Understanding Islam II: Muhammad in Mecca and Then Medina

Muhammad believed and acted as if there was a duality in reality. What do I mean? In a figurative sense there are two Muhammad’s. There is the religious preacher Muhammad (the younger more peaceful one), and there is the warrior-politician Muhammad (the violent murderous thug). Duality is one of the things that is confusing about Islam even to those who study it. It always has two messages to preach, and the reason it has two messages to preach is that there are two Muhammads. One that was dominant during the Meccan years of the Qur'an (the young peaceful portion) and one that was dominant in the later years of Muhammad's life after the Haj in Medina (old murderous thug). More than that, when you read the Qur'an, it’s clear there are two Qur'ans because they were written over a 23 year period and during Muhammad's life he became more murderous. One Qur'an is religious (early), the other Qur'an is political/murderous (later); both are combined in the Qur'an you buy at Amazon. Muhammad the religious man was not much of a success at all, but Muhammad the political man, and the warrior, was overwhelmingly successful. The truth of Muhammad's legacy is this. In the last nine years of his life he averaged an event of violence every six weeks. By this process of constant warfare he became the first ruler of all of Arabia.