History of Islam

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The Taliban was a Fundamentalist Islamic Regime.

The Taliban is a specific political Islamist Party/Militant Organization. The Taliban has certain political aims: the control of Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. The Taliban also were able to hold national control in Afghanistan and ruled it according to some of the most barbaric interpretations of Shari'a Law. This includes repression of minorities such as the Shiite Persians and Hazaras, the banning of all but Islamic banking, the use of physical mutilations and amputations as punishment, the banning of "blasphemy" towards Islam, the execution of homosexuals and apostates, and the destruction of non-Islamic cultural icons like the Bamyan Buddhas.

As a result of their national bent, the Taliban spread out through national channels such as police and justice departments. The Taliban, consequently, has very limited aims that came in direct contravention of American interests only in 2001 when the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban, while supporting Al-Qaeda, were not (prior to 2001) interested in the latter's goal of attacking and Islamicizing the West. They are still opposed to exerting resources to achieve these goals, but do focus their efforts on removing the Northern Alliance government of Afghanistan and leading that country again.

The Reconquista, the centuries-long effort to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule, culminated in 1492 with the fall of Granada. This victory spurred the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, to establish the Spanish Inquisition, aimed at consolidating religious unity and enforcing Catholic orthodoxy among the newly converted Christians, particularly those of Jewish and Muslim descent. The Inquisition sought to root out heresy and maintain control over the population in a newly unified Spain, reflecting the intertwined goals of religious and national unity following the Reconquista.

Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, notably engaged in battles in Egypt during the late 12th century, particularly around the time of the Crusades. He rose to power in Egypt after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate in 1171. His military campaigns included significant conflicts against the Crusaders, particularly during the Battle of Hattin in 1187, which was pivotal for his control over the region. Saladin's efforts ultimately consolidated Muslim power in Egypt and laid the groundwork for his subsequent campaigns in the Holy Land.

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Saladin and Richard never met face to face.

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb.

Salah ah-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub.

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The Moorish conquest of Spain began in 710.

Islam is found in almost every nook and corner of the world. There are about 57 independent Muslim countries in the world. Saudi Arabis, Gulf States, Egypt, Syria, Jordon, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Libia, Sudan, the West African Countries, Bangla Desh are a few Muslim countries. After Christians, the Muslims form the second largest majority community/religion.

Because they sold lots of things like silk, leather, carpets, paper, weapons, crystal glass, rice, figs, cherries, apricots, peaches, cotton, and olives so lots of proe from fifferent cultures visited

The Islamic Golden Age happened in Islamic lands ranging from Persia to Spain. It began almost with the beginnings of the spread of Islam, and it lasted until about 1250.

There is a link to an article on the Islamic Golden Age below.

The Moriscos were expelled from Spain as a result of the Reconquista.

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Spain enjoyed a Golden Age under the Moors because the Moors brought advanced education, architecture, technology, and healthcare to Spain.

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all in all we can categorize these difference into two levels:one level lies in principles and other in interpreting of Quran .

first level:the five principles of religion as stated by shiism include:tawhid or belief in divine unity,nubuwwah or prophecy,maad or ressurrection,imamah or the immamate:belief in the imams as successors of the prophet and Adl or Divine justice.in the Three bsic principles -unity, prophecy and resurrection-Suunnism and shiism agree.it ts only in the other two that they differ. in the question of the imamate it is the insistence on the esoteric function of of the imam that distingushes the shiites perspective from the Sunni.in the question of Justice it is the emphasis placed upon this attribute as an intrinsic quality of the divine nature that is particular to shiism.we might say that in the esotericformulation of Sunni theology,especially as contained in Asharism there is an emphasis upon the will of god .whatever god will is just precisely because it is willed by God.and intelligence is in a sense subordinate to this will and to the voluntarism which characterizes this form of theology.in shiism however , the quality of justice is considered as innate to the Divine Nature..God can not act in n unjust manner because it is His nature to be just.Fa,him to be unjust would violate His own nature,which is impossible.intelligence can judge the justness and injustness of an act and this judgment is not completely suspended in favor of a pure voluntarism on the part of God.

second level:shiism also different in its consideration of the means whereby the original message of Quranic revelation reached the islamic community and thereby in certain aspects of the sacred history of islam.there is no disagreement on the Quran and the prophet.that is,on what constitutes the origin of the islamic religion.the difference in view begins with the period immediately following the death of the prophet.one might say that the personality of the prophet contained two dimensions which were later to become crystallized into Suunism and Shiism.each of this two schools was later to reflect bck upon the life and personality of the prophet solely from its own point of view,thus leaving aside and forgetting or miscinstruing the other ddimension excluded from its own perspective.for shiism the dry (in the alchemical sense) and austere aspect of the pesonality as reflected in his successors in the Sunni world was equated with worliness.while his warm and compassionate dimevsion was emphasized as his whole personality and as the essence of the nature of the imams,who were considered to be a continuation.

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just does Cultural diffusion is the process through which the idea(s) of a particular cultural are spread

Spain from the Moors.

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