In the year 628, Muhammad marched toward Mecca with some 1,400 followers, intending to perform a pilgrimage. The Meccans, who controlled the city, blocked him. Rather than fight from a position of weakness, Muhammad negotiated. The result was the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, a ten-year truce, and on its face the Muslims got the worse end of it. The terms were…
In Islam, the Truce Is Not the End of War. It Is a Phase of It.
