Islam is one of the worlds popular religion, it had continued to spread quickly throughout the world since the beginning of time. Islam has dialed with the pressure of invasion, the movements of peoples, as well as the loss of Al-Andalus, the Crusades, the invasion of the Mongols, the movement of the Turks, and the conquests of Timur Lang. Just like any other religion, Islam was facing tests that changed and modified it in a specific cultural power and economic in the West. There are two explanations that would explain both the historical and present misunderstood issues of Islam within a certain circle in the West. First of all, Islam had occupied a few parts of Europe, which it had never happened to European people before. The second
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However, this change would happen with the coming of Zangi (today known as northern Iraq). The ruler of Zangi took Edessa that started the Second Crusade. The stalemate ended with the victory of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (also known as Saladin in the west) over the militaries of Jerusalem at the Horns. During this period of stalemate is when Jihad was written. Saladin had to create instructions so he can make his armies in Syria fight till the end, that way they can get their land back from the first crusade. The Jihad indicated that if anyone refused to follow it, they would be committing a sin that would not be washed away no matter what. Jihad was successful at the time, but it was excluded because people were not as dedicated after the death of …show more content…
The Crusaders were overpowered and Jerusalem liberated in 1187, the Ismaili Fatimids were finally removed from annoying the Muslims, and a very powerful Khwarazmian Empire had begun in Persia. However, the Islamic world had all of that turn around for them when the Mongols made their way into Southwest Asia. “The Mongols were a tribe of nomads from Central/North Asia. They lived on the steppe of that region, relying on a nomadic lifestyle of constant movement as a way of life.” (Ochsenwald, William) The Mongols was a very powerful movement that eventually overcome the entire world, as they took East Asia, the Middle East, and the Eastern European plain greasy land that did not have many trees under there regulation. The Muslim world at that time was in no place to fight the Mongol attacks. The Abbasid Caliphate at that time were nothing but a shell of its self, they had no power outside of the Baghdad. The Ayyubid state well-known by Salah al-Din could only control a small part of Iraq and Syria. But Salah al-Din was overthrown which give the power to a new Mamluk Sultanate, with a very massive army. Hulagu did not encounter much resistance.
Timur was a Turco-Mongol defeater and he was the creator of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia. He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty. Timur intended the rebuilding of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan. He also converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders
However, this change would happen with the coming of Zangi (today known as northern Iraq). The ruler of Zangi took Edessa that started the Second Crusade. The stalemate ended with the victory of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (also known as Saladin in the west) over the militaries of Jerusalem at the Horns. During this period of stalemate is when Jihad was written. Saladin had to create instructions so he can make his armies in Syria fight till the end, that way they can get their land back from the first crusade. The Jihad indicated that if anyone refused to follow it, they would be committing a sin that would not be washed away no matter what. Jihad was successful at the time, but it was excluded because people were not as dedicated after the death of …show more content…
The Crusaders were overpowered and Jerusalem liberated in 1187, the Ismaili Fatimids were finally removed from annoying the Muslims, and a very powerful Khwarazmian Empire had begun in Persia. However, the Islamic world had all of that turn around for them when the Mongols made their way into Southwest Asia. “The Mongols were a tribe of nomads from Central/North Asia. They lived on the steppe of that region, relying on a nomadic lifestyle of constant movement as a way of life.” (Ochsenwald, William) The Mongols was a very powerful movement that eventually overcome the entire world, as they took East Asia, the Middle East, and the Eastern European plain greasy land that did not have many trees under there regulation. The Muslim world at that time was in no place to fight the Mongol attacks. The Abbasid Caliphate at that time were nothing but a shell of its self, they had no power outside of the Baghdad. The Ayyubid state well-known by Salah al-Din could only control a small part of Iraq and Syria. But Salah al-Din was overthrown which give the power to a new Mamluk Sultanate, with a very massive army. Hulagu did not encounter much resistance.
Timur was a Turco-Mongol defeater and he was the creator of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia. He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty. Timur intended the rebuilding of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan. He also converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders