Some things to Ponder about Islam
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Some things to Ponder about Islam |
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Posted by Steve on January 30, 19102 at 23:06:35:
ISLAM REVEALED:
An Allah who has as a fundamental tenant of faith that of killing and hatred of
Jews and Christians is not my God.
My God is whom Moses met on Mt Sinai who Moses described as:
The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth,
According to Islamic law non-Muslims don't belong to the House of Islam (Dar al-
Islam), therefore they belong to the House of War (Dar al-Harb). Under the
Islam legal system there are only three ways for Muslims to deal with non-
Muslims.
To Islam each of these ways produces some form of peace:
First, peace through conversion. Non-Muslims must be converted and if
converted, there is a sense of peace. Second, peace through submission. Non-
Muslims must be brought into submission or subjugated under Islam. This, too,
will bring a certain level of peace.
Third, peace through death. Non-Muslims must be eliminated(except for women,
children and slaves). In this case there is a sense of perfect peace. You're
dead!
Then their is the problem of the Islam founder - Mohammed.
Mohammed in fact admitted he could do no miracles and he did no prophecies.
Worse than this - Muslims somehow miss the obvious -that Mohammed was a
murderer and thief. The Koran was largely developed to explain Mohammed's own
behavior.
See Mohammed's personal history BELOW (from mostly Islamic sources):
To be saved - you only have to know One name and
it is NOT Allah. The name of Jesus of Nazereth, the only begotten Son of God
and the only mediator between man and the Father. Muslims have to get over the
lie that Got cannot begot. He surely did.
May My Lord and My God help you find your way.
Steve
MOHAMMED's PERSONAL HISTORY:
Christians were told in the Bible to be on-guard and that the Antichrist will
not only just be a man who appears shortly before the Lord Jesus, but also a
movement which denies that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God. There is no
more militant movement on earth equal to Islam. Jesus said; "many false
prophets will rise up and deceive man."
Mohammed was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. He was orphaned early in his
life and raised by his uncle. At the age of 20 Mohammed was hired by a wealthy
woman named Khadija to manage her late husband's caravan business. When
Mohammed was 25 he married Khadija; several children were born to them, but
only one survived to adulthood; Fatima. Mohammed claimed the angel Gabriel
transmitted the entire Koran to him from Allah. When Mohammed began to preach
his new religion in 610 A.D. the leaders of Mecca were strongly opposed. In
622 A.D. Mohammed was approached by the elders from a town located some 250
miles north of Mecca who asked Mohammed to be their ruler. Mohammed accepted
on the conditions that they would also accept him as a prophet and that he
could bring his followers. The exodus to this town, later known as Medina is
known by Muslims as the "hijra". The Meccans attacked the Medinans several
times, but the Medinans always managed to drive them off. In 630 A.D. the
Meccans were defeated by Mohammed's forces, and the Muslims returned to Mecca
and cleanse the "kaba" of all its idols. Mohammed continued to rule Medina,
where he died in 632 A.D.
Mohammed was in fact a terrorist, criminal and murderer whose entire life was
based
on victimizing innocents and indulging in mindless violence, carnage and
massacre. He was a man who destroyed peace wherever he went, and in its place
brought terror, carnage and death. Even "Sahih Al-Bukhari" says Muhammad was
married to a 6 year old Jewish girl, while he was 51, and he slept with his 11
wives in one night. Safiyah, the 6 year old Jewish girl whose family members
were slaughtered by Mohammed, was made to undergo this legalized rape on the
day her family was killed. In the first year of Mohammed's residence at
Yathrib (now Medina) the "Prophet" who never prophesized, celebrated his
marriage to Ayisha. Ayisha was then only 10-years old.
When Mohammed first started screaming from the rooftops that he alone had the
divine word of God, the people of Mecca ignored him. However, when he started
insulting and defaming the religion of the peace loving Meccans, they couldn't
take it anymore and tried persuading him to stop. Mohammed the coward was too
scared of the growing hostility against him and instead of calling upon his
Allah to strike down the Meccans, he crept out one night and fled for his life.
