You've explained it very well. As a Muslim, this era is very controversial in our history and sometimes it gets overwhelmed but watching your short video on this made it simpler to understand. You told everything on point and with simplicity 👍♥️
" Genealogy of Banu Umayyah Abd Shams and Amr (Hashim) were the twin sons of Abd Manaf, the ruler of Makkah. Manaf belonged to the Quraish tribe and was a descendant of Hazrat Ibrahim bin Hazrat Ismail. Abd Shams was a self-centered and enterprising man while Amr was a public figure and was called Hashim because of his generosity. Hashim became the Chief of Makkah after the death of his father Manaf. Hashim lived long and after his death Mutlib younger brother of Hashim took over because Shiba son of Hashim was too young to shoulder the responsibilities as Chief. Later, Mutlib handedover the charge of chief of Kaaba to Shiba who is known as Abd Muttalib. Abd Shams had no children and he bought and adopted a slave child Umayyah. Umayyah's son Sukhar kept a stray woman Fakhta in his house and from her Harb (Abu Sufyan) and Umm Jameel were born. Umm Jameel. was married to Al-Uzza (Abu Lahab) and both of them were condenmed by Allah in Surah Lahab due to their hostility towards Prophet Muhammad (SW). As such, the genealogy of Umayyads is connected with the slave Umayya who remained the enemy of Hashem and this enimety continued in his descendant. Umayyads were called descendants of a Slave on three occasions: 1- On the occasion of the conquest of Makkah, the Holy Prophet said to Abu Sufyan and his followers, "Go away you the descendant of a freed slave, I have forgiven you. 2- In the letter written to Muawiya, Mawla Ali (ES) wrote, "Descendant of a freed slave how can you compare yourself with the emigrants?" (Nahj al-Balagha: Letters to Muawiyah) 3- In Yazid's court, Bibi Zainab(SE) addressing him said, "O child of a freed slave, how dare you tallk to us
It is very interesting why we don't discuss the various Caliphates as a form of Imperialism and/or Colonialism. In many ways, these colonial escapades and subsequent expansion have served as a foundation for the struggles we see today in the MENA region.
Not many come to mind. Especially when native people are converted, removed from their land and/or culturally required to adopt the ways of the empire (like, say North Africa).
What languages Ali spoke ?? Do y thinks Fatima stories are real or fiction?? Why the theatre of fights was in non Arab speaking knights?? I thinks h need total critical thinking
You might be interested in the scholarship of Robert Spencer and others who show that Muhammad never lived, Mecca was not a town at the right time in history and that the Rashiduns and Umayyads were Nestorian Christians.
the Ummayids were Arian Christians. Islam was created later, by the Abbasids. Jacob is merely repeating the Standard Islamic Narrative, which is a fabrication.
False: Muhammad (Peace be upon them) was never the "Founder of Islam". That's literally the Number-1 Misconception about al-Islam, predicated upon Islamophobia. al-Islam predates the Revelation of The Qur'an...Adam: the Progenitor/Patriarch-Of-Humanity (Peace be upon them) was the 1st Muslim-Human.
Mosques did not start pointing toward Mecca until the mid-8th century. Also, there is no historical evidence, none at all, for existence of the Rashadun Caliphs.
