Muslims as Refugees
Muslims as Refugees.
Present day world is divided on the issue Muslim refugees, whether western countries should take in refugees from war torn Islamic countries or not.
So called 'liberal' left is eager to take in Muslims to prove that they are not Islamophobic and partly justifying it that western powers have been major reason for the troubles there.
But the other side, the right wingers, think that Muslims will be threat to law and order and cultural values of their countries and they refuse to mingle into the culture of these countries.
So I thought of compiling how Muslims have behaved historically as a refugees or how they have behaved when someone approcahed them as refugee or how they have cause others to take refuge from them.
Muhammad is the person whom Muslims idolize and look up to as an example as Quran has commanded them to do .
So lets start with how Muhammad and his followers behaved as refugees.
Muhammad as Refugee:
Once Muhammad presented himself as a prophet of God he started ridiculing the Pagan religion of the Arabs along with ther Gods. This perturbed the Arabs and resulted in their angst towards Muhammad. But Muhammad wa protect by his pagan uncle Abu Talib. But after his death Muhammad had to move out of Mecca with his few followers. There were two tribes in Yathrib which were having constant fighting , so they invited Muhammad to arbitrate. So Muslims were given refuge by Jews of Yathrib.
After an year or two, Muhammad started raiding Meccan Caravans. Later as he grew in power defeating both Pagans and Jews of Arabia Yathrib became Medina.
Muslim Refugees of Raja Dahir
Some Muslims called Allafis who were escaping from Ummayad Caliphs determined to kill them were given refuge by Raja Dahir of Sindh. When Mahmud bin Qasim attacked Sindh he the Allafis refused to fight against Caliphs army as they said that their religion doesn't allow them to fight against other Muslims.
Shah Mir in Kashmir came as immigrant from Swat.
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