Ever since that incident, Mohammed was determined to take revenge on the
Meccans. He escaped to Medinah, which had a sizeable Jewish population, and
started plotting his revenge with a small gang of criminals. This was the
beginning of Mohammed's trail of violence, hatred and bloodshed that would soon
destroy the once flourishing culture of Arabia. The story has been documented
in detail by his biographers, - surprise raids on trade caravans and tribal
settlements, the use of plunder thus obtained for recruiting an ever growing
army of greedy desperados, assassinations of opponents, blackmail,
expulsion and massacre of the Jews of Medinah, attack and enslavement of the
Jews of Khayber, rape of women and children, sale of these victims after rape,
trickery, treachery and bribery employed to their fullest extent to grow the
numbers of his religion Islam which ironically was supposed to mean 'Peace'! He
organized no less than 86 expeditions, 26 of which he led himself.
The motives of the converts to Islam was never in any doubt. As D. S.
Morgoliouth states in his book "Mohammed and the Rise of Islam":
'Of any moralizing or demoralizing effect that Muhammad's teaching had upon his
followers we cannot say with precision. When he was at the head of the Robber
community, it is probable that the demoralizing influence began to be felt; it
was then
that men who had never broken an oath learnt that they might evade their
obligations, and that men to whom the blood of their clan had been as their
own, began to shed it with impunity in the 'cause of god'. And that lying and
treachery in the cause of
Islam received divine approval. It was then too that Moslems became
distinguished by the obscenity of their language. It was then too, that the
coveting of goods and wives possessed by Non-Muslims was avowed without
discouragement from the
Prophet....'
The details of all his criminal onslaughts in the form of battles and
assassinations are chronicled in this article in a chronological manner. One
should note that every time the 'Apostle of Peace' committed one of his
criminal onslaughts, he always justified the crimes by quickly claiming
a 'divine revelation' which conveniently removed the blame from his bloodied
hands. These convenient Suras are detailed immediately below the description of
the incident.
1) Massacre of unarmed merchants during sacred month
Date: Late January(Rejeb), 623 A.D.
Place: Nakhla
Victims: 4 Merchants from Quraysh tribe of Mecca, the Tribe to which Mohammed
himself belonged
Four UNARMED merchants were traveling to Mecca to sell their goods consisting
of raisins, honey and animal skins. It was the holy month of Rejeb which was
considered sacred for trade in Arabia. It was a point of honor that any form of
warfare or violence was strictly forbidden in this month. Mohammed's gang
attacked the helpless men from behind and stabbed two of them to death. They
plundered all the goods as booty and Mohammed got one fifths of the share.
This shows the utter lack of morals or scruples on Mohammed's part. The Prophet
of Islam did not possess a shred of pity or kindness, or the slightest sense of
justice. He cold-bloodedly murdered two innocent people who had never done him
any harm and did not even know him! All this was done in a month that the
Prophet himself declared was a sacred month in which no warfare should take
place. Mohammed was obviously motivated by nothing but hatred and greed.
Conveniently divine revelations came down from Allah that absolved him of all
the guilt.
Koran 2:216
'Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen
that you hate a thing which is good for you and it may happen that you love a
thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, you knew not.'
Here Mohammed is completely removing all blame from himself, for having started
the fighting. The most insidious and devilish implication of this verse is that
Allah is completely justifying Mohammed's murder of the innocent Meccans. Over
and above this Mohammed is conveniently implying that warfare is hateful to
him, but he participated in it because it was ordained by Allah! What
sacrifices the 'Apostle of Peace' had to make!
Koran 2:217
'They question you (O Mohammed) with regard to warfare in the sacred month.
Say: Warfare therein is a great transgression but to turn men from the way of
Allah and to disbelieve in Him and the inviolable place of worship and to expel
its people
thence is a greater transgression, for persecution is worse than killing'
Here Allah is clearly saying that to kill or create warfare in the sacred month
of Rejeb is a very grave offence, but to justify his own violation of Allah's
rules, Mohammed comes up with the idea that since the people killed were
unbelievers, it was
perfectly okay! The reason given for the horrific murder of the innocent
Meccans, is the fact that they did not believe in Mohammed's version of God.
How much more tolerant and kind could the 'Great Prophet' be!
2) Slaughter of Meccans who came to defend their caravans
Date: March (Ramadan) 17, 623 A.D
Place: The well of Badr
Victims: 70 merchants from Quraysh Tribe of Mecca, The Quraysh army which came
to defend them
The merchandise being carried by this caravan was worth more than 50,000 Gold
Dinars. Mohammed ganged up all the criminals of Medina and set out to raid the
caravan with 300 men. The Meccans got word of the raid and sent out an army to
protect the caravan. Throughout the entire battle Mohammad cowered in a hut
which his men made for him. There he cried and prayed with feverish anxiety. At
one point he came out of the hut and threw pebbles in the enemy's direction,
screaming
'Let evil look on your faces!' and 'By him who holds my soul in his hands,
anyone who fights for me today will go to paradise!' The Muslims killed over
two hundred and took seventy prisoners. All seventy of the prisoners were
ransomed, and any prisoner who did not fetch a ransom had his head chopped off.
