persecuted in a city justified in taking his revenge on any citizen of that city?
Muslims use the same logic when they bomb and kill innocent civillians. If they perceive a country as having been unfriendly towards them, they think it is okay to impose payback by killing any innocent citizen of that country.
Everything Muslims do today that baffles the world is an imitation of what Muhammad did.
In chapter 22, Verse 39 of the Qur'an,
Allâh gives permission to fight. This is the very same verse with which Osama Bin Laden began one of his letters to America. Can we therefore really say that Islam has nothing to do with Islamic terrorism?
(Extract)
In Medina, the immigrants from Mecca were a mere handful. To be effective in his raids, Muhammad also needed the help of recent Muslim converts native in that town, whom he called "Ansar" (the helpers).
However, the Medinans had not joined Islam in order to raid caravans and wage wars. Believing in Allâh is one thing. Raiding, robbing and killing people are altogether something else.
Arabs, prior to Muhammad, were not used to religious wars. Even today, there are Muslims who, though they may believe in Allâh,
do not want to fight and kill for their religion. To persuade that kind of follower, Muhammad made his Allâh issue this command:
Fighting is good prescribed for you, and you dislike it. But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing, which is bad for you. But Allâh knows, and you know not. (
Q. 2:216)
Soon, the Prophet's efforts bore fruit. Goaded by greed for booty and by promises of rewards in the afterlife, the Medinan Muslims joined in the banditry and looting business as well. As Muhammad's army grew and his ambition soared, the bandit decided to graduate to potentate. He encouraged his followers not only to wage war for him "in the way of Allâh" but also to pay for the expenses of those wars.
And spend of your wealth in the cause of Allâh, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allâh loves those who do good. (
Q. 2:195)
27