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The Effect Quality of the Intercultural Dialogues… S.H.A. Shah Rizvi and M. Alviri / (89
within a vast framework of from Mecca to Medina.
being together based on One of the oldest usage of
commonalities. the notion of brotherhood
among Muslims is the one
3. Peacemaking made by Muslims in Mecca
Strategy about their fellow Muslims
The main strategy of in Yathrib or Medina
Prophet Muhammad in before they migrated there.
Medina innovating a new (Ibn Kathir, 1991: 169)
social tie among individuals 5 or 8 months after the
of that environment entitled migration of Muslims to
religious brotherhood. Medina, the Prophet(s) told
Contemplating on that his Sahaba: “Every pair of
notion, would help religious you be brothers in the way
communities to change of God”. There is
from conflict to peace and disagreement among historians
solidarity.
with respect to the number
• Muslim Brotherhood of Muslims.
and Faith-based Unity According to many
The historical background sources, they were 90
of the concept of religious people: 45 from Muhajirin
brotherhood in the culture (those who had migrated
of the early Islam is older from Mecca to Medina)
than the Prophet making and 45 from Ansar
pacts of brotherhood (residents of Medina who
between Muhajirin and helped the migrants).
Ansar after his migration (Ibn Husham, 1976)
