Re: Early Battles in Islam ; my evolution perception & Thesis
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After the third war, Mohammad pbuh realized that the path of war will never work for him and the possibly the fourth war with Makkans will annihilate Muslim city state. That's why he signed a smart, peaceful Hudaibia treaty. This treaty was so uncharacteristic for the Arab tribal mindset, that many Muslims including Umar rah got emotionally against the treaty.
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prophet was on a msiison to expunge idoltry from arabian peninsula and he pursed it with offensive means as well
ghazwa autas, khaybar, taif ,campaign in yemen were offensive from a military standpoint
secondly arabs in pre-islamic times were well aware of settlements and agreements
eg between aus and khazraj and the oath of chivalry between the tribes
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Multiply this tribal ferocity by 100 times to picture the Quraish of Makkah.
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i disagree totally
quraish of mecca were like modern western educated elitest aristocrats who took pride in their being city dwellers in contrast with the savage bedouins
e.g see attitude of later ummayyads to their iraqi opponents who were largely villagers
burqaposhx you are trying to present the Prophet as a machiavellian politician nauzobillah]