Muslim Perspectives Radio Program

According to traditional accounts of the Conquest of Mecca by Muslim historians, the Prophet Muhammad addressed his enemies with words echoing Prophet Joseph in the Qur’an: “No reproach shall be upon you today. Go, for you are free.”

The story suggests that acceptance does not require people to erase their differences. It requires them to see beyond those differences and recognise the humanity they share.

“O people! Beware of your Lord who created you from a single soul and created from it its mate and spread from those two many…