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Life of Muhammad
In the year 570 in Mecca, Muhammad is born to Amina, a woman in her mid-teens. Although poor and widowed, Amina is reluctant to raise her only child and fosters him to a Bedouin woman. Realizing he is a stranger in the family and teased by other children for being an orphan, Muhammad becomes withdrawn and shuts himself off from the world to take refuge in his daydreams. At the age of 25, Muhammad is a shy loner with no friends. He is attending a few goats when his uncle and guardian Abu Talib complains about the hardship of his life and urges him to find a job. Abu Talib secures a job for Muhammad at the service of Khadijah, a 40 years old wealthy Meccan woan. Khadijah is the daughter of Khuweilid, an alcoholic man and a co-dependent. She finds her fulfillment in taking care of others and falls in love with Muhammad because he is a needy man, both emotionally and financially. Co-dependents tend to love those whom they should pity. She tricks her father to gain his consent and marries Muhammad. Muhammads chaotic childhood has affected him psychologically. He has developed narcissistic personality disorder and also suffers from temporal lobe epilepsy. He has had a history of seizures and hallucinations, dating back to his childhood. Unable to interact with others as equal he retreats from the world and spends his days alone in a cave. One night, while sleeping in his cave, he hears bells ringing and feels spasms and abdominal pains. He gets up to experience a visual and auditory hallucination where he sees a ghost squeezing him and ordering him to read. He falls unconscious. When he wakes up, he finds himself alone at the entrance of the cave. He rushes home shivering in a psychotic state. He tells Khadijah what happened and expresses his fear that he may have become possessed by demons. Codependency is inverted narcissism. Codependents cling to a narcissist and elevate him in order to elevate themselves. Unwilling to face the reality that her beloved narcissist may have lost his mind, Khadijah tells him to cheer up and expresses her hope that he may have become a prophet. Becoming a prophet is the narcissists wet dream. All narcissists are founders of a cult, even with just one follower, who is often their woman. The couple starts promoting their new faith. A small group of youths and slaves respond. Tailoring his message to their aspiration Muhammad encourages them to rebel against their parents and masters and follow him. Hallucinations stop, as they often do. Khadijah is disappointed. She tells Muhammad that God must be displeased with him and expresses her fear of embarrassment for being found liars. Muhammad contemplates suicide. But narcissists dont commit suicide. They are resourceful and manipulative. He decides to make up revelations. The couple resumes promoting their new religion and fulfilling their ambition of grandeur.

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They invite everyone to accept the new message. But Muhammad has no message other than he is a prophet and people should follow him. He also preaches monotheism. That is hardly a new message. He claims that he is sent specifically to the people of Mecca and its surrounding to deliver the same message of Moses and Jesus. The population of Mecca ignores Muhammad. There are many religions in Arabia and anyone is free to believe and to preach any religion. Narcissists dont like to be ignored. Muhammad stars insulting the religion of the Meccans in order to get their attention. The Meccans are offended by his affronts. They react and each family pressures their own Muslims to abandon Muhammad. Parents lock up their children and some slaves are beaten and tortured. As the result of these pressures some Muslims give up their new faith. Muhammad realizes he needs to separate his followers from their families and orders them to migrate to Abyssinia. This is what all cult leaders do. They separate their followers from their loved ones so they can control them without interference. The parents are distraught and send two of their own as emissaries to Negus, the king of Abyssinia, pleading with him to return their children. The wise king listens to the speeches of the emissaries and also the hate filled discourse of Muslims. He knows that love cant be forced and convinces the two fathers that if he expels their children they may go elsewhere where they may not be safe. The two men resign and return to Mecca. Meanwhile, Muhammad thinks of another strategy to make his religion palatable to Meccans. He praises Lat, Uzza and Manat, the daughters of Allah and says there is blessing in seeking their intercession. The Meccans are pleased. They hope this concession will put an end to Muslims insults of their religion. Hostility ends, however, Muhammads hopes are shattered when no one converts. Muhammad needs to resume the hostility and create tension. There is nothing a narcissist dreads more than being ignored. He retracts and claims that the verses in which he had praised the daughters of Allah were satanic verses, put in his mouth by Satan without him noticing it. He says it is an insult to say God has daughters, when most men boast having sons. This is indeed an unfair division. The Meccans take their complaint to Abu Talib and ask him to stop his nephew insulting their religion or they will take the matter in their hands. Abu Talib fears the Meccans may harm Muhammad and orders the youths of Bani Hashim, his clan, to conceal their sharpened daggers and follow Muhammad everywhere, and if he is harmed cause bloodshed in town killing all the dignitaries. Emboldened by this protection, Muhammad taunts the Meccans with a renewed aggressiveness and tells them he has brought on them slaughter. When Abul Hakam, a respected dignitary of Mecca hears the threat he rebukes Muhammad. Hamza, a strong and violent uncle of Muhammad finds Abul Hakam sitting in the mosque and strikes him on the head by his bow making his scull bleed. Abul Hakams companions grab Hamza to beat him up. Abul Hakam quickly assesses the situation noticing the armed youths of Bani Hashim lurking by and tells his companions to let Hamza go.
