Nonie Darwish (A Former Muslim): Solving poverty of Muslims - The Islamic way

In my few discussions with Muslims on net about Islam, one question I put up is what was the profession of Prophet Mohammad and his companions (sahaba) during their stay in Medina for full 10 years. How did they earn their living? Silence or some stupid justifications for acts of their Prophet is the normal reaction from Muslims. The correct answer is plundering trade caravans of non-Muslims(Meccans) and villages through raids.

One can read about one such raid, first one, called Nakhla raid from here. One can also read following Hadith and quotes for better understanding of what Ms Darwish has written.

Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."(Sahih Bukhari; Vol. 1, Book 2,# 25)

Allah's Apostle said, "I have been given five things which were not given to any amongst the Prophets before me. These are:
1. Allah made me victorious by terror (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey.
2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum. Therefore my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me (and was not made so for anyone else).
4. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation exclusively but I have been sent 1o all mankind.
5. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection.)
(Sahih Bukhari; Vol. 1, Book 8,# 429)

Allah's Apostle said, "Booty has been made legal for me." (Sahih Bukhari; Vol. 4, Book 53,# 351)

We said to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, Jo Chief of the believers! Advise us." He said, "I advise you to fulfill Allah's Convention (made with the Dhimmis) as it is the convention of your Prophet and the source of the livelihood of your dependents. (i.e. the taxes from the Dhimmis.)” (Sahih Bukhari; Vol. 4, Book 53, # 388)

Prophet Mohammad said, "Survival of my community rests on the hoofs of its horses and the points of its lances; as long as they keep from tilling the fields; once they began to do that they will become as other men."
(G.E. von Grunebaum, Classical Islam: A History 600-1258(London): Allen and Unwin, 1970, p.57.)

"I will reserve comment on what is in the city I have captured", Amr ibn al-As, the conqueror of Egypt, reported to Umar [Second caliph and father-in-law of Prophet Mohammad] upon the occupation of the port town of Alexandria, " aside from saying that I have seized .... forty thousand poll tax paying Jews....". He was peremptorily ordered to ship a year's supply of food to Medina for upkeep of the Muslim community, which he dutifully did. [EFRAIM KARSH; Islamic Imperialism (A History); page 26; he referred to
(Ibn Sa'd, a'-Tabaqat al-Kubra (Cairo: Dar al-Tahrir,1968), Vol.3, pp.77,157-58)]

(Late)Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan - co-author of Noble Koran and translator of Hadith of Sahih Bukhari in to English from Arabic - writes on Jihad, in a foot note to the verse 2:190 in Noble Koran and also in introduction to the book on Jihad in Sahih Bukhari, that:

"Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies with one of the qualities of a hypocrite."

All this also can be viewed from the background of Prophet Mohammad planned and executed 84 wars (or raids) in 9 years which turns in to one per every 6 weeks. But the real problem is with Koran saying about Prophet Mohammad that he is an example for all Muslims to follow for eternity and is the perfect human (ideal man) in the history of mankind. And this what Nonie Darwish also mentions.

This article originally appeared in frontpagemag.com (here).

Did prophet Mohammad fight offensive wars? A Saudi Sheikh says Jihad means offensive war 'initially'.

We keep hearing from muslims that Mohammad, Prophet of Islam, never fought any war let alone an offensive war or that he fought only in self defense. This is pure deceit from muslims, of course, in conformity with Mohammad’s teaching that war is deceit. Veil is being removed on this concealment, about Prophet Mohammad being intolerant and instigator of armed strife, albeit slowly. There are some Muslims who perceived this and started out giving, occasionally, their own reasons like there were no treaties in those days or so that muslims can preach their religion in conquered places or it was pretty common practice to plunder caravans in those days which hardly amounts to defense.

Prophet to Pagans, while in Mecca, "I will bring slaughter to you"; Muslims Call this Tolerance and Non Violent

When media was reporting about spate of fatwas being issued by Deobandi Islamic clerics, in June and July, an Indian Muslimah realizing that these kind of reports could create a misconception and bad opinion of Islam in public, but not as such worried about those fatwas and about those who issued them, wrote an article; our media always eager to show real Islam, they believe to be or wanted it to be, happily published this article. This is what author, Ms. Sadia Dehlvi, wrote in that article; an excerpt from it:

“Interestingly, two-thirds of the Quran was revealed in the Meccan phase before the Prophet's migration to Medina. The Meccan revelations largely consist of spiritual narratives calling Muslims to non-violent resistance. This took place at a time when Muslim men and women were being tortured and killed for no reason other than accepting Islam. Soumayya, a woman who was tortured to death under the blazing sun, became the first martyr of Islam.”

This is what many Muslims and their apologists say, interesting that these people do not substantiate by giving credible evidence, in order to justify what took place later in Medina. Nevertheless this type of erroneous information, if not out right lies (only in this case), has its effects on people’s thinking.

Why Muslims commit horrible crimes against infidel women?

Many times it was pointed out here that Non Muslims in Islamic countries are facing discrimination and persecution and also that their numbers are dropping in all Islamic countries. One of the ways of persecuting and humiliating infidels is targeting of their women, kidnap and convert their women in to Islam. In Pakistan, Bangladesh and Egypt it is an ongoing phenomenon. This pattern is just another version of Islamic Jihad, to be waged against infidels. The latest incident to be reported is a 13 year old Hindu girl being kidnapped and converted to Islam.

The above mentioned incident is not an isolated one by any stretch. If one is interested in knowing further on this kind, read from the below links.

A very brief background of Prophet Mohammad

Prophet was born in the year 569 and lost his father very early and then Mother, when he was only 7 years old. Then he was brought up by his grand father and then Uncle Abu Talib. He belongs to a tribe Quraysh, largest and powerful in Mecca. He married a wealthy woman named Khadija when he was 25 and she was 40 (it is not 100% accurate, better to say between 35 and 40) and she was a wealthy merchant. For her this was second or third marriage. She was very powerful and wealthy too. Prophet, before the marriage, worked for her by managing her caravans.