Biblical people, enemies of the Israelites
So I've recently fallen down a rabbit hole studying various Islamic traditions concerning the amalekites. Does anyone know of any books or articles that discuss the development of the Islamic traditions surrounding the amalekites?
Also does anyone know of Islamic traditions which equate the Amalekites with the Hyksos? I do think I have come across a few traditions which mentioned the amalekites as ruling Egypt or even saying that Pharaoh and Haman themselves were amalekites.
Videos
I see lots of videos in street dawah where Muslims bring this up to discredit the ethics of the Bible, however, something similar is in the Quran.
In Surah Kahf (18:74), Khidr is ordered by Allah to kill an innocent child. Musa (as) is upset by this obviously and is reminded that he should have been patient.
Then, in 18:80-81, Allah talks about the reason behind ordering the child to be killed and he would have overburdened his parents with transgression and disbelief.
MAIN POINT: If we as Muslims are okay with Allah ordering an innocent child to be killed because of what he may do in the future, then we should not have a problem with the Bible when God ordered the death of the Amalekites. Jews and Christians would say that God had a reason for ordering the death of the Amalekites just like he ordered Khidr to kill that innocent child
SIDE COMMENT: I’m not saying that what is in the Quran is immoral at all because if Allah ordered it, then it must be a good reason (and there was). All I’m saying is that we as Muslims should not have a double standard and call out something like this in the Bible when we have something similar in the Quran