And suddenly, the quiet and anonymous life he and his mother were building come crashing to an end as their enemies find them again.
For a young man who wants to find his place in the world, are these gifts a blessing or a curse? Finally, they reached the borders of Africa and Europe — a border separated by the narrow strip of a strait.
The first commander to cross these straits and set foot on European soil was none other than Tariq ibn Ziyad. A brave and formidable warrior, Tariq was a smart strategist. He strategically took of advantage of the time the Christian rulers of Andalusia were engulfed in a civil war to attack and ultimately defeat them. Hence, the straits that he crossed was honoroubly named after him, as Jabal Tariq or Gibraltar.
After the Andalusian soil was conquered, Tariq advanced towards Paris but was annihilated at the mountains of the Alps. Tariq was also forced to retreat because the Caliphs were worried they would lose contact with him. Her family is headed to a local state park for their first camping trip! The school week might not have gone as planned, but outdoors, Fatima can achieve anything.
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Can imperial wars ever be supported? What sort of political party do we need? What is the moral justification for seizing power? How does one overcome the burden of history? What role does friendship or love play in revolution? These brothers are well protected by the angry Muslim mob that kills a Royal Ballif and takes other soldiers in hostage.
On this rebellious act, the Captain General of Garnata puts the village under siege with harsh conditions before Muslims subjects. He declares that those who convert can keep their lands and properties, can speak their language and wear their dress. The taxes on the believers are doubled henceforth. Moreover, he would take hostages: One son each from the leading two-hundred families in Gharnata ibid, p.
This practice of subjugation, according to him, is not exercised by the Christians only, Muslim conquerors when they captured the Christian cities had also done the same thing, in fact, Christians have learnt this custom from Muslims.
It implies that Christians have done nothing else but what Muslims have done with their enemies: Christians have only followed the steps of Muslims. It is Muslims who mediated the destruction of their political powers and their cultural heritage as well. The novel condemns the cruelty of Christians towards Muslims; the cruelty actually is their zeal and vigor to recapture their lost holy lands. To Christians, Muslims are those who once captured their holy lands and kept them down under their hegemonic rule.
Hence, when they saw Muslims in feeble position they took a clever decision to recapture their lost lands. The cruelty of Christians is actually their activeness and ability to take right decision on right time. If all the Muslims had only valued their lives, possessions and wealth they would not have delayed their conversion into Christianity, nor they would have endured the hardships of Inquisition and nor their possessions would have been confiscated by the Christian powers.
It implies that there is something which restricts them from converting into Christianity and that is indeed their concern for their faith and religion.
They consider their religion right and true therefore they resist converting into Christianity. Umer, the head of Banu Hudyal family, is not solely driven by material interests.
His religion does matter for him. Therefore, such conversion for him has no meaning. If you had converted genuinely I would have argued and felt sad but there would have been no anger. Zuhyar is also not ready to abandon his religion in order to keep himself alive and to keep enjoying the material and physical luxuries.
In the end, fearless show of valor in resisting the brutality of the Christian powers till the martyrdom of Umer, Yazid, women and all the villagers clearly shows their concern for their religion.
Ximenes who represents the Christian powers in the novel is a religious fanatic. He is a true follower of his religion. There is no disparity between his words and his actions. He is not mercenary. He is critical of the shame practices of Church. He sincerely believes in the cause, message and doctrine of Christianity. Muslims according to Christianity are heathens, heretics and blasphemous and it is the first duty of the followers of Lord Jesus to bring them to the path of salvation.
His attitude towards the Muslims is not biased one because he is equally harsh towards the Christian heretics who like Muslims do not confirm the teachings of Lord Jesus ibid, p. Howsoever wrong in his assertion, he sincerely believes that by converting Muslims into Christianity and eradicating everything related to Islam, he is doing great service to his religion.
Another character, Don Inigo, the Caption General of Gharnata who represents the Christian power, is also not a materialistic person. To him converting Muslims into Christianity is a sacred duty and there were no materialistic concerns behind it. He is very reasonable in his assertions and behavior towards Muslims.
He adopts softer policies to convince Muslims to follow Christianity ibid, p. When Muslims, in rage kill a Royal Ballif and create panic he takes severe measures against them. He tries to serve his religion in a better and resolute manner. The main objective of the text is to resist and counter the occidental views of West regarding Muslims and to reconstruct the positive identity of Muslims; but the incapability of the text, instead of fulfilling the desired motive, at many places seems verifying or authenticating the occidental views about Muslims.
The sensual and erotic element in Muslim characters is shown to such an extent that their intellectual side, which the text intends to highlight, has been brushed off.
Ultimately, Muslims are depicted in the same way as the western discourses prove them to be. However, the text attempts to depict Muslim women as powerful and determined but their determination and power is shown to be directed towards hunting their male partners and satisfying their sensual desires.
The text aims at depicting Muslims as tolerant and highly civilized but the incapability of text proves them as uncivilized and intolerant as Christians.
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