A Comparison

[Curious Christian]

Question remains...


Why was Jesus so different from Mohammed?


You forgot to mention...


Jesus was born a virgin.


Jesus asscended into heaven and didn't die.


Muslims can't deny either.


Unfortunatley for Islam Mohammed can't escape history. Plural marriage (even to the extent of making rules for himself which differed from the rules about marriage he gave his followers), military conquests, assinations theivery....not really prophet-like.


<i>Ibn Ishaq recounts the killing of "the enemy of God" named Ka'b son of al-Ashraf. (See page 365 ff) After Badr, Ka'b "began to inveigh against the apostle…" He wrote and declared verses of poetry that were insulting to Mohammed and Islamic women. Mohammed said, "Who will rid me of the son of Ashraf?" Muhammad son of Maslama said, 'I will deal with them for you, O apostle of God, I will kill him.' He said, 'Do so if you can.'" Mohammed then gave the assassin permission to lie and deceive the target of his wrath. Amazingly, the killer recruited the victim's foster brother, who had become a Muslim. Together, with the foster brother having the victim's confidence, they led him on a midnight stroll pretending to visit and conduct business with him. On signal, they lunged on him. The assassin reported: "I thrust [my dagger] into the lower part of his body, then I bore down upon it until I reached his genitals, and the enemy of God fell to the ground... Our attack upon God's enemy cast terror among the Jews, and there was no Jew in Medina who did not fear for his life"</i> (368, Ibn Ishaq)


Just one example. Mohammed dealt in violence. This cannot be refuted by history. Jesus, on the other hand, dealt in peace. I don't think Mohammed would have willingly gone to the cross.


Tragically, we shall now see that women are not exempt from this type treatment. When Abu 'Afak was assassinated for publicly speaking against Mohammed's killing of another man, Asma daughter of Marwan spoke out against Abu 'Afak's murder. Ishaq records:<i> "When the apostle heard what she had said he said, 'who will rid me of Marwan's daughter?' Umayr... who was with him heard him, and that very night he went to her house and killed her. In the morning he came to the apostle and told him what he had done and he said, 'You have helped God and his apostle, O Umayr!' When he asked if he would have to bear any evil consequences the apostle said, 'Two goats won't but their heads about her...'"</i> (Ibn Ishaq, 675)


…And lest anyone think that Mohammed did not sully his own hands with the blood of his enemies, <i>Ibn Ishaq lets us know that Mohammed possessed prisoners after the battle of Uhud that he "killed with his own hand." (Ibn Ishaq, 403) The histories I have read give little detail about the event, but they record it, as well as Mohammed’s pride when he told his daughter that his sword “served him well” that day. This is a key incident (as is the one that follows) because it shows Mohammed himself, not merely killing in battle, but then killing prisoners and hostages.</i>


<b>Please don't consider this disrespect. These are the words of Ishaq...not mine. If they aren't true...please explain and tell us.</b>