This Is Islam Uncovered

⚔️ If Islam Is Peace, Why Did Its Prophet Lead 80+ Military Expeditions?

The Myth of Peace Meets the Sword of Muhammad

🧭 Introduction: The Image vs. The Evidence

Muslims are often told — and love to repeat — the mantra:

“Islam means peace.”

But here’s the problem:
The man who founded Islam led:

Over 80 military campaigns in just 10 years,
Personally ordered assassinations, massacres, and enslavement,
And repeatedly called his religion one of jihad, conquest, and power.

So let’s be blunt:

If Islam is peace... Muhammad didn’t get the memo.

🧨 The Facts from Islamic Sources

🔹 Sahih Muslim 1731a

“I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: ‘There is no god but Allah.’”

🔹 Sahih al-Bukhari 2926

“The Prophet said, ‘I have been made victorious with terror.’”

🔹 Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah

The earliest biography of Muhammad lists dozens of raids, ambushes, and military campaigns.

Let’s get specific.

📜 80+ Expeditions — Mostly Offensive, Not Defensive

🔸 624 CE – Badr

Muhammad initiated a raid on Quraysh caravans.
It escalated into a battle.
This was not defense — it was economic warfare.

🔸 625 CE – Uhud

Another battle initiated by retaliation, not self-defense.
Muhammad’s forces attacked again.

🔸 627 CE – Battle of the Trench

Resulted in the execution of 600–900 men from the Banu Qurayza tribe.
Women and children were enslaved.

🔸 628 CE – Khaybar

A raid on Jewish villages.
Muhammad’s army surprised them — no ongoing threat.
The survivors were enslaved and taxed.

🔸 Assassination Campaigns

Muhammad sent hit squads to:

Kill poets who criticized him (e.g., Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Asma bint Marwan),
Execute dissenters, even women.

🧠 Let’s Break It Down Logically

🔹 Premise 1:

A peaceful religion would be founded by a peaceful leader.

🔹 Premise 2:

Muhammad:

Led 80+ armed expeditions
Ordered assassinations
Approved of mass slavery
Said he was made victorious through terror

✅ Conclusion:

Muhammad was not a man of peace.
Therefore, Islam is not a religion of peace.

📉 Muhammad’s Final Words? War.

“Expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula.”
— Sahih Muslim 1767a

“I was sent with the sword until people worship Allah alone.”
— Ibn Kathir, Tafsir 9:5

Muhammad didn’t preach peace.
He preached submission — or death.

🛑 Muslim Rebuttals — and Why They Collapse

❌ “He only fought in self-defense.”

That’s false.

The raids on Meccan caravans? Offensive.
The invasion of Khaybar? Offensive.
The assassination of poets? Political silencing.

❌ “Later Muslims misunderstood his message.”

Nope.
Muhammad’s companions — the rightly guided caliphs — continued the expansionist jihad immediately after his death.

❌ “The Qur’an teaches peace.”

Only selectively.

Early Meccan verses preach tolerance — but later Medinan verses abrogate them.
Surah 9:5 (the “Sword Verse”) came last — and overrules peace.

🔥 Final Verdict

A man who leads 80+ armed expeditions, kills dissenters, enslaves civilians, and claims divine sanction for terror…

Is not the founder of a peaceful faith.
He’s the founder of a militant movement — one that rebranded itself only after military defeat in later centuries.

💬 Mic-Drop Closer

“You can say Islam is peace all day…
But if Muhammad needed 80 military expeditions,
‘Peace’ was never the plan.”