how muslims conquested spain//part 3

756 - 1031 AD Umayyads of CordobaIn 750AD the Abbasid’s came to power after vanquishing the Umayyads. The first ruler Abu al-Abbas set about killing the remaining Umayyads who were mostly at Basra.Ninety managed to escape, so Abbas explained that it was “all a mistake” and invited them to a dinner. When they were all assembled, the soldiers set upon them, flogging them till dead. A carpet was laid out over the bodies and the Abbasids feasted on the uneaten food. Only Abdul Rahman who did not go to the dinner escaped, and eventually turned up in al-Andalus in 756AD.Abdul Rahman I had a 32 years reign and survived attacks from both Berber and Arab as well as Abbasids and armies of Charlemagne. Having both Arab and Berber as parents helped him...

how muslims conquested spain//part 2

Holy War or the Toledo Whore?By 710AD, Jews and Christians had been in the Iberian peninsula for a few hundred years and the Visigoth king Rodrigo ruled from the capital Toledo. Rodrigo had earlier usurped power from Witiza after their father died, and ruled the peasants with a heavy hand. Now a story goes that Count Julian, governor of the city of Ceuta (near Tangiers) had a beautiful daughter, Florinda, who was invited by King Rodrigo to the court at Toledo. One day while she was swimming in the Targus river, Rodrigo noticed her beauty and invited her to the Royal apartment where she succumbed to the King’s advances. Filled with shame afterwards, she wrote to her father and asked him to take her back to Ceuta. Now Count Julian was peeved...

how muslims conquested spain//part 1

How often in conversation with a Muslim, do they quote Spain as the crowning achievement of Islam, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony for about 800 years?And when you mention the killings and massacres, you are told that the Spanish Inquisition was much worse. This is a misconception, since the Inquisition in Spain was responsible for only between 4,000 and 5,000 lives. Yet in 1066AD, in a single day, muslims murdered over 4,000 Jews because Vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela had risen to a position greater than them, and of course, this upset the Muslim sensitivities. History tells us that the Muslim invasion started in 711AD and...

Tunisia's Islamic leaders pressured by radical fringe

AFP - Tunisia's moderate Islamist leaders are under pressure from a radical Muslim fringe, forcing them to stress their liberal democratic credentials without alienating their base, analysts say.Ultra-conservative Salafists have in past months launched bold challenges -- demanding full-face veils for female university students, castigating a TV channel for a "blasphemous" film and beating up journalists at a protest.Their actions have heightened tensions in the north African country that was under secular rule for decades until the overthrow a year ago of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali kicked off the Arab Spring and led to elections in...

Denmark: Millions sent abroad to finance terrorism

Jakob Scharf, head of the Danish Security Service (PET), said Tuesday that terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab get funds from Denmark. "PET estimates that around 20 million kroner (~$3.5m) are collected every year in Denmark to finance terrorist groups abroad," he said. This is only an estimation. In recent years Danish courts handled three cases of terrorism-financing. The cases involved people and associations who supported rebel movements in Colombia and Palestine with an overall sum of less than 150,000 kroner. PET estimates that the groups who enjoy the Danish millions include groups in conflict zones like Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine and Somalia. PET says it's often difficult to prove money transactions are related...

tow converts to christianity stabbed in norway

Two Iranians who converted from Islam to Christianity were stabbed by masked me in Haugesund last week. The attacker shouted 'Kuffar' (Arabic for non-believer) during the attack. The attack happened Tuesday evening, when both Christian Iranians were out walking in Haugesund. They were suddenly attacked by three masked men armed with knives, who shouted 'kuffar' while they stabbed the two. A nurse passing by gave first aid and then an ambulance brought them to hospital, reports Haugesunds Avis. According to the police, one of the victims was stabbed twice in the back and the other was stabbed in his side. No perpetrators have been caught. The two victims want to remain anonymous and have not spoken of the assault. They've lived in Norway...

Christians have been jailed in Saudi Arabia for worshiping

Thirty-five Christians have been jailed in Saudi Arabia for worshiping in their own homes according to a recent report. The news only surfaced this week that the Christians have been imprisoned for over a month.Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern says it is no wonder that Christians there worship in their homes because of the danger they face. "In Saudi Arabia there is no church," says the ICC spokesman. "There is no other place of worship other than mosques -- so the Christians in Saudi Arabia only gather at their private homes to worship. And when they worship, as you can see in this particular example, they could also be arrested." Racho was able to talk with one of the female prisoners by phone and explains that prisoners...

