Karnal wrote on Mar 1
st, 2018 at 12:00am:
freediver wrote on Feb 28
th, 2018 at 9:58pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 28
th, 2018 at 9:57am:
Karnal wrote on Feb 27
th, 2018 at 11:25pm:
And don't forget the transcripts of the trial of the 200 Jews Moh killed in a day, G.

There you go. Couldn't have put it better myself. FD has no problem whatsoever taking as gospel truth the account of a single secondary source who was regarded by his peers as unreliable at best. Yet mention a treaty that is widely accepted by historians - he's all "oooh, no evidence!"
Also, FD are you saying it was ok for the Qurayza to conspire in secret to launch a surprise attack against your own city - on the basis that there was no treaty saying they wouldn't?
You are lying again Gandalf. What exactly is "widely accepted by historians"?
You do know he'll reference actual historians, don't you? What's the plan then?
No speaka da English?
What does FD's favourite (read 'only') source for all things Islamic history say:
Quote:Aside from the general agreements, the chronicles by Ibn Ishaq and al-Waqidi contain a report that after his arrival, Muhammad signed a special treaty with the Qurayza chief Ka'b ibn Asad. Ibn Ishaq gives no sources, while al-Waqidi refers to Ka’b ibn Malik of Salima, a clan hostile to the Jews, and Mummad ibn Ka’b, the son of a Qurayza boy who was sold into slavery in the aftermath of the siege and subsequently became a Muslim. The sources are suspect of being against the Qurayza and therefore the historicity of this agreement between Muhammad and the Banu Qurayza is open to grave doubt. Among modern historians, R. B. Serjeant supports the historicity of this document and suggests that the Jews knew "of the penalty for breaking faith with Muhammad".[27] On the other hand, Norman Stillman argues that the Muslim historians had invented this agreement in order to justify the subsequent treatment of the Qurayza.[28] Watt also rejects the existence of such a special agreement but notes that the Jews were bound by the aforementioned general agreement and by their alliance to the two Arab tribes not to support an enemy against Muhammad.[1] Serjeant agrees with this and opines that the Qurayza were aware of the two parts of a pact made between Muhammad and the Jewish tribes in the confederation according to which "Jews having their religion and the Muslims having their religion excepting anyone who acts wrongfully and commits crime/acts treacherously/breaks an agreement[clarification needed], for he but slays himself and the people of his house."[27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Qurayza#Arrival_of_MuhammadClearly, historians "widely" agree (apart from Stillman) that they were at the very least part of a general agreement to assist each other in war, (and obviously not attack each other) - if not a specific treaty between the two.
One thing I find interesting from that quote...
he chronicles by Ibn Ishaq and al-Waqidi contain a report that after his arrival, Muhammad signed a special treaty with the Qurayza chief Ka'b ibn Asad.Interesting because Ibn Ishaq is the sole source for the mass execution account. FD as we know accepts the mass execution as gospel truth. Yet, this same source, that FD accepts without question in one of his accounts, also chronicles a specific treaty between Muhammad and the chief of the Qurayza. So what does FD do in light of this? Say that Ibn Ishaq can be trusted without question on one account, but not be trusted on another?