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Hamza Yusuf: The business of Mecca is to draw pilgrims to Mecca. They want to make money. And the way they draw pilgrims to Mecca is, people come visit their gods. Well, here's somebody who is saying, these gods, they are not real. They're stones, they're rocks. You're wasting your time. Now, that message has economic implications to the Quraysh. They are worried. This, this man is going to undermine our business. It's really the people that don't have anything, uh, to lose and everything to gain. They are the ones that are responding to this message. Many of the followers are poor people, slaves, women that don't have protectors. It's spreading amongst the disenfranchised of Mecca. |