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Islamic Jihad

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Are you speaking of the Battle of the Trench?

Battle of the Trench - Wikipedia

Muhammed's troops were the defenders.

Defending themselves from all those evil, conspiring, unarmed Jews who refused to accept Muhammad as a prophet of their god and probably weren't thrilled with having a bandit chief in their city. Not like there was any ulterior motive for Muhammad's decision to order the Banu Qurayza's destruction or anything...
 

sooda

Veteran Member
Defending themselves from all those evil, conspiring, unarmed Jews who refused to accept Muhammad as a prophet of their god and probably weren't thrilled with having a bandit chief in their city. Not like there was any ulterior motive for Muhammad's decision to order the Banu Qurayza's destruction or anything...


The Banu wanted to kill Muhammed because they controlled the pilgrimage.. He had interrupted their revenue streak.. They had over 300 idols there.
 

sooda

Veteran Member
Defending themselves from all those evil, conspiring, unarmed Jews who refused to accept Muhammad as a prophet of their god and probably weren't thrilled with having a bandit chief in their city. Not like there was any ulterior motive for Muhammad's decision to order the Banu Qurayza's destruction or anything...


Actually the legions that Titus commanded were Romans as well as Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians and Greeks.

Breaking treaties and stealing treaties weren't ABOUT peace.

How is it that you don't know the facts on the grounds.
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
The Banu wanted to kill Muhammed because they controlled the pilgrimage.. He had interrupted their revenue streak.. They had over 300 idols there.

I'm pretty sure you're mixing up the Qurayza (a Jewish tribe from Medina) with the Quraysh (the ruling tribe of Mecca). The Qurayza didn't do idols; they were Jewish.

Also why do you assume the Quraysh were purely in it for the money? Has it never crossed your mind that the Quraysh and other native Meccans might have been genuinely offended by the fact Muhammad spent the better part of 12 years between his first revelations (at 40) and his migration to Medina in 622 slandering their beliefs, effectively belittling their ancestors and attacking their very identity?

The gods worshipped in Mecca weren't just the Quraysh's gods. They were the gods of Arabia generally and Mecca specifically. They would have been a huge part of tribal/societal identity.

Actually the legions that Titus commanded were Romans as well as Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians and Greeks.

How is this relevant to what you and I are discussing?


Breaking treaties and stealing treaties weren't ABOUT peace.

Neither is attacking lightly-defended trade caravans like a bandit.


How is it that you don't know the facts on the grounds.

Says the one who thinks a Jewish tribe benefited from idols.
 

sooda

Veteran Member
I'm pretty sure you're mixing up the Qurayza (a Jewish tribe from Medina) with the Quraysh (the ruling tribe of Mecca). The Qurayza didn't do idols; they were Jewish.

Also why do you assume the Quraysh were purely in it for the money? Has it never crossed your mind that the Quraysh and other native Meccans might have been genuinely offended by the fact Muhammad spent the better part of 12 years between his first revelations (at 40) and his migration to Medina in 622 slandering their beliefs, effectively belittling their ancestors and attacking their very identity?

The gods worshipped in Mecca weren't just the Quraysh's gods. They were the gods of Arabia generally and Mecca specifically. They would have been a huge part of tribal/societal identity.



How is this relevant to what you and I are discussing?




Neither is attacking lightly-defended trade caravans like a bandit.




Says the one who thinks a Jewish tribe benefited from idols.

The Banu Qurayza were a Jewish tribe which lived in northern Arabia, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina), until the 7th century, when their conflict with Muhammad led to their demise.


The Quraysh was a powerful merchant tribe of the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.

It controlled Mecca, where it was the custodian of the Kaaba, the sacred Pagan shrine and destination for pilgrims that became Islam's most sacred shrine.

The Quraysh tribe was named after a man named Fihr—one of the most important and famous chiefs in Arabia. The word "Quraysh" means "one who collects" or "one who searches."

The word "Quraysh" may also be spelled Quraish, Kuraish, or Koreish, among many other alternative spellings.

