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The lead paragraph says:
It was burnt down with Muslim worshippers (praying the afternoon prayers) still inside. It is suggested by the primary sources which mention this event that 12 people were killed inside, while others ran away.
Source #4 makes no mention of 12 men being killed, while source #3 states that the 12 men who constructed the mosque may have been burned inside (doesn't say death). In addition, source #2 actually states that Muhamamd's men "entered the mosque, its people inside, set fire to it and destroyed it and the people dispersed", which is quite different from saying that it was "burnt down with Muslim worshippers inside...12 people killed".
Moreover, the lead goes into the details of burning the mosque to the extent of even mentioning what prayer the worshippers were doing, but when it came to the more important part of the event, the perceived causes that led to the burning of the mosque, it just says "promoting opposition" keeping things vague as to the nature of this opposition, and even then, Misconceptions2 casts doubt by writing "Muhammad believed that it was a Mosque promoting opposition". Now we know that this "opposition" was actually Abu 'Amir al-Rahib's preparation for war against Muhammad and his companions, backed by the emperor of Rome.
These are the errors I found in the lead. Clearly,the article was written in a sensationalist manner. Al-Andalusi (talk) 22:48, 24 June 2011 (UTC)