Umm Shareek
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During the 620s, when Islam was new, the ruling class of Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

 used to torture people who accepted Islam in order to have them renounce their new faith.

Umm Shareek, a lady who accepted Islam
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, was made to stand under the hot sun for three days and was not allowed to drink water.
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