Story of Mohammed Islam Unveiled

15 An Attempted Assassination
After the Battle of the trench Mohammed sent assassins to kill his chief rival in Mecca, Abu
Sufyan.
From the biography of Al-Tabari: 12
T1438 Mohammed sent two men to Mecca to kill his rival, Abu Sufyan. The plan was simple and
the leader was from Mecca so he knew it well. They set out on one camel for Abu Sufyan’s home
where one man would stand watch and the other would go in and put a knife in him. But the
assisting Muslim wanted to go to the Kabah and pray. The leader argued against it because he was
well known, but the other Muslim insisted. So they went to the Kabah and, sure enough, the leader
was recognized. The Meccans set up a cry of alarm and the men fled Mecca. There was no way to
kill Abu Sufyan now.
T1439 The Muslims ran to a cave on the outskirts of Mecca. They placed rocks in front of the cave
and waited quietly. A Meccan approached the cave while cutting grass for his horse. The Muslim
leader came out of the cave and killed him with a knife thrust to the belly. The man screamed
loudly, and his companions came running; however, they were more concerned with their dying
comrade than the killers and left carrying the body. The Muslims waited for a while and then fled
again.
T1440 On their way back to Medina, the Muslims met a one-eyed shepherd. It turned out that they
were related by clan ties. The shepherd said he was not a Muslim nor would he ever be. As they sat
talking, the shepherd lay back and went to sleep. The leader took his bow and drove its tip down
through the shepherd’s one eye, into his brain, and out the back of his head. Then they headed on
back to Medina.
T1440 On the road, the leader saw two Meccans who were enemies of Islam. He shot one and
captured the other and marched him to Medina. When they got to Mohammed with the captive and
told him the whole story of the killing, Mohammed laughed so hard they could see his back teeth.
Then he blessed them.
Author’s Comments:
In his early days as a prophet in Mecca, Mohammed had not been violent at all. His teachings
were religious and confined to threats in the afterlife. By this stage however, his hatred of those
who refused to believe in him could be described as inhuman. His personality is described by
psychiatrists as narcissistic. He demanded adoration from others, and showed a psychopathic
hatred of those who would not give him the status he demanded. At its core, these are the values on
which Islam is founded.
12 The original manuscript of Ibn Ishaq’s biography was lost in the very early days. The Sira was therefore reconstructed from the notes and writings
of two of his students, Ibn Hashim and Al-Tabari. This section is therefore taken from “The Sira”
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