1. Nog voor dat de islam bestond was men in die streken zeer "tolerant" tegen alles wat 'anders' was.
Even before Islam,Jews had lived in various places like Mecca, Medina and regions like modern day Israel. When Islam arrived, Muslims drove them out of their ancestral lands.
The Bible tells us that the northern kingdom, Israel, was at all times polytheistic. The biblical references to the kings of Israel show every one of them as polytheistic in their beliefs. Biblical references that tell us about popular religion in Israel - what the people themselves believed.
"Palestine" 'belonged' to polytheistic (or Pagan) people first.
Pagans were commanded to convert to Islam. If they refused they were killed and enslaved and their property seized. Christians and Jews [4], however, were regarded as "peoples of the Book" and treated differently. If they surrendered without resistance, their lives and property were spared conditional on acknowledgment of their inferiority to Muslims and the superiority of Muslims and further on payment of the humiliation tax called "jizya".
Theoretically the dhimmi were to be allowed free practice of their religion, but in reality that notion evolved into mere sufferance under whatever other limitations the local rulers might impose. For the first centuries after Muslim conquest the Christian populations were the majorities under their Muslim masters. Over time these majorities dwindled to minorities through forced conversions and expulsions.
2. Met de opkomst van de Islam is de tolerantie echter afgenomen en eerder veranderd in een soort van 'gedoogbeleid' omdat ze wisten dat hun belangrijkste steden op zeer belangrijke handelsroutes lagen.
The Palmyrenes (ethnically semitic Amorites and Arabs) adopted many elements of both Greco-Roman and Parthian-Persian culture.
The breakaway empire was teeming with large cities, rich with industry – textiles, glass, metal, and leather-working. Palmyra itself profited from east-west trade.
Mecca. The city's location on several trade routes has made it commercially important since ancient times.
the claim by Muslims that Mecca was not only an ancient and great city, but it was also the centre of the trading routes for Arabia in the seventh century and before (Cook 1983:74; Crone 1987:3-6). It is this belief which is the easiest to examine, since we have ample documentation from that part of the world with which to check out its veracity.
3. Vele personen probeerden dan ook onze Mohammed van kant te maken, omdat hij in hun ogen een risico was voor hun geldopbrengsten, maar ook voor het 'gezonde verstand'.
Muhammad started public preaching.[63] As the number of followers swelled, he became a threat to the local tribes and the rulers of the city, whose wealth rested upon the Kaaba, the focal point of Meccan religious life, which Muhammad threatened to overthrow. Muhammad’s denunciation of the Meccan traditional religion was especially offensive to his own tribe, the Quraysh, as they were the guardians of the Ka'aba.[61] The powerful merchants tried to convince Muhammad to abandon his preaching by offering him admission into the inner circle of merchants, and establishing his position therein by an advantageous marriage.
The account holds that Muhammad pronounced a verse acknowledging the existence of three Meccan goddesses considered to be the daughters of Allah, praising them, and appealing for their intercession. According to these accounts, Muhammad later retracted the verses at the behest of Gabriel.[68] Islamic scholars vigorously objected to the historicity of the incident.
4. Tot zijn grote teleurstelling toch, toen hij bij de Joden voor hulp ging smeken, moesten ze er niks van weten.
After his migration (hijra) to Medina from his home-town of Mecca, he established an agreement known as the Constitution of Medina between the major Medinan factions, including the Jewish tribes of Banu Qaynuqa, Banu Nadir, and Banu Qurayza that secured equal rights for both Jews and Muslims as long as Jews remained politically supportive.[1] Muhammad later fought battles with these tribes on the basis of perceived violations of the constitution.
The Qur'an states that the Jews were specially chosen by God, who raised many prophets among them, blessed them and granted them favours, and held them over all other nations. [2]
Muhammad married two Jewish women, Safiyya bint Huyayy, a captive from the Banu Nadir, and Rayhana bint Zayd, though the latter is disputed. Rayhana is said to have poisoned him
When he realized that the Jews wouldn't believe in him, and that their unbelief would turn against him, because they have the Torah which has the criteria for any prophet, he realized that they should be eliminated. So at first he switched the Qibla (the direction the Muslims face in prayer) from Jerusalem to Mecca [Quran Surah 2:144 and Saheeh Bukhari - 41].
Of met andere woorden… De Koran even aangepast omdat hij ruzie had met wat Joden.
Lees dan eens terug.