sarat Maryam in the Vista ifthe Abyssinian Christian Kingdom In the early years of his mission, the Prophet .$ faced a near total rejection ofhis message from the Makkan chieftains-the social, tribal, and commercial elite of Quraysh. The sophistication and character of the assault waged against the Prophet $ and against the poor, the unprotected, and the women who followed him are eye opening. The Qurayshs psychological, economic, and physical persecutions were an attempt to abort the new religion, to turn back to idolatry those who embraced Islams defining beliefs-there is no deity other than God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God-and to deter anyone who inclined toward the Prophets message. Mterfiveyears ofintense oppression, acompany ofMuslim men and women, at the bidding of the Prophet $, secretly departed for Abyssinia in search of asylum and religious liberty in this Christian kingdom. They departed in two groups, the first a band of fifteen and the second a group of eighty-three men and women. At their head was jafar, the Prophets cousin and the son of the pagan but sympathetic uncle of the Prophet
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