Re: This is followed by: "Then the Apostle prepared for war in pursuance of Allah's command to fight his enemies and to fight the infidels who Allah commanded him to fight." Fighting was such an essential part of Islam's formation that Tabari devoted the next
- From: nit <idonot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:25:16 -0400
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:21:57 +0000, WAR MADE A PROFIT wrote:
This is followed by: "Then the Apostle prepared for war in pursuance of
Allah's command to fight his enemies and to fight the infidels who Allah
commanded him to fight." Fighting was such an essential part of Islam's
formation that Tabari devoted the next sixty pages to a single conflict-the
Battle of Badr. It gets five times more attention than Abraham's pilgrimage
to the Ka'aba-the establishment of Islam. It gets ten times more ink that
the first revelation-Muhammad's call to prophethood. It garners twenty times
more coverage than Muhammad's migration to Yathrib-the Hijrah that
instigated the Islamic Era. How is it that a battle became the centerpiece
of a religion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Badr
It's the centerpiece of the religion? I thought the center piece of the
religion is to be true to God, Allah, and to worship him.
The battle of Badr is a historical even that is looked upon as that.
The initial salvo of the battle to resurrect Islam nearly crucified it.
We are told that Muhammad led his militants on a terrorist raid designed
to rob another caravan in of all months, Ramadhan. Tabari VII:26 "In
this year the great battle of Badr took place between the Messenger of
Allah and the Quraysh Unbelievers in the month of Ramadhan." Since
fasting was required in the sacred month, since the observance of
Ramadhan was a religious obligation, a pillar of Islam, why were the
first Muslims and their prophet on the prowl during their most holy
time? Do you suppose money was more important than piety?
Ramadhan? Ramadan, maybe?
I am no Islamic historian, but I suspect that the religious period of
Atonement came to be many years after the Prophet crossover and the battle
is mere coincidence that it occurred in the month of Ramadan then, but, of
course you do know that is not the same month year after year, right?
Who was it that said; money is the root of all evil. Of course, the
Christian televangelists will say for a prayer for a "contribution" with
Master Card and Visa, so call now, operators are standing by.
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