Mohammed was gratified at the sight of his murdered victims. After the battle,
he sent his followers to look for the corpse of Abu Jahal, one of the Meccans
who had criticized him openly. When his corpse was found they cut off the head
and threw it down at Mohammed's feet. The 'Apostle of peace' cried out in
delirious joy, 'Rejoice! Here lies the head of the enemy of Allah! Praise
Allah, for there is no other but he!' The Prophet then ordered a great pit to
be dug for the bodies of the innocents to be dumped. The Muslims then proceeded
to hack the corpses limbs into pieces. As the bloodied mass of bodies was being
thrown into the pit, a feverishly excited Mohammed screamed, ' O People of the
Pit, have you found that what Allah threatened is true now? For I have found
that what my Lord promised was true! Rejoice All Muslims!' One of the
prisoners taken was the defiant Al Nadr Ibn al Harith, who had earlier taken
Mohammed's challenge of telling better stories than him. Mohammed ordered Ali
to strike off Nadr's head in his presence, so he could watch and exult in the
pleasure of
beheading the man who had insulted him. Another prisoner Uqba ibn Abi Muait was
decapitated in front of the Prophet. Before being killed the prisoner cried
out pitifully 'O Prophet, who will look after my children if I should die?'
The 'Great Prophet of the Religion of Peace' coldly spat out 'Hellfire', as the
blade came down and spattered his clothes with Uqba's blood.
This time Mohammed needed a revelation that would not only absolve him of all
the guilt for murdering so many innocent people, but also give him the 'divine'
right to get a huge share of the plundered booty. Quite a few revelations
magically appeared after the battle of Badr.
Koran 8:65
'O Prophet exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you 20 steadfast, they
will overcome 200 and if there be of you a 100, they shall overcome a 1000,
because the disbelievers are a folk without intelligence'
This Sura clearly exposes Islam to be a religion that not only encourages
violence but actually makes it a sacred duty for Muslims to kill anyone who
does not believe in the Muslim version of religion. Not only is the 'All
forgiving Allah' exhorting his followers to kill anyone who is not Muslim, but
he is also saying that all non-Muslims are so stupid that they will be unable
to defend themselves and therefore deserve death!
Koran 8:67-68
'It is not for any Prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the
land. You desire the lure of this world and Allah desires for you the hereafter
and Allah is Mighty, Wise.. Now enjoy what you have won as lawful and good and
keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is forgiving, merciful.'
This verse is in reference to the prisoners that Mohammed held for ransom after
the battle. Allah the 'Merciful' is saying that they should all have been
killed! In addition, Allah is conveniently commenting that whatever loot
Mohammed has plundered
is 'lawful and good' because it was done in service to Allah. So murder, rape,
plunder and destruction are all perfectly fine with Allah as long as they are
done in the name of Islam! Mohammed is also insidiously making himself seem
very kind for
having spared the lives of the prisoners, when in fact he only let them live so
he could get more money from the Ransom for them. In today's world this is
called 'Terrorism' of the worst kind.
3) Assassination of poets who criticized Mohammed's murderous ways Date: Late
March-April, 623 A.D
Place: Medinah (aka: Medina)
Victims: Two of the most famous poets of Medinah, who had the courage to
criticize the murderous actions of Mohammed and his gang
After the battle of Badr, the people of Medinah were horrified that they had
given refuge to such a blatant criminal and his followers in their city. Many
began protesting the presence of such violent and murderous people in their
city. In a free society like Pre-Islamic Arabia, the poets acted as society's
conscience and were free to criticize, satirize and examine the actions of
people. The two most famous poets of this kind were Abu 'Afak; an extremely old
and respected poet and Asma bint Marwan; a young mother with the gift of superb
verse.
