Multiple choice

Merchants in Mecca were hostile towards Muhammad because they thought

  1. His religion would disrupt their pilgrim trade

  2. The angel Gabriel didn't really appear to him

  3. His Islamic law would discriminate against them

  4. He worshipped traditional Arab gods
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Explanation

Mecca was a center of polytheistic pilgrimage. Muhammad's message of monotheism threatened the economic interests of merchants who profited from the traditional religious practices at the Kaaba.

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