Islam 1: Muhammad, the first Caliphate, and the core teachings
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Mohammed's Plan to Relocate to Yathrib
Some merchants and emissaries from the town of yathrib, north at another oasis, many miles north of mecca saw a possible opportunity in mohammed. They liked the idea of a sort of a prophet visionary to unify their people around a new message and a new lawa. This was actually a fairly dangerous proposition, because the leaders of mecca knew that if mohammed left and went to another city, that he would basically be violating the ties and bonds of clans and tribes that kept people in mecca. And finally, mohammed himself and his closest friends and associates, including abu baker, snuck out pursued by attackers and assassins. But they
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