Who are the Arabs? (20 Viewers)
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This will probably bring us to another discussion, but I wouldnt call it an Arab Invasion, as much as Islamic expansion or even Islamic liberation. North Africa and Egypt embraced the the new religion with arms wide open. Indeed, as Amr Ibn Al-As army that went into Eygpt, continued into Libya with thousands of indigenous soldiers from Eygpt. Had it been an invasion why would the indigenous people go out with that army? As another example, Tariq Ibn Ziyad, the one credited with opening Andalucia along with Moussa Ibn Naseer, was a Berber.
with all due respect mister Rami, but historically speaking these people resisted the "muslim" infiltration, which after conflict de facto became invasion. Now dont get me wrong I am not incriminating anybody thats how things got done back in the day. bu the fact remains that north africa wasnt a walk in the park. On top of that the plotical rammification of it being an Ummayad invasion. Anyhoo if you were to check the history of it there was conflict. As far as why would one go with a foreign army, easy you want to be with the victor and the booty. I mean just look at hannibal he was able to recruit troops inside italy itself against the romans.
I told you this will lead to a differend discussion
Anyhow there was of course resistance, but the fact is that Egypt and most north Africa was not ruled by their original people. The original people embraced Islam, and were fascinated by it's message of peace, diversity, racial equalism. War is never a walk in the park, what I am getting at that if it was an Arab invasion you would've found liberation movements and sooner or later the Arabs would be eventually kicked out. But that is not the case, all north Africa countries are up to this day Islamic. It just seems that there is a preconcieved notion that Islam was spread by the sword, which I totally refute. Indonesia the most populous Islamic country today, not one Islamic soldier set foot on those Islands. The sword was just used to move the barriers of the rulers who opressed their people back then and would have blocked the spread of Islam. Rulers were seen as a blocking stone in the way between the Islamic message and the masses. After the rulers were removed, people were free to choose their paths. Getting the message through was a top priority.
Anyhow there was of course resistance, but the fact is that Egypt and most north Africa was not ruled by their original people. The original people embraced Islam, and were fascinated by it's message of peace, diversity, racial equalism. War is never a walk in the park, what I am getting at that if it was an Arab invasion you would've found liberation movements and sooner or later the Arabs would be eventually kicked out. But that is not the case, all north Africa countries are up to this day Islamic. It just seems that there is a preconcieved notion that Islam was spread by the sword, which I totally refute. Indonesia the most populous Islamic country today, not one Islamic soldier set foot on those Islands. The sword was just used to move the barriers of the rulers who opressed their people back then and would have blocked the spread of Islam. Rulers were seen as a blocking stone in the way between the Islamic message and the masses. After the rulers were removed, people were free to choose their paths. Getting the message through was a top priority.
