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Danke
2. Muhammad copied from the Jews but when this failed, he made them Dhimmis
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She here is taking a grain of truth, such as the Muslims facing Jerusalem rather than Mecca, and turning into "copying" from the Jews and then she suggests that this didn't work so Muhammad turned on them... this is completely ahistorical. Quote from Tafseer ibn Kathir regarding the Qiblah (prayer direction):
قال علي بن أبي طلحة عن ابن عباس : كان أول ما نسخ من القرآن القبلة ، وذلك أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لما هاجر إلى المدينة ، وكان أكثر أهلها اليهود ، فأمره الله أن يستقبل بيت المقدس ، ففرحت اليهود ، فاستقبلها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بضعة عشر شهرا ، وكان يحب قبلة إبراهيم فكان يدعو إلى الله وينظر إلى السماء ، فأنزل الله : ( قد نرى تقلب وجهك في السماء ) إلى قوله : ( فولوا وجوهكم شطره )
Narrated by Ali bin Abi Talha from Ibn Abbass: The first abrogation in the Quran was about the Qiblah when the Messenger of Allah migrated to Medina and most of its inhabitants were Jews. So Allah commanded the Muslims to pray towards Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem); the Jews were delighted by this, so the messenger of Allah faced it for ten and some months. However He liked to face the Qiblah of Abraham, so he used to supplicate to God looking towards the sky.
[This is when an Islamic verse was revealed 2:144 instructing the prophet to turn towards Mecca as he desired]
The Qur'an further explains: وما جعلنا القبلة التي كنت عليها إلا لنعلم من يتبع الرسول ممن ينقلب على عقبيه (And We made the Qiblah which you used to face (Jerusalem), only to test those who followed the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels) 2:143
So we learn the Muslims changed their Qiblah even though Muhammad disliked this, and it was revealed that this was in order to test the Jews on whether or not they would follow Muhammad based on traditions or based on faith.
So now the more important question remains: How did Muhammad treat the Jews after the Qiblah was turned back to Mecca. Did he suddenly become very anti-Jewish as the person in the video suggests?
The best place to start is the Constitution of Medina which is perhaps the best way to describe the relationship between the Muslims and the non-Muslims. This constitution was never breached by the Muslims, even after the Jews attempted to oust the Muslims. It reads:
لليهود دينهم وللمسلمين دينهم ، مواليهم وأنفسهم ، إلا من ظلم نفسه وأثم ، فإنه لا يوتِغ – أي : يُهلِك - إلا نفسه وأهل بيته
The Jews have their religion and the Muslims have theirs, their loyalists and their persons. Except for those who behave unjustly, for they hurt themselves and their families.
Full rights were granted to the Jews. Their religion, their property, their say in politics, their laws (were not subject to Shariah), and the only condition is they don't behave unjustly.
Here's an example of Muhammad's kindness even to Jews:
عن قيس بن سعد إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَتْ نَفْسًا
Qays bin Sa'd reported that a funeral procession passed the messenger of Allah, and he stood up [out of respect], it was said to him: This is a Jew. The Messenger of Allah rebuked: Was he not a human being?
This post is getting length, so I will finish by saying the conflicts which arose between the Muslims and Jews was due to the fact there were many instigators from the Jews who conspired with the Quraysh to have the Muslims overthrown--famously Bani Qurayza, a Jewish tribe betrayed the Muslims and aided the attack against them during the battle of the trench a blatant violation of the treaty between the Muslims and Jews, how can one blame the Muslims for this?
Other examples are Ka'b ibn Ashraf, a Jew who despised the Muslims and went to Mecca to incite the Quraysh to attack the Muslims.
In short I challenge people who believe the nonsense outlined in the above video to find when the Muslims violated the rights of the Jews in Medina? I can post dozens of examples of their fair treatment and their rights being protected.
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