Concerning Minorities-Majorities, Learn from Fathu Mecca

Concerning Minorities-Majorities, Learn from Fathu Mecca

Discussions about Fathu Mecca , the conquest of Mecca, usually focus on: the massive army of the Prophet, the great forgiveness he performed, and the destruction of various idols around the Kaaba. However, rarely do we come to a discussion regarding the Prophet's psychological maturity and the issue of majority-minority which is actually explicit in this story.

Let's try to see:

First, in the first 13 years of Islamic preaching, the Prophet and Muslims were a minority in Mecca. As a minority, they witnessed the humiliation, violence, arrogance, and human injury by the majority Quraysh. But like the minority, they are helpless .

Second, when he migrated to Medina, the Prophet came as a foreigner, but was greeted by "natives of Medina". With that support, Nabi got the majority of votes (Aus and Khajraj). In order to eliminate the issue of native non-natives, the Prophet married and made Ansar and Muhajirin brothers.

With Medina, which had various ethnicities and religions, the Prophet was aware of the responsibility for the unity, justice and happiness of the people that rested on his shoulders, so he did not impose his will. Instead he initiated the Medina Charter which guarantees minority rights, equality, justice and diversity. Everyone is guaranteed the right to religion.

Third, when he returned to Mecca, in Fathu Mecca, the Prophet was supported by interracial and tribal troops throughout the Arabian Peninsula. The Quraysh were seen as a minority. When the Prophet entered Mecca, the Prophet had the opportunity to take revenge on the people who used to torture him and his people.

But the Prophet was aware of the mistakes that the majority often made against minorities and the Prophet did not want to be a bad example. As a result, the Prophet chose to forgive.

The question then: what distinguishes the Prophet from us?

Most (most) of us don't have the opportunity to feel what it's like to live as a minority, so sometimes we don't realize that we are committing symbolic violence against the minority. We take for free the privileges we get as the majority and still ask for more.

This is exacerbated by the tendency of some of us to shut ourselves up in the homogeneity of the environment, study areas, and reading materials, so that we don't have the opportunity to see things from other people's perspectives.

Of course, in some ways, this issue has the potential to trigger friction, especially when we are overly judgmental and feel self-righteous. That's why we need to follow the example of the Prophet whose experience of being a minority-majority made him wiser.

If we don't have the opportunity to live elsewhere as a minority, in order to continue to emulate the wisdom of the Prophet, we can start to open our horizons by heterogeneizing our reading and social circles.

Let's not get caught up in prejudice, let it be fairer.

Bismillah. From the Liberation of Mecca to the Liberation of the soul.

God willing.