The Historical Reality of the Muslim Conquests
The Historical Reality of the Muslim Conquests
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
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March 12, 2012
Because it is now almost axiomatic for American school textbooks to whitewash all things Islamic (see here for example), it may be instructive to examine one of those aspects that are regularly distorted: the Muslim conquests.
Few events of history are so well documented and attested to as are these conquests, which commenced soon after the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad (632) and tapered off circa 750. Large swathes of the Old World - from India in the east, to Spain in the west - were conquered and consolidated by the sword of Islam during this time, with more after (e.g., the Ottoman conquests).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Ibrahim:
March 12, 2012
Because it is now almost axiomatic for American school textbooks to whitewash all things Islamic (see here for example), it may be instructive to examine one of those aspects that are regularly distorted: the Muslim conquests.
Few events of history are so well documented and attested to as are these conquests, which commenced soon after the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad (632) and tapered off circa 750. Large swathes of the Old World - from India in the east, to Spain in the west - were conquered and consolidated by the sword of Islam during this time, with more after (e.g., the Ottoman conquests).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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