Muhammad was enraged at their criticism. When he heard the verses composed by
Asma Bint Marwan he was infuriated and screamed aloud, 'Will no one rid me of
this daughter of Marwan!' That very night a gang of Muslims set out to do the
dirty
deed. They broke into the poets' house. She was lying in in her bedroom
suckling her newborn child, while her other small children slept nearby. The
Muslims tore the newborn infant off her breast and hacked it to pieces before
her very eyes. They
then made her watch the murder of all four of her children, before raping and
then stabbing her repeatedly to death. After the murder when the Muslims went
to inform the Prophet, he said 'You have done a service to Allah and his
Messenger, her life
was not worth even two goats
A month later the distinguished and highly respected Abu Afak, who was over a
hundred years old and renowned for his sense of fairness, was killed brutally
in the same manner as he slept. Once again the Prophet had commented that
morning
'Who will avenge me on this scoundrel!'
This shows us exactly how much the tolerant and peace loving Prophet respected
life. Muslims claim that Mohammed was extremely gentle and loved children.
Indeed the horrifying way he had Asma Bint Marwan's five infants slaughtered
certainly
attests to this 'loving' side of the Prophet.
4) The Siege of the Banu Qaynuqa
Date: April, 623 A.D
Place: Medinah
Victims: The Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa
In order to get full control of Medinah, Mohammed needed to get rid of all his
opponents. The strongest of these opponents was Abdallah Ibn Ubayy, a powerful
chief who was allied with the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa. This tribe was also
the
weakest, because they were made up of craftsmen, in particular goldsmiths. By
attacking them, Mohammed knew he could plunder a huge amount of wealth and
weaken Ibn Ubayy. Mohammed needed an excuse to attack them so he made a girl
married to one of his followers, pretend that she had been teased by the Jews.
The Muslims blockaded the fort of the Banu Qaynuqa for fifteen days until the
starving Jews surrendered. Immediately, the Prophet was ready to kill them all,
but Ibn Ubayy seized hold of Mohammed and protested. Mohammed's face became
black with rage as he shouted 'Let go of me', but Ibn Ubayy was adamant and
shouted back 'No, by God, I will not let you go until you deal kindly with my
allies. 400 men without armor and 300 with, who have always supported me
against enemies. And you want to slay them all in one
morning! By God, If I were in your place I would fear a reversal of fortune'
At this threat, the cowardly Mohammed turned pale, as he realized that all the
people of Medinah were against him. He hit Ibn Ubayy on the face and ordered
that the Jews be kicked out of their own homes. All their property was seized
and looted, many of the prettiest women were taken as prisoners to become sex-
slaves. Mohammed kept one-fifths of the enormous booty for himself. This is the
way he repaid the kindness of the Jews of Medina, who had given him shelter and
a refuge, when Mohammed had run away from Mecca in fear.
The revelations in the Eighth Sura of the Koran were clearly in reference to
the Banu Qaynuqa and anyone who opposed the Muslims.
(Koran 8:55-57)
'Lo, the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not
believe.'
'Those of them with whom you made a treaty and then at every opportunity they
break their treaty and they keep not duty to Allah, If you come on them in the
war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, so that
they may
remember.'
Here Mohammed's acts of planned terrorism against the Jewish Tribe is justified
by Allah, because according to the 'Merciful' Allah, Non-Muslims are the worst
of BEASTS! So it is perfectly all right to murder, rape, torture and pillage the
non-believers! Not only that but Allah is advising Mohammed and the Muslims
that when anyone protests against the injustices committed by Muslims, the
Muslims should make sure and deal with them with such violence, that it will
strike fear among anyone who may think of supporting dissent. This proves that
the Koran is nothing but a political manual for controlling people with terror.
Not even the fascist armies of Hitler engineered such devilish ideas.
The above are just a few of the incidents that demonstrate the intolerant and
merciless nature of the inhuman acts committed by Mohammed and the Muslims.
It was Mohammed that started the fighting by attacking the Meccan caravans
during a time that attacks were traditional forgone between enemies in that
area.
Islam works in much the same way as communism, which is by subversive means. As
Islam was introduced to the native Indonesians, the people found the religion
was very adaptable to their animism and pagan beliefs. Islam did not really
change the beliefs but absorbed it instead, since it did not bring something
that was dramatically different than indigenous pagan beliefs. For example, the
beliefs in jinns (spirits and ghosts) and all the superstitious practices such
as charms, amulets, susuk, mantras (using arabic language - no one really knows
whether it is a koranic verse or not), witch doctors or
shamans (dukun), and many others which are still widely practiced by the
Indonesian moslems.
