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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Binyamin Yisrael on May 04, 2013, 11:59:53 PM

Title: What is the Tribe of Quraysh?
Post by: Binyamin Yisrael on May 04, 2013, 11:59:53 PM

It says on Wikipedia that Mohammad was a member of the Quraysh tribe that he is known for destroying.

Some things on the Internet refer to the Jewish tribe of Quraysh. Was there such a Jewish tribe? How were they related to Mohammad?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quraysh_(tribe)

Title: Re: What is the Tribe of Quraysh?
Post by: Ephraim Ben Noach on May 05, 2013, 12:13:44 AM

http://www.islam4theworld.net/history/fihr.htm

Genesis 16:12. " He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

Title: Re: What is the Tribe of Quraysh?
Post by: Ephraim Ben Noach on May 05, 2013, 12:17:28 AM

They were not Jews yet!

Title: Re: What is the Tribe of Quraysh?
Post by: Harzel on May 05, 2013, 04:46:59 AM

The Jewish tribe of Medina (at the time it was known as "Yathrib") which Muhammad massacred was the Qurayza tribe. Muhammad came from the pagan Quraysh tribe of Mecca.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Qurayza