A lot of funny stuff about Islam, but also serious results that have killed untold numbers. At the time of Mohamed Arabs were basically uneducated and literally stone, and Moon worshipers. It took little to influence them with an invented religion to control them. Even today their most holy icon is a black rock that fell from the sky. "a meteorite". Not just Mohamed but others used that ignorance to create armies with promises of paradise, and rewards. A deadly example was Hassen-i Sabbath, a Shia Muslim also known as (The Old Man of the Mountain) that created his Syrian Nizari cult of Assassins. His Castle had a secret garden in the hills with secret passages. A lush garden with fruit trees, fountains, "virgin" girls, and all manner of food, and treats. He would bring in young men drug them with hashish, and in a drugged state induce them into his garden for a couple days. He told them that they had been in paradise, and if they served him, and died that would be their home forever. His assassins were so deadly, and willing to die doing there assignments that Muslim kings, and rich men paid ransom under threats of death after many had been killed by his assassins. A long story but just an example of how a few smart, and tricky Arabs could manipulate the primitive masses with rewards, or threats of death.
A lot of funny stuff about Islam, but also serious results that have killed untold numbers. At the time of Mohamed Arabs were basically uneducated and literally stone, and Moon worshipers. It took little to influence them with an invented religion to control them. Even today their most holy icon is a black rock that fell from the sky. "a meteorite". Not just Mohamed but others used that ignorance to create armies with promises of paradise, and rewards. A deadly example was Hassen-i Sabbath, a Shia Muslim also known as (The Old Man of the Mountain) that created his Syrian Nizari cult of Assassins. His Castle had a secret garden in the hills with secret passages. A lush garden with fruit trees, fountains, "virgin" girls, and all manner of food, and treats. He would bring in young men drug them with hashish, and in a drugged state induce them into his garden for a couple days. He told them that they had been in paradise, and if they served him, and died that would be their home forever. His assassins were so deadly, and willing to die doing there assignments that Muslim kings, and rich men paid ransom under threats of death after many had been killed by his assassins. A long story but just an example of how a few smart, and tricky Arabs could manipulate the primitive masses with rewards, or threats of death.