On the other hand, Christianity would try to eradicate these practices, and
because of this, the people were more receptive to Islam, except in some parts
of Indonesia.
Then, after Islam gained stronger influence, the maulanas did use military
forces to attack the Hindu and the Buddhist kingdoms in their objective to
Islamize the regions, just like they did anywhere else in the world.
I simply am citing well know facts about the Koran, the Hadiths, the pre-
Islamic history of Mecca, and what is claimed by the Muslims themselves to be
known concerning the life and activities of the Prophet Mohammed.
When Muslims state that 'there is no God but Allah' and 'Mohammed is the final
Prophet', they are insulting every other religion.
India, and many other countries around the world, were raped, pillaged, and
plundered by Islam. And today it is the Islamic nations which threaten world
peace.
Muslims do not hesitate to criticize 'non-believers', but then become very
upset when non-believers criticize Islam. The book points out that religious
freedom and freedom of speech is a two-edged sword which cuts both ways. The
American freedom of speech (to criticize) and freedom of religion are deeply
cherished and exercised by Americans, but such concepts of freedom are unknown
and incomprehensible in Islamic
societies.
Jihad (Holy War) & Islamic Martyrs
And what reward does Paradise bring to the jihad martyr? He is promised a
palace of pearls in which are 70 mansions; inside each mansion are 70 houses
and in each house a bed on which are 70 sheets and on each sheet a beautiful
virgin. He is assured that he will have the appetite and strength of 100 men
for food and sex. This is the fantastic dream that is fed to Muslim boys from
earliest childhood. This motivation alone gives the reckless courage and
determination to train and execute terrorist deeds in which they sacrifice
their lives in bringing death and destruction to "the enemies of Allah."
The courage comes solely from a unique doctrine of Islam. Abu-Bakr, the first
Caliph to succeed Muhammad (and one of the few to whom Muhammad promised
Paradise without martyrdom), declared that even if he had one foot in Paradise
he could not trust Allah to let him in. The only sure way in Islam of achieving
Paradise is to sacrifice one's life in jihad. Yes, suicide is forbidden as self-
murder. But to sacrifice one's life in killing infidels carries the highest
reward.
The American people, a people of good will naturally recoil from attaching
blame to a major world religion itself, we can no longer afford such
sentimentality. No longer dare we allow Islam to escape its undeniable
responsibility.
Yet former President Bush and his son both called Islam a peace-loving
religion. The devastating acts of war by Islamic terrorists against the United
States were greeted by naive statements from well-intentioned government
leaders to the effect that we must distinguish between terrorism perpetrated by
extremist groups and Islam itself which is peaceful. Yet there are more than
100 verses in the Qur'an advocating the use of violence to spread Islam.
In the Qur'an, Allah commands Muslims, "Take not the Jews and Christians as
friends....Slay the idolaters [non-Muslims] wherever ye find them.... Fight
against such...as believe not in Allah..." (Surah 5:51; 9:5,29,41, etc..).
The Koran itself warns Moslems, “Do not take Jews or Christians as your
friends.” During the Arab conquests, Jews and Christians alike were massacred,
and synagogues and churches destroyed. A Moslem phrase often quoted in the
middleast region is: “On Saturday we kill the Jews and on Sunday we kill the
Christians!”
In Islam, the world is divided between the believers and the infidels, between
Dar al Islam (“the world of Islam”) and Dar al Harb (“the world of war”). All
non-Moslems are included in the world of war, and thus, can be forced to accept
Islam through Jihad, Holy War.
This theology enables us to understand the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict,
and should warn the Christian West about what power lies behind the attempts to
divide the Land of Israel. This does not mean that Moslems are evil; but
Christians should be aware that they are under a deceiving, evil influence and
power — that of Islam. Therefore, Islam as a power must be resisted.
At the same time, we must realize that millions of people — made in the image
of God — are held in bondage to this evil, dark power. As Christians, we should
pray that God will release them from Islam, and bring them to the knowledge of
salvation in Jesus Christ.
Though most Muslims would shrink from obeying such commands, this is official
Islam and it cannot change without admitting that Muhammad was a false prophet
and murderer.
