The support of non-Muslims for just causes between the early days of Islam (609 CE / 622 CE) And the Palestinian cause (2023 CE / 2024 CE)

Abstract

The subject of the study addresses the support of non-Muslims for just causes. In this paper, we aimed to highlight two time periods: the first covers the support of non-Muslims for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the beginning of his mission up until just before the migration, where we presented examples of this support. The second period focuses on the past year’s brutal aggression by the Zionist entity against the oppressed Palestinian people, which led to global activists standing with and supporting them while condemning the Zionist terrorism against them.

We adopted the historical investigative method, collecting key events relevant to the topic. The research was structured into an introduction and two chapters. The introduction included an overview of the topic, its importance, and its central issue. The first chapter presented examples of non-Muslims’ support for early Islam, beginning with the conversion of Hamza, the supportive stance of the Negus (King of Abyssinia), and the breaking of the siege against Muslims in the Valley of Abu Talib. The second chapter focused on the support for the Palestinian cause over the past year after October 7, 2023, from countries like South Africa, Latin American nations, university students in the U.S., and European populations. The study concluded that the human conscience plays a significant role in supporting just causes and that justice, freedom, and equality are common values shared by all peoples, both in the past and present.