Quote:Do you you know what tribalism is like. In the tribalism prevalent in the times, people did not give up those from their own easily.
Being expelled from a nation is not exactly easy either.
Quote:The Jewish tribes of Madina were warned many times to honour their treaties and were given many warnings before they were expelled - and most of them were expelled not killed.
Most of them?
Quote:The Jews weren't going to have dozens of their warriors executed. Expelling the tribe averted a war. Many lives were saved.
Didn't you just finish explaining that the entire tribe was only 100 to 200 people? How could they possibly go to war against the Caliphate?
Also, since when does forcing everyone to flee avert a war?
Quote:Anyway, it is not collective punishment, because those who were not antagonistic towards Muslims and wished to stay were allowed to stay.
Which brings us back to the question, how can you expel a tribe without expelling the people in it?
Quote:Anyway, it is not collective punishment, because those who were not antagonistic towards Muslims and wished to stay were allowed to stay.
How did Muhammed know which ones were not involved in the murder? Didn't you just explain that the Jews would not give up their own?
None of this makes sense Falah. You are trying to spin collective punishment into a merciful act, but the facts speak for themselves.
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