Word: hudaybiyah
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...Prophet Mohammad made a treaty against a strong tribe and then “[in] the story, Mohammad abrogated the treaty.” Muslims must take issue with Gorin’s accusation that the Prophet unilaterally abrogated the treaty in question. Gorin refers to the Treaty of Hudaybiyah between the Muslims of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca. Yasser Arafat compared the Oslo Peace Accords to this treaty in a statement at a South African mosque. The accusation of an abrogation of the treaty by the Prophet (and with it, of an intention of breaking the treaty...
...ancient custom, the Holy Sanctuary in Mecca was to be free of bloodshed, and tribes approaching it for protection were to be allowed safety. The actions of the Quraysh were in clear violation of recognized rights and responsibilities, both under customary tribal law, and under the Treaty of Hudaybiyah. Clearly, it was not the Prophet who unilaterally abrogated the treaty, but the Quraysh who broke...
...puzzling why Gorin sees a reference to the Treaty of Hudaybiyah as a sign of a half-hearted attempt at peace. Rather, Muslims hearing a reference to Hudaybiyah immediately make associations with the need to make peace whenever an enemy makes a credible move toward peace. The fact that stands out in the story for Muslims is that the Prophet actually signed the treaty with the grudging acceptance of his followers in Medina. In doing so, he made compromises, such as not even mentioning God, of not signing his name as “the Prophet of Allah?...
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