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bhkad · 06-15-08, 04:52 AM

Moslem Conquests; A Short History of the Beginning of Islam

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The Moslem Conquests; A Short History of the Beginning of Islam

Edited by: Scott Holroyd

The name Islam means "Surrender" in Arabic. Islam became distinct from other religions of the time because of the preaching of Mohammed Quraysh (Quraysh is the tribe to which he belonged). Mohammed was born around 570 C.E. in Mecca in what is now Saudi Arabia. He was born into a religious culture of idols, polytheism and animism. The Ka'bah was already in existence in Mecca where a sacred piece of meteorite is surrounded by 360 idols. One for each day of the year. The Ka'bah was believed to be built by Adam, and repaired later by Abraham. So there is a great deal of overlap with Judaism. Every Muslim is directed to travel to the Ka'bah once in his life and walk around it seven times then touch the black stone on one of it's corners.

Muslim means "one who practices Islam". Qur'an, or Koran means Recitation. The Qur'an was recited by Mohammed between the years 610 C.E. until his death in 632 C.E. . Many of the stories of the Qur'an are parallels to the old testament with a few mentions of the new testament, Hebrew writings, and other earlier religions.

Soon after the completion of his teachings, Mohammed set out to get others to "surrender" to his own beliefs.

Reference: "Mankind's Search for God", by the Watch Tower Bible Society of New York, 1990.

For further reading read "Why I Am Not A Muslim"....read review

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Following are the accounts of the battles fought in the name of Islam by the generals of Mohammed. The entire accounts are taken from : "An Encyclopedia of Battles", by David Eggenberger, Dover Publications, 1985. These historical accounts are not taken from a theological point of view, rather tell the account of the battles as they happened from a historical perspective.

To understand Islam is to understand that from its very inception, it was a means by which a people subjugated the surrounding tribes and later entire nations. The following is quoted directly from Mr. Eggenberger:

Beginning with Mohammed, the Arabs carried the sword of Islam for about 350 years. From Arabia the Moslems overran the Middle East, North Africa, Portugal, Spain, and part of France before being checked. The Turks then became the most militant arm of Mohammedanism.

The Moslem Conquests, a short history of the beginning of Islam

This is a really good reference for anyone wanting a list of all the ancient Muslim battles and a short description of each one.

It deserves to be bookmarked.

Here is a particularly interesting listing I'm sure will come in handy the next time someone brings up the Crusades.

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637 C.E. The Battle for Jerusalem

Following their great victory on the Yarmuk River, one Arabian army pressed northward to Damascus while a second Moslem force launched an attack against Jerusalem. With no Byzantine army to defend them, the residents, under the patriarch Sophronius, rallied behind the city's walls. The strength of the Moslem armies lay in their hard-riding cavalry, which could do little against a fortified city except surround it.

For four months the Arabs, under the personal direction of Caliph Omar I, besieged Jerusalem. Finally, realizing the hopelessness of their isolated position, the defenders surrendered the city to Omar. Within the next year all of Palestine lay under Moslem rule.

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