Monday, November 23, 2015

What you need to know about Islam #5



So we left off last time with the question of what do you think the first thing Muhammad did after building up his military power in Medina? If you guessed take revenge and jihad on his tribe Quraysh which had persecuted him in Mecca then you are correct! Muhammad and his newly formed military planned to ambush Quraysh on their return to Mecca after a trade route run. Some how they heard about the plan and went a different route but they were now very angry at Muhammad so they sent their army to fight Muhammad and teach him a lesson at a place called Badr. To Quraysh surprise Muhammad defeated them in a great victory and killed most of their army! Every tribe in the area heard about this battle and knew that Muhammad was now the most powerful in Arabia!

So a new revelation now supposedly came to Muhammad from Gabrieal the angel....this message was: he must fight every tribe in Arabia and make them all submit to Islam as there could not be two religions in Arabia. Arabia must submit to only Islam!
As a result of this of the foretold events, Muhammad’s focus was no longer just on converting heathens and idol worshippers but now Jews and Christians became targets of persuasions as well. This jihad is seen in these verses from the Quran:

Surah 9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allah, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

So to clarify this Muslims must fight four kinds of people:

1. Those who don’t believe in Allah

2. Those who don’t believe in the last day. (The Last Day is the day on which Allaah will resurrect all creatures after their death, and He will raise them from their graves to hold them accountable for their deeds which they did in this world.)

3.Those who do things Allah and Muhammad forbid

4. Those who don’t acknowledge Islam as the truth, people of the scripture, which are Christians and Jews. 

So Muhammad gave people three options:

1. Accept the message of Islam

2. Remain Christians or Jews but pay a tax usually once a year. (Many places really didn’t offer this option but if they did it was a very high tax and you still faced much persecution.)

3. Die

You see any peace here in true Islam? Again I say if there is peace to be had it is forced and true Islam is looking for all to submit to Islam one way or another. We will see more verses to confirm convert or die message later.

Tom

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