The religious aspect of Islam played a minuscule role in the propagation of Islam, as evidenced by the fact that Muhammad’s preaching in Mecca for thirteen years converted only 150 followers. Keep in mind that this is the period when Mohammad was meek, powerless and a “crazed poet.” Nearly all his Mecca Quran dealt with mystical and religious type issues, with Allah’s hell and paradise.
It was during following nine years in Medina, where a religious-mystical preacher was replaced by a violent and combative activist, when tens of thousands flocked to his faith. The Arabs of the time lived with chronic violence, one tribe against another. Warring among themselves was a major way of gaining wealth and making a living. Hence Muhammad’s success against the Jews of Medina began to attract others in droves to the booty of wealth, women and children.
The success of Islam from the early days depended on war and violence. During thirteen years in Mecca, Islam expanded by about twelve followers a year. But the Islam of Medina, based on war and violence and the enticement of booty, expanded the rank of the creed exponentially. It is estimated that Islam’s numbers swelled to nearly 100,000 by the time of Muhammad’s death.
Clearly, Islam surged at the point of the sword, with the dictum of polarization. Muslims were considered righteous irrespective of their deeds, while the kefirs (infidels) were stigmatized as enemies of Allah and subject to maltreatment and death.
The Chameleon Islam
For a belief system with such lofty claims as the perfect prescription for eternal life authored by the creator of universe, Islam is anything but logical and consistent. It is more like slight of hand. Now you see it, now you don’t. Situational ethics, contradictions, and outright errors are rampant in Islam’s scripture.
For example, Quran 2:219 admonishes the faithful to be forgiving and tolerant of Jews and Christians. Yet Quran 9:29 directs Muslims to attack them until they are humbled and made to pay the jizyeh, the dhimmi tax. And Muslims to this day do exactly that. They act tolerant toward the People of the Book until they gather enough power. Then they proceed full force to subdue, humble and make them pay backbreaking Islamic taxes and submit to Sharia.
It is instructive to note that much of the Meccan Quran, the mystical poetic and more gentle Quran, characterized by tolerance and acceptance of others, is overturned by the intolerant and combative Quran of later Medina. Powerlessness was accompanied by meekness, while power unleashed savagery and violence.
Another telling point about this Islamic expediency and hypocrisy is clearly seen in the two parts of the Quran. The gentle Quran of Mecca is very Jewish. It is full of accounts about Jewish figures such as Noah, Adam and Moses. By contrast, the brutal Quran of Medina is full of negative assertions, and is anti-Jewish.
The Muslim political entity faced enemies, and it treated them pretty much as other political entities of the time treated their enemies, with diplomacy when possible, with armies when it was not. It also found itself in a position where both the Romans and the Persians were exhausted and bankrupt after centuries of war. It moved into the vacuum, the religious community moved with it.
Once in Medina, Muhammad hit on a most powerful formula for success. He justified everything by claiming that Allah wanted it this way. And Allah was nothing to trifle with. He held the key to the most magnificent paradise as well as to a dreadful hell. The duty of every good Muslim became unquestioning obedience to everything that Muhammad said and wished. Muhammad became Allah’s gatekeeper to paradise and hell.
Muhammad’s formula worked magic with the Bedouins of Arabia, who thrived on robbery and killing. His religion spread in no time at all.
As Muhammad gathered more and more followers, he turned on the Jewish community of Medina, killed the men, plundered their belongings, and captured their women and children as slaves. That was the birth of “Jihad.” Be meek and deceptive first, until you gather enough power then unsheathe the sword. It worked then and it is working today.
In no time, the savages of Arabia were lured by the win-win promise of Muhammad: you kill, you get the booty from your victims in this world, and if you get killed, your abode will be the unimaginably glorious sensuous paradise of Allah. Sword in hand, they sallied forth to lands near and far.
