polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
The setting was the rapid growth in mercantilism that came with urbanisation - Arabia underwent a radical transformation from a nomadic bedouin society, to a trade-based one.
This is when Mecca was initially established. Since it was one of the driest places that even Arabia had to offer, there were no pastures or any way for anyone to have survived in the area before trade. The trade route wasn't established until around the 6th century BC (which was also about the time Medina was settled), which was over a thousand years after Abraham, and over 1,000 kilometers away from where Abraham ever traveled.
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
And with that came massive social changes ........
Indeed. And unto today. Become a Muslim or pay the price.
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
.......- traditional bedouin ways of community and social responsibility gave way to selfish individualism. In this setting, Muhammad's teachings, according to Watt, were always geared towards creating a social revolution that addressed the loss of community spirit: take care of the orphans, provide for the poor (eg zakat), stand up against tyranny and oppression.
Muhammadanism WAS, IS and HAS ALWAYS BEEN the very definition of tyranny and oppression. Death penalty for apostasy:
http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/muslim_persecution_of_christians.htm#death_p...Death penalty for blasphemy:
http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/blasphemy_laws.htmOr as Muhammad put it "causing mischief in the land".
Quran Surah 5:33
The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and
do mischief in the land is only that
they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land.
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
Not surprisingly, most of Muhammad's early supporters were from the lower, poorer sections of society, .......
Just as today when they recruit in prison - folks with IQs of 60 or lower, who are willing to believe Muhammad rode on a magic flying donkey-mule, talking ants and birds, Solomon and his troops riding on a magic flying carpet, and that the sun sets in a pool of murky water.
http://www.brotherpete.com/fables_fantasies.htmpolite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
....... while Muhammad's most vehement opponents were the privileged capitalists.
Come on. Muhammad first wife - his sugar momma that was 20 years his senior - was a capitalist.
Muhammad quit working to steal the fruit of the labor of others. Should anybody wonder why hard working productive people were adverse to his stealing the property they worked hard for?
Ishaq:475 "Allah commanded that horses should be kept for His enemy in the fight so they might vex them. We obeyed our Prophet's orders when he called us to war.
When he called for violent efforts we made them. The Prophet's command is obeyed for he is truly believed.
He will give us
victory, glory, and a life of ease.
Those who call Muhammad a liar disbelieve and go astray. They attacked our religion and would not submit."
Islam attacking those that do not submit all around the world today. Oh that's right with Sunni and Shiite mutual murder of each others innocents, they attack Islamic countries too!
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2014 at 10:38am:
Between the first revelation and the eventual conquest of Mecca, Islam's adherents overwhelmingly came from people "crossing over" from the other side - lured by the "social revolution" message.
Reprobate men lured with the promise of prisoner rape and being able to steal rather than work for a living. Men being fed lies that they would be rewarded in the chicken and wine serving bordello of Muhammad overactive imagination that he called "paradise", if they should inadvertently be killed while engaged in the act of murdering others through imperialistic conquest.
http://www.brotherpete.com/#paradiseSahih Muslim B 20 #4681 The tradition has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Qais. He heard it from his father who, while facing the enemy, reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Surely,
the gates of paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in a shabby condition got up and said; Abu Musa,
did you hear the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
say this? He said:
Yes. (The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said:
I greet you (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword, threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemy and fought (them) with it until he was slain. (also B 19 #4314)
http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/jihad_islamic_terrorism.htm#islamic_first_ji...continued