Ali Sina - Understanding Muhammad

Muhammad’s Personality Profile
conveniently lost their camels in the desert, went out to find them, and did
not take part in the raid. The other six discussed the situation and finally
convinced themselves that the orders of the prophet should be obeyed even
if they went against their consciences and seemed immoral and unethical.
To set up the ambush, they shaved their heads and pretended to be
preparing themselves for pilgrimage, and when the men of the caravan
lowered their guard, they leapt upon them, killing one and taking two as
hostages. The fourth person escaped. This was the first bloodshed
chargeable to Islam. The first blood spilled in the history of Islam was the
blood of a non-Muslim by Muslims. Muslims started the hostilities. They
persecuted their detractors, not the other way around. The killing sent a
shockwave through the Quraish, who realized that their opponent, in his
quest for power, would not respect any law.
There are countless cases in which Muhammad broke the laws of the
land and disregarded the codes of ethics, decency, and morality. Laying
siege to merchant caravans or raiding villages and seizing their wealth is
theft and is against the law in any society. Muhammad ambushed unarmed
groups when they were least prepared to fight, killed as many of their
unarmed men as he could, enslaved their women and children, and made
his Allâh approve whatever he did. He also okayed having sex with
women captured in war, even if the women were still married. (Q.4:24)
From incest to polygamy, from rape to pedophilia, from
assassination to genocide, the Prophet of Allâh did them all and
encouraged his followers to do the same. He was disdainful of authorities,
and so are his followers.
The word “Islam” means “submission.” The Qur’an says: “No
believing man and no believing woman has a choice in their own affairs
when Allâh and His Messenger have decided on an issue.”(Q.33:36) The
truth is that even non-believing people have no choice. They must submit
or be killed. Muhammad interpreted dissent as betrayal. For narcissists,
dissent is intolerable. In response they panic and feel threatened. Painful
memories of being abandoned as a child rise up to shake their precariously
balanced personalities. They feel deeply hurt and seek revenge.
Muhammad viewed as enemies any who were not his supporters and
followers. He was paranoid and saw conspiracies everywhere. He cast
himself as the heroic victim of the malicious forces of his enemies. These
“enemies,” of course, existed nowhere except in his fertile imagination.
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