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The elders of Mecca find themselves in a very difficult situation. On one hand hostility is escalating and on the other hand the enemy is none other than their own children. Otba, an elderly nobility of the city decides to talk to Muhammad. Abul Hakam warns him that talks are useless and that negotiating with a bully will encourage him further. The elders say they have no other option, but to reason with Muhammad. Otba pleads with Muhammad to end the hostility. The pleading emboldens Muhammad. Abul Hakam points out that Muhammads response was foreseeable. Otba asks Muhammad to not vent the enmity among people. In exchange he offers him anything he wants and tells him he will find a physician to chase away his demon. By accepting this offer, Abul Hakam points out, Muhammad would have accepted to be a liar and a madman and why would anyone pay someone who admits to be a liar, anything? The plan was foolish, doomed to fail and it gave Muhammad more clout, making him look rejecting riches as if that offer had any validity. The Quriah decides to boycott Muhammad and his clan. They resolve not to sell or buy goods to and from them. The Bani Hashim retreats to a valley outside Mecca. But the boycott is breached by other members of the clan who secretly supply them food. After two years the Quriash gives up and lifts the boycott. At the age of fifty Muhammad loses Khadijah and Abu Talib, his two powerful supporters. He starts preaching in other towns. He is rejected and derided. But persistence pays off and he finds a group of pilgrims from Yathrib who are receptive to him. They inform him that Yathrib was founded by the Jews and they, the Arabs, are descendants of the refugees from the great flood of Yemen that took place 180 years earlier. They say they earn their living by working for the Jews and sometimes rob them. They jokingly say the Jews warn them that when their messiah comes they will take their revenge from them. Muhammad tells these pilgrims he is that messiah and if they follow him he will make them victorious over their enemies. These men are simple and illiterate. They believe Muhammad with no hesitation and think if they precede the Jews in believing in their messiah they can outwit them. Muhammad sends Mussab, one of his young followers to promote his religion among the people of Yathrib. Just six weeks after the death of his wife, he asks his loyal follower Abu Bakr to let him marry his six years old daughter. Abu Bakr is stunt and begs Muhammad to let her grow a bit older. Muhammad agrees and meanwhile marries Sawda, a 30 years-old widowed woman, the only woman who is available and willing. Everyone else shuns him. Two years later 73 new converts from Yathrib come to pilgrimage and secretly meet Muhammad in the middle of the night at the outskirt of Mecca. Muhammad tells them about the paradise, the abundance of the food and the ease of life there and about the high bosomed virgins and young boys like pearl that await the believers. He tells them that they will have riches in this world and paradise in the next, if they fight for his cause. These illiterate folk gobble every word he utters uncritically and pledge to fight for him. Abbas, an uncle of Muhammad tells the men that his nephew lives in honor and safety among his people, but he will turn to them should they promise to protect him like their women and children. They agree and express their readiness to fall on the sleeping people of Mena (the
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pilgrims) on that very night, kill them and rob them. Muhammad says he is not ordered to do that yet. After two years of absence Mussab visits his mother Khunaas. She is overwhelmed by emotion and tells him whether he wants to hear the poems she has composed for him while he was away. Mussab coldly responds that nothing will make him leave his prophet and that her attempts to seduce him away from his religion are futile. Khunaas hugs her son saying she will not let him go. Mussaab pushes her away and tells her if she attempts to impede him from following his prophet, as she used to when he was younger, he will kill her. Khunaas is shocked and tells Mussab to get out of the house and breaks into tears. Muhammad orders his followers to migrate to Yathrib, and warns of divine retribution for those who dont go. All these are evidence that the persecution of Muslims in Mecca is only a myth. Muhammad was the founder of a cult and like all cult leaders he wanted to separate his followers from their families. When most of his followers are gone, Muhammad claims that God informed him that the Meccans have plotted to