This makes an interesting thread.
I hope it does not degenerate into 'right' and 'wrong' and hurling of words not really fit for discussion purposes...
Post no 4 also gives other reasons and there are others too I am sure.
I already live in a muslim country, a colonised, muslim country, in truth. So there is no question of relocating, unless of course it was either to Mecca or Medinah

. . . But to ponder on the OP, I guess this was the general rule back in the days, when we had an islamic empire where the shahadah was the passport, and the sunnah was the law (theoretically), but nowadays moving or relocating might pose a lot of difficulties. Nationalism.
In truth, I see that everything islamic is becoming harder and harder to achieve in the everyday life. The web of satanic laws have pinned us in where going about your normal lives will soon be acts of defiance to sirratulmustaqeem. Take how we use the banking system. The riba'. Free mixing in society. and more. The entire education system, laws etc..
In reality, we are surrounded by these conundrums. That is our 'jihad'. It is for us to see how we deal with these challenges.
My question to self is, the signs are clear that we are fast approaching the end times. But even our beloved prophet (pbuh) said that it is very close and as though it could have been around his time. But many things has not as yet come to pass at that time. If nabi Isa (pbuh) were to descend, would I scramble to be amongst him or would I be throwing my slipper at him. I pray that it would be the former, and that if I ever came across Dajjal and was offered heaven or hell, that my legs will walk me through the fire, ameen.
But back to the OP again, that statement, about choosing to migrate from one non muslim secular country to a muslim secular country if one was a muslim living in a non muslim country was something I did pay a lot of attention to. I pondered on it a lot! I studied in the UK nearly a decade in my teens and as such considered the possibilities of migrating.
To cut a long story short, I believe then in context. That the context of the message also had sub clauses to them, for example if I am in constant danger, oppressed, etc, then I should leave. But if I choose to stay.... ,also if the situation is 'fine' then I really have to beware that it becomes very easy to assimilate and hence liberalise... it might not be me, but the next generation will very likely ..
But then again, if Allah decides to take action against a certain community, the good ones amongst them will also perish. Hence the prophets and all the followers were told to leave a place before Allah strikes those people.
It is a very hard choice, very much like not using the banking system, almost if you can, being off the grid. Can we?

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