Persecution of Muslims

The persecution of Muslims has been recorded throughout the history of Islam, beginning with its founding by Muhammad in the 7th century.

In the early days of Islam in pre-Islamic Arabia, the people who newly converted to Islam were discriminated by the Quraysh tribe, who were adherents of the traditional Arab religion of their time, going as far as spitting, boycotting, beating, and even murdering Muslims. They would also eventually go to war against Muslims for the sole reason that the Muslims did not adhere to their religion. In the medieval era, Muslims faced persecution in European monarchies, such as forced conversions in Spain and the Crusades. In the modern era, Muslims have faced persecutions as minor as being prohibited from wearing abayas in public schools, or as major as committing genocide against them.