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History of Islam
The history of Islam goes back over 1400 years to Prophet Muhammad and his creation of the first Islamic State in Medina Munawarra. Since that point, Islamic culture, custom and tradition have spread all across the world in numerous empires and by peaceful conversions. Muslims have been prominent in science, government, religion, philosophy, literature and numerous other areas of human endeavor. If you are interested in learning more about the history of the Islamic World, its development over the centuries and its contributions to society, here is a good place to start asking your questions.
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Was unity in Spain worth the costs of the Reconquista?
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Yes. The unified Spanish crown became the ascendant power in Europe immediately following the success of the Reconquista. In the 1500s, this alone would justify its worthiness in addition to holy-war nature of the Reconquista which was also celebrated then (but condemned now).
Islamic art produced in the Mughal Empire was heavily influenced by the culture of .?
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europe
How did Islamic culture spread throughout the Muslims empire?
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Mainly by the truthfulness of Islam religion, the correctness and Authenticity of Qur'an, the good Muslim model, and Islam morals.
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Within the Islamic Empire, there were a number of conditions which facilitated the conversion of most Imperial Subjects to Islam after centuries of occupation. They worked together as a very strong system of carrots and sticks:
Carrots
1) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.
2) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).
3) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions. (This was especially helpful in India and saw numerous conversions of Sudras and Untouchables to Islam.)
4) Commerce: Islam also spread by means of commerce and education whereby non-Muslims learned of the faith and adopted as their own amidst business dealings with Muslims.
Sticks
1) Repression of the Non-Muslim Monotheists: The Dhimmi, or non-Muslim Monotheist under Muslim occupation was required to pay a number of taxes that were connected with his Dhimmi status. The most famous was the jizya, which was a tax that Dhimmi had to pay for Muslims for the right to not be killed where they stood for not acknowledging Mohammed's Prophecy; it was a form of humiliation. Additional taxes included the kharaj, which was a tax on non-Muslim land-holdings in the Muslim World. The kharaj was so untenable that most Dhimmi were forced to live in the cities where the tax would not be applicable. The above answer is also incorrect as concerns justice. On paper, a Christian or Jew could testify against a Muslim, but in reality, such testimony was not acceptable and the attempt to defame a Muslim would receive retribution. Christians and Jews were not allowed to build new houses of worship, restore old houses of worship, proselytize in any way (this included religious debate or dialogue), or allow wine or pigs to be shown in public.
2) Forcible Conversion of Polytheists: Polytheists were forced to convert to Islam with some rare exceptions (such as the Hindus in India since they were just too numerous and the territory was difficult to traverse). Zoroastrianism was the majority faith in Iran until Islam almost completely extinguished it, both by sword, economic inequality, and brutal repression of Zoroastrian customs (unless they could be Islamicized like Nourouz).
What is means for name haris in Islamic history?
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it mean to be kind
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Haris is an Arabic name حارس that means protector or defender or guardian
Who offered the first fajr prayer in history of Islam?
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After about ten days, the Prophet moved from Quba mounted on the back of a camel. Ansars and Muhajirs followed him. On the way he stopped for Juma - Friday congregational prayers. From that day, Juma prayer has become a regular weekly worship in Islam.
What is the capital of Islamic Empire?
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A-Makkah is the spiritual capital of the Ummah, or the aggregate of the world's Muslims. There is no longer any political capital of the Caliphate, because there is no longer any Caliphate.
The political capital of any particular Islamic Empire (there were numerous such empires) was entirely dependent on the empire in question and sometimes would change based on the ruler of that empire. For example, independent Morocco has been ruled from Fez, Marrakesh, Rabat, and Meknes depending on the particular dynasty in power and (in the case of Meknes) the particular monarch.
What were the three major Muslim empires?
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The most powerful Islamic States in history are the Abbassid Caliphate, the Ottoman Sultanate, and the Mughal Kingdom of India.
The Abbassid Caliphate was based out of Iraq and extended across the entire Arab World except Morocco at its height. (The Umayyad Caliphate was larger, but existed for a very short time.)
The Ottoman Sultanate controlled the Balkans region of Europe, the central parts of the Middle East and parts of North Africa. It was based in Turkey.
The Mughal Kingdom controlled the northern half of India and most of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
How did Islam spread from the Byzantine Empire?
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During the time of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad(Pbuh). A messenger was send to the Byzantine Emperor inviting him and the rest of the empire to join the Religion of Islam claiming it to be the final religion from God. They have killed the messenger. As back then and even today the custom amongst all nations was that you do not kill messengers for that is an open indication of war.
War started between the early Muslims from Arabia and the Byzantines but no conflict occurred. There was a time when the Prophet Muhammad moved his forces up north but they did not meet the Byzantines.
