At the advent of Islam and the Islamic revolution, the only social and political organizations of the pre- Islamic Arabs were the tribe, race and language which were used as measures of superiority or inferiority. Blood and tribal bond was the basis of unity, a rough and raw form of modern nationalism and racism. Language, too, was regarded as a sign of superiority and for this reason, the Arabs considered non-Arabs as "Ajam", which means dumb. Abd-Allah bin ubayy, a leader of the Medinan hypocrites was a loyal Colour racist, and constantly instigated the people of Medina, in favour of racism, saying: "A few beggars have come to our country from other lands and have become bullies. They are like dogs which are fattened to assault us"
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:17:03 +0000
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