After the death of the prophet, the Arab world followed by an elective process to nominate his successor, starting with Abu Bakr. This group is known as ahl alsunnah wa-l-jama’ah, “the people of custom and community,” or Sunnis. The imamate or “leadership,” in non-elective manner, would become what we know today as Shi’ism. Shiites say that succession must remain within the family of the Prophet, a bloodline with Ali the first valid caliph. It should also be noted that this division occurred after the assassination of Imam Ali in Kufa by a Persian hero, who Arabs call Ibn Muljim and Persians call Bahman Jazooyeh.
This was a brief account of earlier success of Islam.
Indiana Tom says
The real success of Islam is getting the Catholics and Christians to call on Trump to let in more Jihadis in the USA and not deport the ones we have. As long as as we have Islamopanders, the more we lose before the battle is even fought.
Berengaria says
Yes, if only a few advance into
Your Town or City, they may be Meek & Humble, for a While. They obediently wait outside your Mayor’s office, till they can approach with sweet words & gifts.
But Beware, soon they will be placed on “unelected” positions in your Town. The Mayor will be the one, who becomes Meek & Humble in the presence of your new Neighbors.
When enough Muslims have advanced, they will be able to capture the Voting Booth, too.
StellaSaidSo says
Spot on, Berengaria, straight out of the MB playbook. Over the past several years I have watched a succession of mayors and members of parliament capitulate to the oily charm of those nice Arab chappies.
Cicero says
I love you artcles Imani.
Your target is irrefutable and your aim is unerring and uncompromising
gravenimage says
+1
David says
Nice article and post very informative and easily understood it makes the important points on how Islam grew to become an anti social religion. To most non-Muslims the religion is very exotic and not understandable but this was very clear thank you
Geoffrey Britain says
Once Muhammad left Mecca, did he make “a deal with the devil” to gain the charismatic power to attract followers? Clearly in Mecca he did not have that charisma…
If Satan wanted to create a ‘religion’ more antithetical to Christ’s teachings, how would it differ from Islam’s basic tenets?
gravenimage says
At that point, Muhammad just offered his thug followers booty and slaves, like any pirate warlord.
Kevin Timothy OKANE says
I record in my book the Battle of the Trench where an Islamic negotiator promised a tribe of Jews they would be treated well if they laid down their weapons.after the Jews agreed, Muhammad ordered the male prisoners to be beheaded and the women and children taken into slavery. Today, Muhammad would be hanged as a war criminal.
Marauder says
Those who are so adamantly opposed to what they believe is overpopulation, refusing to maintain a sustaining birth rate are ensuring that the so-called “stealth” jihad will at length prevail, thus aiding and abetting the eventual establishment of the Islamic dream of a worldwide caliphate.
Another mistake particularly in Europe – Britain, Germany, Sweden, et. al., is continually electing weak-kneed pisswillies who bend and kowtow to Muslim demands instead of sending them back to the crappy little sandboxes they crawled out of.
Where is today’s Charles Martel?
A.N.Rajaram says
This is exactly do or die situation for the non muslims. The first attack is perpetuated in the western worrld, thanks to the suicidal idealogy of the leftists,who want to literally silence all fair criticisms in order to push their agenda. This challenge ,in its essence, is global in its dimension. If we all non muslims don’t realise this , we will face only global perdition!
Krishna says
Dual nature of Islam is one of the major reason for its successful expansion
Westman says
So, instead of being like the carrot or stick motivation it’s more like hedonistic pleasure or torture. Allah’s houri-house in the sky, complete with unlimited glutony, opulence, and servants(no slavery?) or the sadistic Allah’s regimen for “losers” of melting off skins, caustic liquid drinking, and pouring on of boiling water, to entertain the citizens of jannah, all repeated forever.
Anyone actually believing such a rancid notion is likely to experience, “mental illness”.
Buck Tucker says
Consider too that Muhamed died with no property to his name, he spent everything he ever got on weapons, shields and horses for his army. He makes the crusaders look like schoolgirls.
