<div dir="ltr"> <span><a href="http://www.crisismagazine.com/author/william-kilpatrick" target="_blank">William Kilpatrick</a><br><a href="http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/medina-the-first-muslim-refugee-resettlement-program" target="_blank">http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/medina-the-first-muslim-refugee-resettlement-program</a></span><br><br>"Christians are regularly
reminded that the Holy Family were once refugees in Egypt. Yes, but the
culture brought into the world by the Holy Family is worlds apart from
the one introduced six centuries later by Muhammad.
<p>Let’s not forget that the Holy Family were once refugees. But in
regard to the present crisis there’s another and perhaps more
appropriate analogy to consider: Muhammad and his followers were also
once refugees. He and his group of about 100 men, women, and children
had long overstayed their welcome in Mecca. According to Muslim
chroniclers, they had to flee in order to avoid persecution. Fortunately
for Muhammad, the more “enlightened” citizens of Medina extended an
invitation to the Muslims to come and live in their city. It is not
recorded whether or not they held up large “welcome refugees” banners as
is now the custom at European train stations, but they soon enough
experienced the kind of regrets that Europeans are now having. Muhammad
gradually acquired wealth and converts, and within a half-dozen years he
was the master of Medina. Those Medinans who were not exiled or
slaughtered were thoroughly subjugated. Muhammad then used Medina as the
launching pad for his conquest of all Arabia. Within a century of his
death, his followers had conquered nearly half of the civilized world.</p>
<p>The relevant analogy for our society is not the flight to Egypt, but
the flight to Medina and the subsequent colonization of that city by the
Muslims. A similar process of cultural conquest by migration is now
underway in Europe. ...."</p><p><br></p></div>