either imprison him or kill him or chase him out of town, (as if God did not know what the Meccans had decided and was guessing). He tells Abu Bakr to get ready to escape with him in that very night. Once in Yathrib, Muhammad takes control of the town and writes a constitution making everyone, including the Jews subject to him and his authority. He changes the name of the town to Medinatul Nabi (Prophets Town). This is remarkable because at this time his followers are only a handful, barely 3%, and yet he managed to take control of the town. The same happened in Germany. The Nazis were only a tiny minority and despite that they took control of the country. This proves the law that a committed small minority can overcome the laid-back complacent majority. This should serve as a lesson to us. The number of Muslims in nonMuslim countries may be small, but they are committed to impose their religion on others whereas the non-Muslims are not committed to defend their freedom. If the commitment is not created to stand up against Islam the world will fall to Islam. Muhammad tells his followers in Medina, the Ansar (Helpers), to take care of the Immigrants. But that is only a temporary measure. He has promised the Immigrants goodly homes in this world and much rewards the next so they abandon their families and follow him. He has to make good on his promise. Poverty forces some Immigrants to escape and go back to Mecca. Muhammad issues a verse saying should anyone attempt to escape other Muslims must follow him and kill him. Threats or no, empty stomachs have to be fed or desertions will continue. So he orders his men to raid the caravans of the Meccans. Bad planning makes them fail the first six attempts until he realizes the key to victory is in deceit. He sends a group of men in the month of Rajab, a month sacred to Arabs when bloodshed is taboo to raid a Meccan caravan coming from Taif. Muslims trick the merchants pretending to be pilgrims and then ambush them, killing one and capturing two of them.

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More raids ensue until Muhammad attempts to raid a caravan headed by Abu Sufyan coming from Syria. Abu Sufyan is forewarned and changes rout. However, about 900 men from Mecca rush to Badr to defend their caravan. When they learn the caravan is safe, half of them return. Those who stay are old people and reluctant to fight. Abul Hakam encourages them to go forth and make merry in Badr. Muhammad destroys all the wells to keep the arriving Meccans thirsty, disregarding the fact that there is a population with women and children living in Badr who depend on these wells. A narcissist will sacrifice anyone and anything for his gain. The two armies meet. On the right are the Meccans, reluctant to fight their own children. On the left are the Muslims, ready to kill even their brothers and fathers. The outcome is foregone. The Meccans lose and many of them are taken as hostage. Abul Hakam is also killed. Mussab finds his brother among the hostages. He tells his captor to tie him well because his mother is a wealthy woman who can reward him handsomly for his ransom. Bilal, a Meccan slave who had been tortured by his master Omayyah, finds his old master among the captives. He hysterically shouts, may I not live if he lives, until Ommayah and his son are surrounded by Muslims. Their captor, unable to defend his prisoners, leaves them and Muslims brutally slay the wounded father and son. On the way back Muhammad beheads a few prisoners who had insulted him years earlier in Mecca. One is Oqba, who in the bitterness of his soul cries out, who will take care of my small children? Muhammad replies, Hell and at once Ali hews the head of the wretched prisoner. Muhammad thanks God for making his heart joyous. Every time he kills someone his countenance radiates with satisfaction and sheer joy. By having control over the lives of others he experiences absolute power. To have control over the lives of others makes a narcissist feel almighty. In Medina, Muhammad consults his companions about the fate of the prisoners. Omar suggests that each Muslim should kill his own relative to prove their love for Allah and offers to slay his own cousin. Muhammad ponders and decides to ransom the prisoners, arguing that Muslims need money. In Mecca, everyone is waiting for the death of a loved one. Hind, Abu Sufyans wife has lost her father, her brother, her son and her uncle. She cries inconsolably. Abu Sufyan promises to take her revenge and kill Muhammad. In Medina, emboldened by his victory and angered by the Jews for not accepting his claim, Muhammad decides to get rid of them and waits for an opportunity.

