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When Islam was in it's infancy in Mecca, it was not a violent religion. The first convert to Islam was Mohammad's first wife, Khadija after he told her about the visit of the Angel Jibril (Gabriel) who came to Mohammed in the cave of Hira and commanded him to start reciting what were to be the first verses of the Quran. Soon after, a handful of other people including his freed ex-slave and daughters converted, and later on, some influential members of the Quraysh tribe to which Mohammed belonged. Mohammed stayed in Mecca for about 13 years but only managed to persuade a mere 150 Arabs to become Muslims. The policy of a peaceful religion was a failure. The Pagans in Mecca tolerated Mohammed at first, but relations soured when he spoke critically of their religion and Gods, and they eventually became fed up with Mohammed and exiled him and his followers from Mecca. This is known as the Hiraj.
It was during his time in Medina (at that time known as Yathrib) where Mohammad managed to amass more followers and unite the Jewish tribes, becoming more powerful. After a few successful raids on Meccan caravans, Mohammad developed a clever strategy of Jihad which would become his new model of success from then on. He realised that the only effective way of spreading Islam was through warfare. The spoils taken from battle would be shared among his followers. By the time of his death, Islam had spread to most of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Following is an extract from the Sira of Mohammed (credit to Bill Warner):
The idea of raiding Meccan caravans solved two problems for Mohammed. The first was the money would cure the Muslim poverty. Secondly, Mohammed would get his revenge for being driven out of Mecca. The idea of jihad was born at this time. I416-423 Mohammed sent his fighters out on seven armed raids to find a trade caravan headed to Mecca. On the eighth try the jihadists found the caravan. They killed one man and captured the rest. The booty and captives were taken back to Medina. There was a small problem. They had raided and killed someone in a sacred month of peace. This violated Arabic tribal custom. But the Koran said that killing the Kafirs in the sacred months was a moral act. For the Meccans to resist Islam was an offence against Allah, so the killing was justified.
Whatever your opinion is on Mohammad, he was a clever warlord and strategist. On that basis, he was a formidable adversary to anyone who crossed him. He convinced his followers that Allah was on their side and that they would ultimately triumph. Even if they lost the occasional battle, they would go to paradise if they died fighting for Allah. To illustrate this, I am going to quote directly from the Hadith:
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 2 Hadith 35
The Prophet said, "The person who participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed in the battle as a martyr).
This blind belief made Mohammed’s Islamic army fearless in battle and formidable opponents. I doubt that Mohammed wielded a sword himself, though he did possess several. He had plenty of people to fight for him so he had little need to pick up a sword and risk his life.
Muslims who hold their prophet in high esteem as the perfect model of humanity will of course refute this version, and maintain that Mohammed and his followers never fought any wars that were not defensive; that he was peaceful and a good man and never killed anyone. This appears to be in contradiction to historical Islamic texts which suggest otherwise. The early biographers of Mohammed, the Hadith such as the Sahih Bukhari and even the Quran itself have plenty of examples where Mohammed had people murdered, whether they broke treaties, apostatized, or even just insulted the prophet in poetry and criticised Islam. Mohammed once allowed the beheading of over 600 Jews from the Banu Qurayza tribe to take place, calling it God’s will. If Islam really was a peaceful religion, it seems doubtful that it could have spread so far and so quickly, supplanting well established paganism and polytheism in Arabia, decimating the Christian population in the Holy Lands and galvanising Pope Urban II into calling for the first Crusade. In fact, Islam has never even been at peace with itself as the conflict between Sunni and Shia will illustrate.