Twelve years after being chased from his hometown, Muhammad rode back into Mecca with 10,000 warriors—not for revenge, but with an unprecedented military restraint. The city that once rejected him now surrendered without significant bloodshed. He entered the sacred Kaaba, destroyed the 360 idols inside, and declared a general amnesty for his former enemies. Most shocking: many of those who'd previously persecuted him were now welcomed into his movement. A radical act of forgiveness that would reshape the Arabian Peninsula.
January 11, 630
1396 years ago
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