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He assassinates several Jews who had dared to criticize him, and tells his followers to kill any Jew they find. Muslims fall on their Jewish friends and bosses and kill them with no warning. These assassinations make everyone fear Muslims and they become stronger and more people convert to Islam. Tensions are high and the hatred of the Jews result in a quarrel between a few Jews and a few Muslims, in which a Jew and a Muslim are killed. This incident presents Muhammad with the excuse that he is waiting for. He lays siege on the fortress of Bani Qainuqa and plans to massacre them. Abdullah ibn Ubay, the elderly leader of one of the tribes of Medina, stands up for his Jewish allies and finally Muhammad relents and agrees to let them go provided they leave their belonging behind. A year after the Battle of Badr, the Meccans come for their revenge. This time they are prepared and outnumber the Muslims. A fierce battle ensues in which Muslims are defeated and many of them, including Hamza, Muhammads uncle are killed. The rest of Muslims escape to the hills. Ibn Kammuna, finds Muhammad hiding behind the rocks and strikes him with his sword. Muhammad falls into the cracks and feigns death. His companions rush to his help and Ibn Kammuna runs away shouting Muhammad is death. Upon hearing the news of the death of Muhammad, Abu Sufyan orders his men to stop fighting. His objective is achieved and he has no further interest fighting Muslims. However, Muhammad is only wounded. He is rescued by his followers and returns to Medina. Mussab dies in this battle. In a heart wrenching scene, his mother rushes to him, puts his head on her lap and cries bitterly. To justify this defeat to his followers, Muhammad claims the angels came but they refused to help because he had ransomed his prisoners of the battle of Badr instead of killing them. He reveals a verse saying, It is not for any prophet to have captives until he has made slaughter in the land (Q.8:67) A month after the battle of Uhud, Abu Salama who has barely recovered from his wound, visits the mosque with his family. Muhammad notices his wife, Umm Salama. She is beautiful. He tells Abu Salama to get ready for another raid expedition the next day. Umm Salama points out that Abu Salams wound is not healed. Muhammad shrugs it off saying InshaAllah he will be okay. Abu Salamas wound opens and upon his return from this expedition he dies from infection. Soon after his death, Muhammad asks Umm Salama to marry him. She brings several excuses, but eventually relents to his incessant insistence. Looking for any excuse to get rid of other Jewish tribes, Muhammad visits the Bani Nadir with an outrageously unreasonable demand. He asks them to pay the blood money for a double homicide committed by one of his followers. He hopes the Jews will refuse, giving him an excuse to exterminate them. But the Bani Nadir are too frightened to argue with him and agree to pay the bloodwit. At this stage the Muslims are still the minority, but because of their ruthless brutality they are feared. That is not what Muhammad has in mind. He devises another plan and claims Angel Gabriel informed him that the Bani Nadir were plotting to assassinate him. With that excuse he lays siege on their fortress and plans to massacre them. Again Abdullah ibn Ubay
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intervenes and forces Muhammad to let his clients go. Muhammad allows the Jews to leave and takes possession of all their belongings. He claims since Muslims did not have to fight, all the booty belongs to Allah and his messenger.