It is only After the Prophets death that a new Caliph (Successor to the prophet in leading the people ) was elected by the companions of the prophet and some helping tribes, the man becoming the Caliph was the best friend of The Prophet Known as Abu-Bakr. After successfully reconquering Arabia within 2 years Abu-Bakr had passed away and a new Caliph Umar-Ibn-Al Khattab came to authority. He was said to be a very powerful leader. They did not forget the time when the messenger was killed. But now with all of Arabia under Islam they were powerful enough to fight their enemies. Both the Byzantines and the sassanid Persians.
Conflict kept going until the rise of the Ottoman Empire who had finished what started years ago by taking over Constantinople. In Europe Islam was seen as a threat to Christianity so it was obvious to both sides that peace can not be attained and well as every Empire wanted to grow in land the Ottomans controlling most of the Muslim lands knew the best way to grow is to the west where their enemies are. And that is how Islam got in to conflict with Europe.
Okay i'm sorry for all my typos and spelling mistakes if there are any(Which probably are) And also this was a summary of what i have heard this mite be wrong information but it also mite be right i highly advice you to keep searching for answers and verify my information.
Are the taliban bad people?
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it depends on how you look at it.. because the citizens of Afghanistan were becoming like the people of the west. the taliban stepped in to bring back Islam to the country.
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There is no way the Taliban can be considered "good". They were women haters. Girls were not allows to go to school. /women had to covered in black from head to toe, including covering their faces. Women could not leave the house without a male relative. Women could not work, even if there was no male member of the household to provide for them. Men had to wear their hair and beard to precise orders. Music and dancing was not allowed. No opposition was allowed. No freedom of speec,h press, assembly, etc. The Taliban were ruthless. Public hangings and stonings were common.
Men who join the Taliban are the worst of sadistic psychopaths. They enjoy violence, murder, and keep the population terrified. There is no Muslim country that wants the return of the Taliban.
What things caused the Islamic empire to grow?
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I can answer this question by two ways...one as i am Muslim other as a reader in history
i will use the 2nd one
what happened that all people in other nations lived for there interest
but Muslims lived to help others
on other hand we should be fair and say Muslims were fair,justice when they defeat enemies
What three continents were involved in the Muslim empire by 750?
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Asia , Africa , & Europe
What methods did Muslim leaders use to try to prevent European imperialism?
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There were really only three methods that Muslim leaders used in attempts to prevent colonization: (1) implementation of local reforms to make their countries competitive with Europe, (2) organization of militaries to fight off the European imperialists (either proper militaries or local/tribal militias), and (3) trying to diplomatically force the Europeans to agree to minimize colonization. For the most part, all three of these failed spectacularly. The only quasi-success stories were Turkey and Iran.
What was the Reconquista and how did it impact southwestern Europe?
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What was the Reconquista and how did it impact southwestern europe?
What did the the new German empire build in the Islamic religion?
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Suez Canal
*Cheating on your E2020 class :-)
What type of clothing is worn by members of the Taliban?
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There is no special name of such clothes. Most of them wear Shalwaar, Kurta.
How were the Muslims able to conquer both the Persian and byzantine empire?
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The Byzantine Empire was a powerful nation which controlled the trading hub of Constantinople, and whose government offered a greater degree of stability than most European nations at the time. The Islamic Caliphate was a dynamic and prosperous nation which benefited from the zeal of its people and the power of its religion. Both empires were culturally and scientifically advanced.
What was the impact of the Muslim Empire on other cultures?
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The Muslim empire created the idea of symmetry which is used in almost every culture
Who was the first ruler of the Muslim empire?
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Mohammed, the final Islamic prophet was Islam's first leader.
Shiites and Sunnis are two major religious sects of?
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shia and sunni have mostly same beliefs
but shia believe after death of prophet God select the successive of prophet who is the leader of Muslim community and people can not select it.
shia believe the Imam (successor of prophet) is appointed only by God and can not be selected by people because God said in Koran: "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." (Quran 2:30)
this means only God can select an Islamic leader.
in shia they are only fourteen infallible (12 Imams and prophet and his daughter Fatimah Zahra (sa))
and all of them are the same and have no mistake and have the knowledge of everything (this knowledge is from God and by permission of God and is not absolute knowledge. absolute knowledge is only for God and they still do not know many things. but they know anything human may need to know.) and they never die and they hear all sayings and even thinks of all humans after their death by permission of God and they are intermediates between God and human.
and shia Muslims always support them and forgive their lives for them.
shia muslims do not consider selection of Abubakr as Caliphet valid because God did not select him. they believe God ordered prophet to declear Ali is selected as successor of prophet (Quran 5:3) and prophet did this mission in Ghadir event that was in last Hajj of prophet in his life and prophet did a speech for 120,000 Muslims participating that Hajj with prophet. the famous shia book Al-Ghadir is a collection of evidences and proofs for Ghadir Hadith from 10,000 sunni books.