What Is the Quraysh Tribe of Mecca?


Banu Qurayza - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qurayza
The Banu Qurayza (Arabic: بنو قريظة‎, Hebrew: בני קוריט'ה‬; alternate spellings include Quraiza, Qurayzah, Quraytha, and the archaic Koreiza) were a Jewish tribe which lived in northern Arabia, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina), until the 7th century, when their conflict with Muhammad led to …
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
The Banu Qurayza were a Jewish tribe which lived in northern Arabia, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina), until the 7th century, when their conflict with Muhammad led to their demise.


The Quraysh was a powerful merchant tribe of the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.

It controlled Mecca, where it was the custodian of the Kaaba, the sacred Pagan shrine and destination for pilgrims that became Islam's most sacred shrine.

The Quraysh tribe was named after a man named Fihr—one of the most important and famous chiefs in Arabia. The word "Quraysh" means "one who collects" or "one who searches."

The word "Quraysh" may also be spelled Quraish, Kuraish, or Koreish, among many other alternative spellings.

What Is the Quraysh Tribe of Mecca?


Banu Qurayza - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qurayza
The Banu Qurayza (Arabic: بنو قريظة‎, Hebrew: בני קוריט'ה‬; alternate spellings include Quraiza, Qurayzah, Quraytha, and the archaic Koreiza) were a Jewish tribe which lived in northern Arabia, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina), until the 7th century, when their conflict with Muhammad led to …

Yes, I know all this. We were talking about the Banu Qurayza and you then said "the Banu wanted to kill Muhammad as they controlled the pilgrimage... he had interrupted their revenue streak". That reads like you're mixing up the Qurayza with the Quraysh. I'm 100% confident I'm not the only one who will have read it like that.

Read back on your own previous post if you don't believe me.
 

Wasp

Active Member
Defending themselves from all those evil, conspiring, unarmed Jews who refused to accept Muhammad as a prophet of their god and probably weren't thrilled with having a bandit chief in their city. Not like there was any ulterior motive for Muhammad's decision to order the Banu Qurayza's destruction or anything...
Qurayza supported the Maccan pagans in the battle of the trench.

They were punished according to Torah, Deuteronomy 20:12-14;

"But if the city makes no peace with
you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it; and when the Lord your God gives it into your hand you shall put all its males to the sword, but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourselves; and you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you."
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
In the UK, they are trying to make Blasphemy against Islam a criminal offence.

Actually blasphemy is inflammatory and promotes violence against other religions and denominations, and often can be subtle and indirect, and not obvious or blatant. In fact Judaism has been more victimized by blasphemy than any other religion or denomination in history. Actually, blasphemy against Judaism is in some way illegal as forms of 'hate speech' in the USA, UK and some other countries.
 
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The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Qurayza supported the Maccan pagans in the battle of the trench.

They were punished according to Torah, Deuteronomy 20:12-14;

"But if the city makes no peace with
you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it; and when the Lord your God gives it into your hand you shall put all its males to the sword, but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourselves; and you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you."

So in other words Muhammad took a section of the Torah completely out of context and used it as a justification for mass-murder and slavery (of the tribe's women).

Just like the jihadists of our day.
 

Wasp

Active Member
So in other words Muhammad took a section of the Torah completely out of context and used it as a justification for mass-murder and slavery (of the tribe's women).

Just like the jihadists of our day.
He used the torah to choose them a punishment according to their own law, fair, no? Actually it wasn't him who did that, but a person he chose to do it.
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
He used the torah to choose them a punishment according to their own law, fair, no? Actually it wasn't him who did that, but a person he chose to do it.

Not really as he took the verse out of its context in order to do it. Also he wasn't a Jew and had no authority to sit in judgement over the Qurayza nor to interpret their scripture for them.

@Tumah @Flankerl @RabbiO, what do you make of this notion that Muhammad used a passage from Deuteronomy to judge the Banu Qurayza according to 'Jewish law'? Do you think the Qurayza would have been okay with a non-Jew doing this?
 
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