OW, EXTREMELY RICH A D POWERFUL HE DESIRES MORE WOME . Visiting his adopted sons house, he finds his wife Zeinab semi-nude and cannot hide his lust. When Zeid learns about the incident he offers to divorce his wife so Muhammad can have her. Muhammad rebukes Zeid telling him to fear God and keep his wife. But his lust is too strong. He makes up a verse where God rebukes him for trying to hide what is in his heart from people, and says he (Muhammad) should fear God and not people and that his daughter- in-is law is lawful to him. The verse says this marriage is arranged so the believers abandon the evil practice of adoption. To celebrate his marriage with Zeinab, Muhammad throws a banquet. Several men come for the feast. Among them is the youthful Safwan. Muhammad notices the exchange of glances and smiles between Safwan and his teenager wife Aisha. He is annoyed and makes up a few verses where he orders his wives and all the believing women to cover themselves. He also prohibits anyone marrying his wives after him making it a grave sin. The maker of the universe also advises the believers to be considerate of the Prophet, telling them he is shy, but Allah is not shy to speak the truth and that Muslims should leave after eating and not sit there chatting and causing annoyance to the Prophet. Tired of Muhammads constant attacks on their caravans The Meccans gather an army of 3000 men to confront him. Muhammads spy in Mecca, (his uncle Abbas) informs him of the plan. Muhammad consults his followers. Salman, a Persian believer, advises him to dig a ditch around the city. Muhammad borrows picks and shovels from the Bani Quraiza, the last Jewish tribe of Medina, residing a few miles outside the town, and a ditch is dug. Fearing that the Bani Quraiza may join the Meccan army, Muhammad devises a plan and tricks both tribes to be suspicious of each other. The deception works and the Bani Quriaza refuse to lend their support to the Meccans. The cold of the winter and the harshness of the camp and also the refusal of the Bani Quraiza to help, wears the patience of Abu Sufyan out and he retreats. The next morning Muslims rejoice when they see the enemy has departed. But Muhammad wants to get rid of the Jews and this is his opportunity. He informs his men that angels are going to the fortress of the Jews to shake it and that the believers should not offer their prayer until the Bani Quraiza is conquered. A siege is laid on the fortress and the supply of the water is cut off. Thirst and infant deaths force the Bani Quriaza to surrender. Muhammad then calls Sad ibn Muadh, one of his trusted bodyguards, a violent man who has been wounded by an arrow thrown by the Meccans and blames the Jews for it (because they did not come to help Muslims) to pass judgement. Muhammad remembers Sad prayer asking God to be alive so he can take his revenge from the

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Bani Quraiza. Sad is hospitalized, but that does not stop Muhammad to order him to travel to the fortress where the Jews are tied up. Sads decision is that all the men should be put to death and their women and children be sold a slaves. Muhammad rejoices upon hearing this verdict and says Sad has spoken the will of God. The captive men are separated from the women. Ali, Muhammads cousin, pulls the boys away from their mothers and inspects their genitals. Those who have grown pubic hair are sent to the group of men. Then Muhammad paces in front of the captive woman and inspects them from close. He picks Rayhanah, a 15 years old girl as his trophy and orders one of his men to take the rest of the hostages and sell them in exchange for arms and horses. The next day the men of Bani Quraiza are lined up and beheaded. Their corpses are thrown in a ditch that is dug in the middle of the city with their own picks and shovels. Sads wound re-opens and he dies . His mother is wailing. Muhammad claims seeing Gabriel riding a horse in the sky asking who is this man for whose death the throne of God has shaken. Abdullah ibn Ubay expresses his disdain of Muhammad and his men. The news reaches Muhammad who is upset. Muslims suspect that he will kill the old man. When the son of ibn Ubay is informed, he asks Muhammad to let him kill his father, arguing that he is a loyal son and should anyone kill his father, as a dutiful son he would have to kill that man thus killing a Muslim for an infidel, which would make him go to hell. But if he kills his father, there is no one to take his revenge from thus he would not be committing any sin. Muhammad decides to act with caution and says he will deal with Ibn Ubay kindly. Muhammad wants to test the tolerance of the Meccans and with 1400 of his followers, heads towards Mecca with the pretext of coming for pilgrimage. He camps at Hudaibiyah. The Meccans send