A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

and understood that murder was allowed for Islam. There is nothing to refute that they had been
murdering people all along, and Thabit rightly knew the she would be on Muhammad's hit list quite
shortly. And, true to form, Muhammad dispatched his followers to kill her.
Now, at first glance, this order to kill Asma might seem justifiable to some. Asma was calling for
someone to do away with Muhammad. But then, after all, he had been murdering her friends. But from
Muhammad's viewpoint it is understandable that he might be troubled by her call. It is obvious that
peaceful folks who are no threat to their neighbors normally have no reason to fear, but Muhammad's
followers were practicing a hard-ball form of religion with no room for dissent or opposition. Today gang
leaders, organized mobsters, drug cartels, and other criminal elements are similarly upset by those that
expose and speak out against their murderous activities.
So let's look deeper at the event and examine the context of Asma's views, relationship to her tribe,
and the threat she posed to Muhammad;
1. First, Asma had seen Muhammad in action. She had personal knowledge of several apparent coldblooded
murders. Of course, it seems reasonable by western standards that she should speak out against
them.
2. Second, her tribe was not under Muhammad's rule. Perhaps they had a treaty with Muhammad,
perhaps not. Either way, this woman was apparently free by local laws and norms to speak her mind. If a
treaty existed, and she was out of line, Muhammad could have complained to her tribe's leaders, and they
could have commanded her to be silent or dealt with the situation.
3. What's more noteworthy about this event is that after she was murdered, Muhammad said; "Two
goats won't butt their head about her", meaning no one will care about her death. Obviously at a minimum
her children, her family, and her friends felt differently, but that did not register as important to
Muhammad any more than the value of her life as an unbeliever. Also note, that there were already people
from her tribe who had become Muslims. Certainly these people were not going to listen to her.
The summary of these three points is this: if no one of significance really cared about her being
murdered, then no one really cared about what she had to say. Her people also knew about Muhammad
having Abu Afak murdered, and they didn't care about that either. In that light, it seems unlikely anyone
would take her seriously enough to respond to her urgings to murder Muhammad, who was the leader of a
powerful group of people. None of her own people were willing to put their lives on the line for her
words. Although her stand seemed justified and principled, it had insufficient local support, which
Muhammad perceived.
The bottom line is that Asma b. Marwan was not a legitimate threat to Muhammad. She was not a
leader of her tribe and had little or no influence. As such she was neither a physical threat nor wielded
power to command followers. She was little more than a nuisance, yet Muhammad had her murdered in
premeditated cold blood anyway. It appears that both Asma and Abu Afak were killed simply because
they rejected Muhammad, and their deaths chronicled to serve as examples in order to dissuade other
would be critics. In our day, how would a society based on law and individual rights react to an organized
group who murder sleeping civilians for the reasons and purposes just outlined, and what would happen
to the leadership of that group?
INCIDENT # 3 – Muhammad’s Attack upon the Jews of Banu Qaynuqa
Shortly after Muhammad arrived in Medina he had conflict with the Jews. There were a number of
large and small tribes of Jews in and around Medina. The Banu Qaynuqa Jews were one of the larger
tribes. Muhammad desperately wanted the Jews to believe in him, but almost to the man they refused. The
more learned Jews perceived immediately that Muhammad’s claim of being a prophet did not jibe with
their traditions and earlier teachings of the prophets, and they quickly rejected him. Their rejection
undermined Muhammad's credibility because they had the "Scriptures" (i.e. Torah or Old Testament).
Thus, they were a threat to Muhammad and the theology he was in the process of establishing. From early
on there were very ill feelings between the Jews and Muhammad. As Muhammad's power grew he began
to confront the Jews.