As with Ingrid Mattson in the following link, no mention is made of any forgeries. They make the oft- repeated claim that Christian missionaries are spreading forged stories, whereas in reality the book by Ibn Ishaq is printed in Pakistan, and professors in Islamic studies continue to use it as a textbook. The implications of these charges are that he (P) "stiffles" criticism by murdering his opponents. It is stated: “ The vulgar Christian missionary, Silas, has accused Prophet Muhammad (P) of being responsible for the killing Abu 'Afak and 'Asma bint Marwan.
The situation is indeed absurd when Muslims try to criticize non- Muslims for reporting the story: an example is given in the following link that calls the story a forgery. What is striking is the negative picture of Muhammad that emerges. Ibn Ishaq was a devout Muslim who collected reports on the events connected with the beginnings of Islam, reports that had been passed on by muslims from generation to generation. Marwan) was killed after critcizing the murder of the old man Abu Afak who in his turn had been killed for criticizing Muhammad.
According to the Biography of Muhammad by Ibn Ishaq on p 675- 676, Asma Bint Marwan (Bint means daughter so in the text she is indicated as d.
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