How Europe, and the West, are today, repeating the mistakes made by the tolerant and 'accommodating' residents of Yathrib, in 622 AD.



Muslims Never Had It So Good
Written by Mumin Salih   
Friday, 21 November 2008
"......The fortunes of Islam changed completely in the 1970s when the west opened its gates to the Islamists. The influx of Muslims to the west, and the generous welcome and support they received had only one equal in the history of Mankind, which happened in the year 622 AD. That was the year when Mohammed and his companions emigrated from Mecca to Yathrib. The Arabs of Mecca, called Quraysh, knew Mohammed well because he was one of them. The Quraysh treated Mohammed with the contempt he deserved; they isolated him as they would do with any mad person. On the other hand the Aws and Khazraj, who were the Arabs of Yathrib, made him welcome and sheltered him. It didn’t take Mohammed long to take over his host city from its accommodating inhabitants, change its name and enforce his sharia law on what has become an Islamic state. There were a handful of people in Yathrib who tried to stop the madness, like Ibn Ibu salul, but nobody would listen to them. The word Islamophobia was not invented yet so they were branded as munafikeen. This is exactly what happened to Mohammed’s followers in the last forty years, who also were disliked by their own people, but were sheltered and made welcome in the west. My only worry with this comparison is that the Aws and Khazraj ceased to exist after their excessive generosity...."
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http://islammonitor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1774&Itemid=96



Where is Yathrib today?

"Yathrib.....After Muhammad's arrival, the city gradually came to be known as Medina...."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina



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Thomas Mann
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