Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority
In the past eras spanning a few centuries 'Mama' has been projecting Islam as a ruling faith. Islamic Fiqh underlines only the aspect of Islamic state. It is generally held that Islamic teachings can be implemented and bear fruits only when Islam is the state religion. As a result, the est...
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| description | In the past eras spanning a few centuries 'Mama' has been projecting Islam as a ruling faith. Islamic Fiqh underlines only the aspect of Islamic state. It is generally held that Islamic teachings can be implemented and bear fruits only when Islam is the state religion. As a result, the establishment an Islamic state and gaining power have somehow become the basic goals. By the quirks of development in history, Islam came to be known as a state religion, dictating man's way of life .The Prophet's Islamic state had developed beyond Arabian Peninsula and during the Muslim caliphate it had grown in to a worldwide Islamic state. It must be however, stated that in the same period Muslims led their lives as a minority in many countries. They were under the domination of the adherents of other faiths. In the present work Muslim migration to Abyssinia during the Prophet's life has been discussed from the vantage point of a Muslim minority .According to classical biographers of prophet and standard sources, Muslim migrated to Abyssinia twice; the first being in 615 CE when fourteen Muslims left Malcah for Abyssinia .After a year around eighty men women and children migrated there. Yet there is no denying fact that a group of Muslim emigrants to Abyssinia was reconciled to its status as a minority in a non Muslim country even in the face of congenial conditions it did not opt for the Islamic state headquarters. The illustrious life of these emigrants provides the role model for the Muslim minority. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b1be0bfe83d40fe9be840acaf49b6842022-12-22T02:47:06ZaraHazara UniversityHazara Islamicus2305-32832410-80652015-12-0104021524Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim MinoritySana Tahzeeb0Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, AligarhIn the past eras spanning a few centuries 'Mama' has been projecting Islam as a ruling faith. Islamic Fiqh underlines only the aspect of Islamic state. It is generally held that Islamic teachings can be implemented and bear fruits only when Islam is the state religion. As a result, the establishment an Islamic state and gaining power have somehow become the basic goals. By the quirks of development in history, Islam came to be known as a state religion, dictating man's way of life .The Prophet's Islamic state had developed beyond Arabian Peninsula and during the Muslim caliphate it had grown in to a worldwide Islamic state. It must be however, stated that in the same period Muslims led their lives as a minority in many countries. They were under the domination of the adherents of other faiths. In the present work Muslim migration to Abyssinia during the Prophet's life has been discussed from the vantage point of a Muslim minority .According to classical biographers of prophet and standard sources, Muslim migrated to Abyssinia twice; the first being in 615 CE when fourteen Muslims left Malcah for Abyssinia .After a year around eighty men women and children migrated there. Yet there is no denying fact that a group of Muslim emigrants to Abyssinia was reconciled to its status as a minority in a non Muslim country even in the face of congenial conditions it did not opt for the Islamic state headquarters. The illustrious life of these emigrants provides the role model for the Muslim minority.http://hazaraislamicus.hu.edu.pk/public/uploads/2015/Issue_2/014.pdfMuslim minority; Abyssinia; Migration; Non-Muslim Host Country. |
| spellingShingle | Sana Tahzeeb Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority Hazara Islamicus Muslim minority; Abyssinia; Migration; Non-Muslim Host Country. |
| title | Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority |
| title_full | Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority |
| title_fullStr | Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority |
| title_full_unstemmed | Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority |
| title_short | Muslim Migration to Abyssinia: A Role Model for Muslim Minority |
| title_sort | muslim migration to abyssinia a role model for muslim minority |
| topic | Muslim minority; Abyssinia; Migration; Non-Muslim Host Country. |
| url | http://hazaraislamicus.hu.edu.pk/public/uploads/2015/Issue_2/014.pdf |
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