrogates (cancels and replaces)
the old verse and renders it null and void.
This doctrine is based on the Quran,
where Allah allegedly says in Surah 2:106, "None of Our revelations do
We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better
or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath power over all things?" Also,
in Surah 16:101 "When We substitute one revelation for another, and Allah
knows best what He reveals (in stages), they say, "Thou art but a forger":
but most of them understand not."
One of Islam's classical reference
books, written by a recognized Muslim scholar, deals in great detail with
the subject. The title of the book is "al-Nasikh wal-Mansoukh" (The Abrogator
and the Abrogated) by Abil-Kasim Hibat-Allah Ibn-Salama Abi-Nasr. The book
goes through every chapter in the Quran and points in full detail to every
verse that has been canceled and what verse replaced it. The author noted
that out of 114 Surahs (chapters) of the Quran, there are only 43 Surahs
that were not affected by this concept.
An example of the abrogation: there
are 124 versus that call for tolerance and patience which have been canceled
and replaced by this one single verse: "Fight and slay the Pagans wherever
ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them
in every stratagem (of war)....." Surah 9:5
One doesn't help but wonder: how
Allah, the all-powerful, the all-knowing, needs to revise himself so often?
3. The Real Attitude of Islam Towards
Christians and Jews
We have discussed the facade that
Muslim activists in the West have been displaying to Christians and Jews.
They have been saying that Islam is compatible with Christianity and Judaism.
Some Christian and Jewish leaders have been deceived into believing them.
The following "Fatwa" (Sanction) by a prominent Islamist tells, exactly
and bluntly, what Muslims really think of Christians and Jews.
From the Muslim site of Ibrahim
Shafi on the Internet:
http://www.wam.uwd.edu/~ibrahim
[Answer by Shaikh Ibn Uthaimin]
Question: One of the preachers
in one of the mosques in Europe claimed that it is not allowed to consider
Jews and Christians disbelievers. You know - may Allah preserve you - that
most of the people who attend the mosques in Europe have very little knowledge.
We fear that statements like this one will become widespread. Therefore,
we request from you a complete and clear answer to this question.
Answer: I say: The statement
that came from that man is misguidance. In fact, it can be blasphemy. This
is because Allah has declared that Jews and Christians are disbelievers
in His Book. Allah has said, "The Jews call Uzair a son of Allah and the
Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouths;
(in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's
curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the truth! They take their
priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah and
(they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary: Yet they were commanded
to worship but one Allah: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to him:
(far is He) from having the partners they associate (with him)." [Al-Taubah
9:30, 31]
That shows that they are polytheists
who associate partners with Allah. In other verses, Allah has made it clear
that they are disbelievers:
"in blasphemy indeed are they who
say that Allah is the Christ, son of Mary." {Al-Maidah 5:17 and 72]
"They do blaspheme who say, God
is one of three (in a Trinity)." {Al-Maidah 5:73]
"Curses were pronounced on those
among the Children of Israel who rejected faith by the tongue of David
and of Jesus the son of Mary." {Al-Maidah 5:78]
"Those who reject (truth) among
the People of the Book and the Polytheists will be in hellfire to dwell
therein (for aye). They are the worst of creatures.." {Al-Bayyinah 98:6]
Many versus and Hadith express the
same meaning. The one, who rejects the idea that the Jews and Christians
who do not believe in Mohammed (peace be upon him) and deny him are disbelievers,
is in fact denying what Allah has said. Denying what Allah has said is
blasphemy. If anyone has any doubt concerning them being disbelievers,
then he himself is also a disbeliever. This is a matter concerning which
there is no room for doubt. And help is sought only with Allah.