Suhayl to negotiate with Muhammad. An agreement is drawn stating that Muslims can enter for pilgrimage the next year provided that they dont raid the Meccans and their caravans for ten years and that they return any youth of them who converts to Islam back to their parents. As soon as this treaty is signed, Suhayls son comes to the camp wanting to join the Muslim. His father reminds Muhammad of the treaty he had just signed and slaps his son forcing him to go back with him. Omar runs forward offering his sword to the lad telling him kill your father, for he is just a polytheist whose blood is as the blood of a dog. Muslims are angry for this treaty. Muhammad had offered them the conquest of Mecca and not only that did not happen they signed a treaty to not steal from the Meccans for ten years, which they thought was oppressive and humiliating. Noticing his followers discontent and fearing rebellion Muhammad makes everyone to pledge their allegiance to him once again. He then promises them much booty soon to be captured elsewhere. No sooner than he returns to Medina, he launches a raid on Khaybar, a fortress town of the Jews at the north of Medina, famous for its date gardens and opulence. As usual, the unarmed

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population is taken by surprise when they are out in the fields attending to their farms and animals. Men are killed and women are taken as hostage, by now a usual practice of Muslims. Kinana, a young leader of Khaybar is tortured and his eyes are gouged with a hot iron rod and fire is placed on his chest to make him reveal where he has hidden the towns treasury. Meanwhile a Muslim has taken possession of Safiyah, Kinanas beautiful 17 years old wife. Another Muslim feeling envious, reports to Muhammad that she is very beautiful and Muhammad should keep her for himself. Muhammad orders Bilal to bring Safiyah. She is accompanied by her cousin who upon seeing the mutilated corpse of Kinana, her brother, and the corpse of her husband, becomes hysterical and starts shouting. Muhammad slaps her and tells Bilal to take that she devil away from him. Later he tells Bilal, dont you have compassion for parading these women in front of the mutilated corpse of their loved ones. Bilal responds, I did it on purpose. I wished to see their grief and anger stirred up. Muhammad finds Safiyah attractive and tells her captor to find another girl and puts his mantel on Safiyahs shoulders to claim her ownership. He takes his trophy to his tent and tries to have sex with her. Safiyah is dazed and unresponsive. Only two years earlier Muhammad had beheaded Huyay and Joday, Safiyahs father and uncle, along with the men of Bani Quraiza. The next day Muhammad throws a marriage party and asks Zeinab, a Jewish woman whose husband and entire male relatives have been massacred a day earlier, to prepare a banquet for him. Zeinab poisons the food. Muhammad eats a morsel and does not notice it is poisoned. When he bites the second morsel he notices something is not right. He tells his followers to hold their hands because the foreleg that he has been munching on is informing him that it is poisoned. The warning comes too late for Bishr, one of his companions who also notices the food does not taste right but seeing Muhammad eating it, puts his worries aside thinking to himself that if it were poisoned, the Prophet would not be eating it. Bishr dies and Muhammad orders his brother to take his revenge from Zeinab. On their way back they stop to raid another town. A stray arrow hits a black slave of Muhammad who falls to his death. Muslims gather around him saying he has gone to Paradise. Muhammad tells them that he is at this very moment in hell because the shirt he is wearing was stolen from the booty. He makes it clear that stealing from non-believers is enjoined by God, but stealing from the booty is a grave sin. With each victory, Muhammads wealth and prestige increases and more people join him. Having conquered many towns and villages he sets his eyes on Mecca. He has signed a ten years truce with them and he needs an excuse to break that covenant in just two years. He finds out that the Meccans have sold arms to one tribe to fight another tribe. He then claims to be an ally of the other tribe and convinces his followers that by selling arms to a tribe that were inimical to their allies the Meccans have violated their agreement and hence he is now free to attack them. He invites a few other Arab tribes to join him and promises them a share in the booty in his upcoming raid. The destination, as always, is kept a secret as fighting in Mecca is considered a sacrilege by the Arabs. He gathers an army of 10,000 men who suddenly appear at the gates of Mecca. The Meccans are taken by surprise, except Abbas who has been waiting for Muhammad.
