Why did Muhammad preach tolerance for Christians and Jews?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Of the 6.8 billion (CIA fact book) people on Earth, 3.75 billion have an almost identical idea about the meaning of life, which is to do more good than bad, so that you can go to heaven and not hell. The argument that all the Abrahamic religions are not the same can be shunned very easily because details are not taken into the equation, because details are interpreted differently by each different society due to cultural differences, however despite all of the conflict between the three groups, their main goal in life is the same do good so you go to heaven.

Mohammad did conquer land, however he was tolerant of all the people, culture, religions, unless they harmed human being, or other creatures.

The meaning of Islam is peace so since he was trying to convert the Jews and christians, and everyone with the order of god, and Islam and these religions are very similar, so why would he kill Jews and christians when they are the easiest to convert, if a christian or a Jew reads the koran it will make complete sense, to a very high extent that is.

Mohamed was a very peaceful leader, other than the fact that he had to conquer to spread the "word of god" , he is obviously seen as competition by radical Christians because Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, Since Mohammad was not in The Bible his reign was some 600 years after The Bible was written, so if he is not seen in the bible of course he is going to be called a liar, but Moses, etc are not criticized because they are in the bible.

To anyone who is a fan of reading please read about all religions (Torah, bible, Quran, Gita, etc) and decide which one makes the most sense to you, you will probably change yourself for the rest of your life, because all of us are ignorant about each other, religion is a way to discipline ourselves to do good, so find out what your ideal description of good is.

for they are Ahl al-Kitab, that is, People of the Book, or people whose tradition is based upon a divinely revealed Scripture. Although they have distorted and altered it, they do possess a religion of divine origin, and hence Islam has made some exceptions in dealing with them.

Answer 2

According to Islam, Mohammed preached tolerance because it was God's will that he do so, in order to promote goodwill between men.

However, if we examine this critically, we note that most of Mohammed's exhortations to tolerance come from the Meccan period, when Muslims were not in power as opposed to the Medinan period, when Muslims were in power. Therefore, it is likely that Mohammed was preaching tolerance for self-interest, i.e. Mohammed wanted the majority of non-Muslim Meccans to tolerate him.

Some other issues that should be examined more critically from Answer 1 include the following assertions:

• Mohammed being a peaceful leader when he engaged in over 60 different battles and combat missions and slaughtered the Jewish Tribe of Qurayza and nearly slaughtered the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa...
• Mohammed being tolerant of all cultures when he specifically banned and destroyed all polytheistic/henotheistic idols in the Ka'aba and forbade any polytheistic or henotheistic religion in 630 C.E. on pain of death...
• The details of difference between the Abrahamic Faiths are very important. The fundamental Christian belief in the Trinity is the Sin of Shirk in Islam and meritorious of the death penalty according to historic sources like Ibn Tabari. So, such things were obviously not worth dismissing hundreds of years ago.
• Islam is called "the religion of peace" because of how it self-defines. The root S-L-M ( سلم) is part of Salaam (سلام) which means peace and Istislaam (إستسلام) which means surrender. The essence of the idea is that when somebody surrenders to the Divine Will, they will be at peace. This following of Divine Law that creates peace is what Islam means. Of course, this says nothing about those who refuse to surrender to the Divine Will, which would naturally include any non-Muslims (and does involve violence).

Answer 2

Answer 1

Of the 6.8 billion (CIA fact book) people on Earth, 3.75 billion have an almost identical idea about the meaning of life, which is to do more good than bad, so that you can go to heaven and not hell. The argument that all the Abrahamic religions are not the same can be shunned very easily because details are not taken into the equation, because details are interpreted differently by each different society due to cultural differences, however despite all of the conflict between the three groups, their main goal in life is the same do good so you go to heaven.

Mohammad did conquer land, however he was tolerant of all the people, culture, religions, unless they harmed human being, or other creatures.

The meaning of Islam is peace so since he was trying to convert the Jews and christians, and everyone with the order of god, and Islam and these religions are very similar, so why would he kill Jews and christians when they are the easiest to convert, if a christian or a Jew reads the koran it will make complete sense, to a very high extent that is.

Mohamed was a very peaceful leader, other than the fact that he had to conquer to spread the "word of god" , he is obviously seen as competition by radical Christians because Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, Since Mohammad was not in the bible his reign was some 600 years after the bible was written, so if he is not seen in the bible of course he is going to be called a liar, but Moses, etc are not criticized because they are in the bible.

To anyone who is a fan of reading please read about all religions (Torah, bible, Quran, Gita, etc) and decide which one makes the most sense to you, you will probably change yourself for the rest of your life, because all of us are ignorant about each other, religion is a way to discipline ourselves to do good, so find out what your ideal description of good is.

for they are Ahl al-Kitab, that is, People of the Book, or people whose tradition is based upon a divinely revealed Scripture. Although they have distorted and altered it, they do possess a religion of divine origin, and hence Islam has made some exceptions in dealing with them.

Answer 2

According to Islam, Mohammed preached tolerance because it was God's will that he do so, in order to promote goodwill between men.

However, if we examine this critically, we note that most of Mohammed's exhortations to tolerance come from the Meccan period, when Muslims were not in power as opposed to the Medinan period, when Muslims were in power. Therefore, it is likely that Mohammed was preaching tolerance for self-interest, i.e. Mohammed wanted the majority of non-Muslim Meccans to tolerate him.

Some other issues that should be examined more critically from Answer 1 include the following assertions:

• Mohammed being a peaceful leader when he engaged in over 60 different battles and combat missions and slaughtered the Jewish Tribe of Qurayza and nearly slaughtered the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa...
• Mohammed being tolerant of all cultures when he specifically banned and destroyed all polytheistic/henotheistic idols in the Ka'aba and forbade any polytheistic or henotheistic religion in 630 C.E. on pain of death...
• The details of difference between the Abrahamic Faiths are very important. The fundamental Christian belief in the Trinity is the Sin of Shirk in Islam and meritorious of the death penalty according to historic sources like Ibn Tabari. So, such things were obviously not worth dismissing hundreds of years ago.
• Islam is called "the religion of peace" because of how it self-defines. The root S-L-M ( سلم) is part of Salaam (سلام) which means peace and Istislaam (إستسلام) which means surrender. The essence of the idea is that when somebody surrenders to the Divine Will, they will be at peace. This following of Divine Law that creates peace is what Islam means. Of course, this says nothing about those who refuse to surrender to the Divine Will, which would naturally include any non-Muslims (and does involve violence).