One God, Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

LECTURE SIX

2. The Opposition of the Quraysh
   a. The Quraysh opposed Muhammad’s message of monotheism and the
   Last Judgement. Acceptance would have forced them to abandon their
   commercially profitable shrines.
   b. Finally, after the deaths of his uncle and wife, the Prophet was driven
   from Mecca for fear of his life.
   c. In 622 CE, he made a migration (hijra) to Medina—the trigger date for
   the beginning of the Muslim era—where he was taken up as a holyman
   and leader for the strife-torn oasis.