So, in 622 (year 1 of the Muslim calendar), Muhammad fled to Medina, about 250 miles north of Mecca. For eight long and bitter years, the prophet and his small but growing cohort battled his ...

As I ponder this news, I pack for my trip to Medina, where Muhammad relocated in the year 622 after being driven out of Mecca. The prophet was exiled from his own land, persecuted by his own ...

They're gathering at Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammad delivered ... two weeks in and around Mecca for the Hajj, and many will also travel to the Saudi city of Medina before departing ...

There were many Jews who supported Prophet Muhammad when he first ... Why did the Jews of Medina not join the fight against the pagan Arabs of Mecca? Most Orthodox Jews in those days would not ...

Warning: This is a working script, not a transcript, it is for interest only and not reference and it will contain un-corrected material that does not appear in the final programme. I'm in the ...

Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born around 570, AD in Mecca. His father died before he was born and he was raised first by his grandfather and then his uncle. He belonged to a poor but respectable ...

Most of the pilgrims then leave Mecca for the city of Medina, about 210 miles away, to pray in Prophet Muhammad’s tomb, the Sacred Chamber. The Sacred Chamber tomb is part of the prophet’s ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam ... Fard said he had come from Mecca, and he proclaimed a new belief, a variant of traditional Islam.