The world has sided with Islam in its false claim to the land of Israel,
which is now inaccurately called Palestine. This promised land, given to Israel
by the God of the Bible, has been occupied by Jews continuously for the last
3,000 years, and they are the only people to have done so. In recognition of
that undeniable historic fact, all of "Palestine" was to be given to the Jews
for a national homeland by a 1917 ruling of the League of Nations. But steadily
the Jews were betrayed by Britain's administration of this mandate (and the
demise of the British Empire can be dated from that betrayal); the land was
parceled out to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, etc. Israel is now accused
of "occupying" land which actually has been theirs for 3,000 years. The come-
lately "Palestinians" are sustained by the world in the lie
that they are the original owners of this land. As a result, terrorism is
perpetrated not only against Israel but now in this latest act against the
United States to apply pressure to force Israel out of its rightful land and to
spread Islam around the world.
Islamic Qur’an (Koran) itself declares that Israel belongs to the Jews. Muslims
state that Jews have no right to live in the Holy land. Yet the
Muslim "Bible", the Koran says; "And Musa (Moses) said to his people (Israel):
O my people! remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among
you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among
the nations. O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for
you and turn not your backs for then you will turn back losers." Surah 5:20-21
Looks like Mohammed learned something from his Jewish & Christian wives...
During the 6th year of Hijra there were as many as 17 expeditions. These ended
in capture of herds, flocks and whatever they could steal. All served to
spread the terror of Muhammad's name.
The Battle with the Quraiza Jews - Poisoning of Mohammed:
Mohammed marched with 3,000 followers against 2,000 Quraiza Jews, shortly after
the siege of Medina ended. The Jews were attacked and they soon surrendered.
A wounded chief named Sa'd was asked by Mohammed to decide the fate of the
captives. His response was that the men should be put to death, the women and
children sold into slavery, and the booty be divided among the Islamic army. A
shrill of horror ran through the assembled captives. Mohammed then
said; "Truly, the judgment of Sa'd is the judgment of the Lord, pronounced on
high from above the seventh heaven".
The Muslims dug trenches across from the marketplace, and in the morning
Mohammed commanded that the male captives be brought out 5-6 at a time. The
Jews were made to sit down at the top of the trenches. Next, the Muslims
beheaded them and tossed their bodies into the trench. This sickening butchery
by the "Prophet of God" lasted all day. It continued into the night by
torchlight.
A Jewess named Zainab who lost her husband, father and brother to this Islamic
butchery planned revenge. She cooked a goat and laced it with poison. This
goat meat was served to Mohammed for his evening meal. Taking for himself his
favorite piece (the shoulder) Mohammed next distributed portions to Abu Bakr
and his other friends. Mohammad spat out the first piece and
screamed "Hold", "this shoulder has been poisoned". One of Mohammed's friend
who had swallowed part of the meat soon died. Mohammed himself was seized by
excruciating pains. Defending herself, the Jewess Zainab said;
Thou has inflicted grievous injuries on my people, and slain, as thou seest, my
husband and my father. Therefore, said I within myself, If he be a prophet he
will reject the gift, knowing that it is poisoned; but if only a pretender we
shall be rid of our troubles.
Of interest is this emphatic declaration in Surat al-An'am (Cattle) 6:34
...there is none That can alter the Words (And Decrees) of Allah
So is the Allah of Islam fickle? Mohammed told his early followers that the
Qiblah, the physical direction of the prayers, should be toward Ka'bah. But
then Mohammed migrated to Medina and he changed this direction toward
Jerusalem. This was to please the predominant Jewish population. 17 months
later, Allah changed his mind the 3rd time when he commanded Mohammed to look
toward Mecca and not toward Jerusalem. Many contradictions like this are in
the Muslim Qu'ran (Koran).
Mohammed dies June 8, 632 A.D. in Medina
In the third month of the eleventh year of Hijra, Mohammad fell sick and layed
in the house of his wife Ayisha in Medina. The recent death of his infant son,
Ibrahim weighed his spirits down, and the poison he had consumed at Khaibar
still bothered him.
A little after midday of 8 June, 632, Mohammed stretched himself gently and was
no more. Later in the night his followers dug his grave on the same spot where
he breathed his last. They spread his red mantle on the bottom of the grave,
and his body was lowered into it. The grave was made level with the floor.
Mohammed's tomb is now close to the mosque of Medina. Six mosques have stood
on the same site as the present one.
The "Prophet of Peace" who the Qu'ran (Koran) commanded to fight 27 battles,
and who planned 39 others was no more. He gave no prophecies and performed no
miracles.