How did leaders in Mecca react to Muhammad?

Answer 1

fought him and tryied to kill him and then sanctions him and other Muslims and Muslims lived in out of city for 3 years under sanctions and even could not but food. until Muslims immigrated to Medina secretly.

Answer 2

Initially poor people accepted the teachings of prophet and most of leaders of Makkah opposed but with in 2 decades nearly whole of the Arabs accepted the teachings of Islam .

People of Mecca were idol worshippers. They wer plunged into the darknss of ignorance. They were drunkards, gamblers, cheaters and superstitious. They buried their daughters alive and had no respect for women. They exploited the poor and the weak. They followed no rule. Their motto was, "Might is right."

When the last Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) preached the message of Almighty Allah inviting the Meccans to worship only One Almighty Allah, to be honest, truthful, fair, and straightforward in their dealings, they turned against him. They were not ready to change their traditions, culture and the power over the poor and the slaves. They felt a threat. They reacted by torturing the Muslims who were mostly the poor and the slaves.

Answer 3

The people of Mecca worshiped about 360 idols when Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) started preaching Islam. The people of Mecca didn't like the worship of only One God (Allah). They reacted very strongly against Islam. They tortured the people who embraced Islam and the teachings of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW).