Tag: Battle of the Trench

  • Between Myth and Real­i­ty : The Banu Qurayzah Narrative

    Con­tent Overview1 Preamble1.1 Myth 1 : Inno­cent Victims1.2 Fact1.3 Myth 2 : Ordered by the Prophet1.4 Fact1.5 Myth 3 : Banu Qurayzah Mas­sacre on Muham­mad’s Command1.6 Fact1.7 Myth 4 : Inhu­man and Unmer­ci­ful Prophet1.8 Fact1.9 Myth 5 : The Event Reflects Intol­er­ance in Islam1.10 Fact2 Con­clu­sion : Prin­ci­ples of Jus­tice and Truth Pre­am­ble The nar­ra­tive sur­round­ing the Banū Qurayẓah, a Jew­ish tribe resid­ing in…

  • The Expul­sion of Banu al-Qurayzah

    Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The date of the campaign The action against Banu Qurayzah took place at the end of Dhu al Qa’­dah and the begin­ning of Dhu al Hij­jah in the fifth year, after the Bat­tle of the Ditch, which took place…