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Abbas convinces Abu Sufyan that resistance is futile and there is no point in arguing about the the treaty, when Muhammads army is poised to take the town. However, if the Meccans surrender without a fight Muhammad has promised not to kill them. After all they are the relatives of the Immigrants and even though Muslims will not hesitate to kill their own kin, it is not expedient to do so, unless it becomes necessary. Realizing he cant beat the enemy, Abu Sufyan decides to join him. Conveying Muhammads words, he advices everyone in Mecca to stay indoors and not fight the invaders. Mecca capitulates and Muhammad and his army enter the city triumphantly. He smashes the idols in Kaba, and burns them. Then he sits royally, while the Meccans line up to pledge their allegiance to him, in exchange for their lives. Despite his promise of total amnesty he cant forget those who had mocked him years earlier. He orders ten people, among them two singing girls, to be put to death. A few of them are killed and others receive forgiveness after their Muslim relatives intercede for them. The conquest of Mecca is a major victory for Muhammad, but this victory is made possible thanks to the help of non-Muslim tribes who came for no other reason than the booty. Muhammad has to find a way to keep his allies happy or they may turn against him. They are more numerous than his followers. So he immediately launches another attack on Hawazin, the Bedouins living around Mecca. This is the same tribe, among whom Muhammad had spent the first five years of his life. He sends a spy who informs him that the Hawazin are forewarned of the attack. They know they will be the next target and are getting ready to defend themselves. Despite losing the advantage of ambush, which is his preferred method of attack, Muhammad decides to pursue the plan counting on the superior number of his army. Now he commands 12000 men, including 2000 new men from Mecca joining him. A fierce battle is ensued and many Bedouins are massacred. Khalid ibn Walid, one of Muhammads new converts, butchers women and children and those who have surrendered, to settle his personal vendetta. A Romeo and Juliet kind of love story between two young victims of Khalid is particularly moving. The young man pleads with his captors to allow him to say his last words to the woman he loves. When he declares his love, he is beheaded. The young woman embraces the headless corps of her lover and moments later she is found dead. Her heart stops beating from pain. Heart wrenching stories such as this are too many to count, but a few of them are portrayed in the movie. After subduing the Hawazin 6,000 women and children are taken as hostage and countless camels and herds are seized. A 66 years old woman is roughly handled by his captors. She claims to be Muhammads foster sister. She is not believed but when Muhammad asks for evidence she shows the bite mark he gave her on her shoulder some 55 years earlier. Muhammad remembers that bite and treats her kindly. A delegation from the men of Hawazin who have managed to escape comes to Muhammad to ask him for the release of their loved ones. They are given the option to convert to Islam or die.
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They convert. Muhammad then asks them which they prefer, their families or their animals. They are amazed of this strange question and say they would like to have their families. He then distributes their animals, consisting of thousands of camels and goats among the chiefs of Mecca and other Arabs. He gives the Meccans the lions share but Muslims get nothing. When his companions ask why, he tells them that he wants to sweeten Islam in the mouth of the Meccans and that Muslims can keep the messenger of Allah as their trophy. From the captives, Muhammad picks a few prepubescent girls and distributes them among his close companions. He keeps Fatima, a 12 years old girl for himself. He asked Umm Salama to make her ready for him to enjoy her that night. When he approaches her the girl screams, I seek refuge with Allah from you. Muhammad is annoyed and calls Umm Salama to take her away. - See more at: http://movie.alisina.org/the-treatment/#sthash.fEmPTD9v.dpuf

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