A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'/Chapter 1

by Moulavi Gerágh Ali

ALL THE WARS OF MOHAMMAD WERE DEFENSIVE.

I.—The Persecution.

• 1. The early persecution of Moslems by the people of Mecca
• 2. Notices of the persecutions in the Koran
• 3. Insults suffered by Mohammad
• 4. Historical summary of the persecutions
• 5. The Hegira, or the expulsion of the Moslems from Mecca
• 6. The persecution of the Moslems by the Koreish after their flight from Mecca