Nigeria muslim sect leader threatens school bombings

The leader of a radical Islamist sect launching increasingly bloody attacks in Nigeria has rejected offers for a negotiated peace, instead promising to kidnap government officials' family members and bomb schools, according to an internet audio message allegedly posted by the group.The message by Imam Abubakar Shekau of the sect known as Boko Haram comes amid continuing unrest in north Nigeria following the group's attack in Kano that killed at least 185 people. A daylight attack on Muslim traders in the north killed 15 people, while gunmen also have kidnapped a German there.Shekau's 40-minute message also for the first time discusses Boko Haram's...

bOKO HARAM: Why Christians are fleeing damaturu, Postiskum

one of churches wich burntCHRISTIANS have been leaving Yobe State in drove, and this might not be unconnected with the incessant activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.Mallam Musa Audu, a resident of Pompomari ward in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital told Sunday Tribune that at about 4:15 am on Monday, 16th January 2012; some young men numbering three and armed with AK47 rifles forced themselves into his house. According to him, they did not kill anyone but asked them to leave town first thing in the morning, warning that they were going to come back and if they met him or any of his family members, they would kill them. He said fear gripped...

Afghan woman is killed 'for giving birth to a girl'

Wali Hazrata is in police custody. She has made no public comment about the allegations A woman in north-eastern Afghanistan has been arrested for allegedly strangling her daughter-in-law for giving birth to a third daughter. The murdered woman's husband, a member of a local militia, is also suspected of involvement but he has since fled. The murder took place two days ago in Kunduz province. The baby girl, who is now two months old, was not hurt.The birth of a boy is usually a cause for celebration in Afghanistan but girls are generally seen as a burden.Some women in Afghanistan are abused if they fail to give birth to boys. And this is just...

Ethiopian Christians to be deported from Saudi Arabia

Some 35 Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling", the global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.Police arrested the group - including 29 women - after raiding a prayer meeting in the second city of Jeddah.The women were subjected to strip searches and the men beaten and called "unbelievers", according to HRW.In 2006, the Saudi government promised to stop interfering with private worship by non-Muslims.The group was arrested in a private home as they gathered to pray during the run-up to Christmas, celebrated by Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on 7 January.HRW spoke to a man and two women by telephone...

muslim who tried to rape Brit near Dubai police academy, caught

A big Afghan man stalking a British woman doing night exercise in the open air waited for her to reach a deserted area behind a police academy, grabbed her, covered her mouth with his hand and tried to rape her.The woman, a visitor to Dubai, struggled hard but found that the man was too strong. She tried to scream but could not and the man begged her to stop struggling. Realising her attempts were futile, she decided to trick him.He had already stripped her shoes and pants off in Sufouh area just behind the police academy when she pretended that she wanted to have sex with him. Once he eased his grip on her, she pushed him and fled.After seeing passersby and telling them about the incident, they phoned the police. Two weeks later, the man...

Macedonia: Muslims Urge Restraint Over Carnival

Muslim leaders in Macedonia appealed for calm on Monday among community members outraged over a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men mocked Muslims by dressing as Burqa-clad women. The incident at the Jan. 13 Vevcani festival has prompted angry, sometimes violent demonstrations by Muslims, who make up 33 percent of the country's 2.1 million population and accuse the majority of stoking hatred against them. On Saturday, some protesters attacked buses and defaced a Macedonian flag and replaced it with a green flag to represent Islam. On the same day, a church was attacked by unknown perpetrators in the nearby village of Labunista. In a statement Monday, Macedonian Muslim leaders called for restraint but also accused the government of...

Poor Moroccan girls are willing to do everything in order to get a European husband.

Said, a 21 year old tourist in Tangier says there's no talk of love, he says of the flirting in the streets of Tangier between locals and European-born youth. "In Morocco marriage has become big business. Singles no longer look for a beloved, but for somebody who will inject capital into their lives. Poverty is consuming this country, it makes its residents unemotional materialists. There is no future here for the Arab Romeo and Juliet." Many dream of a life in another country, preferably overseas. Some adventurers flee at nights by boat to Spain. Whoever fears the water, tries hooking somebody from Europe. Tangier in particular is flooded...

denmark: muslims are racist for sending chidren to private schools

Ahrendtsen was speaking to TV 2 NEWS, which reported that immigrant children go to private schools more than ethnic Danish children (14% of Danes vs. 15% of immigrant children) "Arab, Turkish and Somali parents, they stick with their own. They marry their own, and they are not interested in meeting Danes and Danish society, who have reached out to them for 30 years," Alex Ahrendtsen told TV 2 NEWS. Newspaper Politiken reported today that the number of children in Muslim private schools increased by 25% over the past three years. Cultural sociologist Christian Horst (Aarhus University) says that it's mostly the advantaged Muslim parents who reject the regular schools. He told Politiken that those Muslim parents have gotten to the conclusion...

The pagan origin of the word, "Allah".

The pre-Islamic origin of "Allah"There is absolutely no question that Allah was worshipped by the pagan Arabs as one of many polytheistic gods. Allah was worshipped in the Kabah at Mecca before Muhammad was born. Muhammad merely proclaimed a god the Meccans were already familiar with. The pagan Arabs never accused Muhammad of preaching a different Allah than the one they already worshipped. Many scholars say "Allah" is derived from a compound Arabic word, AL + ILAH = Allah. "Ilah" in Arabic is "God" and "Al" in Arabic is a definite article like our word "the". So from an English equivalent "Allah" comes from "The + God". Others, like Arthur Jeffery say, "The common theory is that it is formed from ilah, the common word for a god, and the article...