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Weddings of Power: How Political Marriages Shaped States, United Nations, and Tamed Empires (Context in Comment)

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2024/12/01
06:25 UTC

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Naṣārā or Christians? Unraveling the Historical and Theological Roots of an Enduring Debate (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/30
21:22 UTC

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How did damascus fell at the hands of Tamerlane? [1/2] (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/30
12:07 UTC

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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi: Witness to Egypt's Famine and Cannibalism (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/29
12:35 UTC

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They'll be so confused 💀

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2024/11/29
12:01 UTC

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The Battle of Shaqhab: When Ibn Taymiyyah Raised the Sword Against the Mongols (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/28
19:00 UTC

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The Tawwabin Movement: The First Shiite Uprising After Karbala's Tragedy (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/28
13:29 UTC

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Al-Mutawakkil and the Fall of the Mu'tazilites: A Turning Point in Abbasid Theology and Politics (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/28
11:24 UTC

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The Dark Side of Mu‘tazilite Thought: Exclusion, Persecution, and the Roots of Extremism (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/27
21:50 UTC

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The Trial of Yazid ibn al-Muhallab (Short Context in Comment)

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2024/11/25
19:53 UTC

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Islam History Memes by Herodot (YouTube)

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2024/11/25
17:31 UTC

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What was the motivation of the early Muslim conquests?

Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this question.

I’m a Muslim revert and I was wondering what the impetus was for the early Caliphal Muslim conquests? I understand the unification of the Arabian peninsula, but starting with the Rashidūn, ie Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali (RA), all the way to the end of the Abbasids, what was the point or purpose of the conquests into places like North Africa, Italy, Iberia, Persia, and India?

I understand that Islam is the religion of peace and teaches that there’s no compulsion in religion and to never be the aggressor, but I can’t wrap my head around why there were all of these quote-unquote “conquests” by the Muslims across the old world. Was it imperialism and greed that motivated these, or the desire to genuinely and sincerely spread the religion?

I’ve heard some Da3wis and other speakers say that in some cases (like Spain/Andalus, the Roman territories of the Levant, etc) the Muslims were “invited” by the common people living there to overthrow their “wicked and oppressive government” but I haven’t seen any historical evidence of this anywhere and it seems to be hearsay. Is there any evidence of non-Muslims living in foreign lands inviting and being happy under Muslim rule? A lot of things I’ve seen show that people by-and-large resisted conversion or saw Muslims as invaders and despots, but also the overwhelming population of Muslims in those lands today seem to contradict that.

If anyone could clarify this it may improve my Iman. If the answer is simply imperialism/colonialism, that would be fine and I could mentally chalk it up to some Caliphs that were less than rightly guided.

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2024/11/24
19:05 UTC

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A Question of Prophecy and Interpretation : Could Women Be Prophets? (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/24
10:24 UTC

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Saladin’s Struggle for Power: Conspiracies, Rebellions, and the End of the Fatimid Caliphate (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/23
11:15 UTC

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What halted the Early Arab Conquests, was it really the Great Fitna? (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/22
11:39 UTC

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Messianism [1/4] Across Religions,Cultures,and Traditions (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/21
10:48 UTC

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Ma Clique - Chinese Muslim Warlords Rule in Western China (1911-1949)

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2024/11/20
15:22 UTC

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Blood and Ethnicity : does it really play a role in a Caliph's Legemacy? (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/20
07:52 UTC

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russia makes us believe that the Bashkirs owe it

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2024/11/19
06:15 UTC

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Ibn Battuta, get the longship...

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2024/11/17
12:39 UTC

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How did the Kharijites spread throughout the Umayyad Caliphate? (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/17
11:42 UTC

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Ibn Abbas's debate with the Kharjites: 3 different accounts of 1 incident (Context in Comment)

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2024/11/16
11:32 UTC

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MENA Serial Killers [4/10] : Marrakesh Arch-Killer (Disturbing Short Context in Comment)

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2024/11/14
11:52 UTC

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Might want to hire some Samurai too, they were mercenaries around here at the time.

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2024/11/13
12:46 UTC

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If CoD:MW2 was set in the Rashidun Camliphate

"Ramirez, destroy the two most powerful empires in the world! Now!"

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2024/11/11
15:48 UTC

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Bro received the distressing tidings in his lifetime

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2024/11/11
09:36 UTC

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Siege of Nagykanizsa

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2024/10/30
09:55 UTC

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1979 in a nutshell

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2024/10/27
09:47 UTC

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