TWG says
The Four Stages of Islamic Conquest
https://twg2a.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/the-four-stages-of-muslimislamic-conquest/
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
This is an idiocy from Mr Amil imani. If you don’t know, why writing an article?The lies that meccan suras are peaceful while later madinan suras are violent are just fantasies you copied from ignorant orientalists and mithraist christian evangelist liars debunked for long. Again, you lied to say the Quran is in poetry form. Even a beginner in Arabic will tell you it is not. Arabic poetry is defined as “kalamul mauzunul muqaffa (a measured statements ending in common letter), which Quran is not,it is in the form of prose. It shows that you cannot even read and understand Arabic text, what more of critical analysis on the Quran which has the highest stylistics . Learn basic Arabic literature and Arabic prosody (Arud) to know what say about the Quran . Ignorant fool!!
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
This is an idiocy from Mr Amil imani. If you don’t know, why writing an article?The lies that meccan suras are peaceful while later madinan suras are violent are just fantasies you copied from ignorant orientalists and mithraist christian evangelist liars debunked for long.
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Gee, is that so? Let’s see–is “Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous” more peaceful than “Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them”? Could be…
Here’s the chronological order of the Qur’an, from an Islamic site:
https://www.missionislam.com/quran/revealationorder.htm
All one has to do is read the Qur’an in chronological order to see that it gets more and more violent as it goes along–and abrogation makes this even worse. This has nothing to do with ignorant orientalists and mithraist (sic) christian evangelist liars”–it is intrinsic to the Islamic texts themselves.
And Ibrahim itace muhammed *himself* has affirmed many times that Muslims have the right to rob, rape, enslave, and mass slaughter Infidels.
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Again, you lied to say the Quran is in poetry form. Even a beginner in Arabic will tell you it is not. Arabic poetry is defined as “kalamul mauzunul muqaffa (a measured statements ending in common letter), which Quran is not,it is in the form of prose. It shows that you cannot even read and understand Arabic text, what more of critical analysis on the Quran which has the highest stylistics . Learn basic Arabic literature and Arabic prosody (Arud) to know what say about the Quran . Ignorant fool!!
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Of course, Amil Imani never says that the Qur’an is in the form of poetry as Ibrahim itace muhammed pretends. (Note: many pious Muslims become unhinged over the suggestion that the Qur’an is poetry; and hence actually confusing it with something beautiful)
Then again, Muslims are always babbling about how “poetic” the vicious Qur’an is.
gravenimage says
The Success of Islam
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Yes–most of this “success” came at sword point.
fang says
Success is the wrong choice of word as it implies a postive outcome. “Spreading” is a better choice of word, and the only reasons it spread is because it forces itself upon all and whomever does not bow, dies or is enslaved and abused. period.
Secondly Islam spread because of the vile disgusting doctrine in Christianity of pacifism, aka “turn the other cheek”….”avenge not yourselves”….bla bla. If it were not for these vile verses Islam would never, mark my word, NEVER exist today as they would ALL have been wiped out and all their lands ruled by Christian kings to this day if it were not for these vile pacifist verses. Islam only exists because of the pacifism of Christianity, and the indifference Islam has towards genocide and enslavement of anyone who does not bow to them.
mortimer says
Thanks to Amil Imani’s brilliant comments here. Islam is like a chameleon and teaches its followers to behave in that manner, changing their colors many times according to circumstances.
Western people have not learned how to be wary and outsmart the Muslim chameleons.
They should listen closely to Amil Imani !!!
Mukesh says
Islam is SUBJUGATION. Its like a prison manual with list of do’s and dont’s. Its abject surrender of your freedom and rights. Its pivot and fulcrum is SEX & KILLING.
shoehorn says
“Muhammad hit on a most powerful formula for success. He justified everything by claiming that Allah wanted it this way.”
Or as David Wood puts it: ‘Allah is the sock-puppet of Muhammad, and his purpose is to give Muhammad everything he wants.’