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Is this list of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad accurate?|publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6VrQRVWMf|deadurl=no}}|The earliest biography of Muhammad was written about 100 years after his death, so any historicism is on slightly shaky grounds. None of these stories would be accepted by all Muslims -- there is a lot of room for plausible deniability. I don't think this question is answerable in the form "did Muhammad really do this" or "would all Muslims agree that Muhammad did this?"
Is this list of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad accurate?|publisher= Skeptics Stack Exchange|author= |date= January 25, 2015|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6VtxPputL|deadurl=no}}|
 
('''Question'''): I'd like to know to what extend this list is trustable:
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/List_of_Killings_Ordered_or_Supported_by_Muhammad
 
Saying: are the sources credible and backed up with solid information? And if not, are there any other sources for the listed claims that are?
 
Which (if not all) of these claims are most likely to be true?
 
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The earliest biography of Muhammad was written about 100 years after his death, so any historicism is on slightly shaky grounds. None of these stories would be accepted by all Muslims -- there is a lot of room for plausible deniability. I don't think this question is answerable in the form "did Muhammad really do this" or "would all Muslims agree that Muhammad did this?"


But the real question you're wondering about is probably more like the following: how many of these deaths were attributed to Muhammad by Muslims soon after his death, for the reasons given in the article?
But the real question you're wondering about is probably more like the following: how many of these deaths were attributed to Muhammad by Muslims soon after his death, for the reasons given in the article?
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