🪖 The Myth of Defensive Jihad
Why Muhammad’s Wars Were About Expansion, Not Protection
🧭 Introduction: The Story Muslims Tell
Ask almost any Muslim apologist today, and you’ll hear:
“Jihad is defensive! The Prophet only fought to protect the Ummah!”
It’s a neat narrative.
One designed to soothe the West.
A perfect soundbite for interfaith forums and university panels.
But here’s the reality:
From caravan raids to assassination orders, from surprise invasions to forced conversions — Muhammad’s jihad wasn’t defense.
It was expansion, submission, and domination.
Let’s break the myth — with the sources Islam can’t deny.
⚔️ The First Battles: Not Self-Defense, But Economic Warfare
🔸 Caravan Raids (623–624 CE)
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Muhammad and his followers began raiding Meccan trade caravans.
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These raids were preemptive — Mecca hadn’t attacked Medina yet.
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The Battle of Badr was sparked when Muhammad ambushed a caravan.
This wasn’t defense. It was piracy in the name of God.
📜 Qur’anic Justifications for Aggression
“Fight them until there is no more fitnah [disbelief] and religion is all for Allah.”
— Surah 8:39
“Kill the polytheists wherever you find them...”
— Surah 9:5
“Fight those who do not believe in Allah... until they pay the jizya and feel themselves subdued.”
— Surah 9:29
None of these verses mention “self-defense.”
They command preemptive violence until the world submits.
🤯 Offensive Campaigns, Ordered and Led by Muhammad
⚔️ Banu Qurayza Massacre (627 CE)
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600–900 men executed.
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Women and children enslaved.
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Not for fighting — but for alleged “treason.”
⚔️ Khaybar (628 CE)
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A Jewish settlement surprised and attacked.
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No evidence of a threat.
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Muhammad seized their land and imposed tribute.
⚔️ Tabuk Expedition (630 CE)
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No actual enemy appeared.
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It was a show of force to intimidate the Byzantine frontier.
These weren’t defensive actions. They were territorial conquest.
🧠 Logical Breakdown: Let’s Call It What It Is
🔹 Premise 1:
Defensive war occurs in response to real, active threats.
🔹 Premise 2:
Muhammad led:
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Preemptive raids
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Surprise attacks
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Invasions of neutral or distant tribes
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Campaigns against non-aggressors
🔹 Premise 3:
Many Qur’anic verses command offensive action based on disbelief — not threat.
✅ Conclusion:
Muhammad’s jihad was not defensive.
It was ideologically driven warfare — to establish dominance.
🛑 Muslim Rebuttals — and Why They Fail
❌ “The Meccans persecuted Muslims, so Muhammad had to fight back.”
That explains migration to Medina — not raids, massacres, and foreign conquests.
❌ “These battles were political, not religious.”
Then why do the Qur’anic commands say:
“Fight those who don’t believe in Allah...”?
That’s not politics — that’s religious imperialism.
❌ “Early Islam was about peace — only later did things change.”
False. The peaceful verses were early Meccan revelations.
Once Muhammad gained power, they were abrogated.
The later Qur’an is a war manual, not a peace treaty.
🧨 The Big Reveal: “Defensive Jihad” Is a PR Myth
The truth is:
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Early Muslims were the aggressors.
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Jihad was about subjugation, not survival.
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And Muhammad set the precedent for all Islamic empires that followed — from the Umayyads to the Ottomans.
🔥 Final Verdict
If jihad were truly defensive, Muhammad wouldn’t have:
Raided trade routes,
Ambushed tribes,
Enforced conversions,
Or ordered assassinations of critics.
But he did all of that — and called it revelation.
There’s nothing “defensive” about it.
It was war — wrapped in religious language.
💬 Mic-Drop Closer
“They say jihad is self-defense.
But Muhammad led preemptive raids, killed tribes, and conquered cities.
That’s not defense — that’s expansion by the sword.”
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