Why Islam Is A Part Of European Culture

In 632 the prophet Muhammad died, which serves as the most rational starting point for Islam as the religion we know of today, as Muhammad's life teaching are the second most important source in Islam (after the Quran), and his life teachings logically ended when he himself died.

The Anatolian part of Armenia, which is often considered to be Europe, was partly conquered by Islamic forces in 638. The Caucasian part was conquered by 645.

Cyprus, current member of the EU, was conquered by Caliphate forces in 649. Other Mediterranean, European islands such as Rhodes soon followed suit.

The Iberian peninsula was conquered in 711.

So, depending on your definition of Europe, it took Islam anywhere from 6 to a maximum of 79 years to make inroads into Europe.

What's more is that since these particular campaigns, Islam has NEVER left Europe.

>Armenia was under the rule of the Caliphate from 638 to 880
>Iberia was under the rule of the Caliphate from 711 to 1492, and had a small (crypto-) Muslim presence until 1727
>The Ottomans held one of the largest territories in Europe (only second to communists) from 1354 to arguably today (with Turkey having 3% of its territory in Europe and being the respected successor state to the Ottoman/Roman empire), and inarguably until WW1, and the European Muslims who were converted by the Ottomans still exist, in the millions.

This means that since the first Caliphates made inroads into Europe, there has been a continuous Muslim presence in the continent.

And this is why Islam is a integral historical part of European culture.

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Good post

piss off lachan. go bait at Jow Forums

Armenia has rarely been considered European as it has been ruled by foreign forces for most of its history.
Islam is part of Iberian history not culture, the reconquista removed every trace of that, and burned every book and person advocating its teachings. And Spain has a history of treating non-castillians as non-citizens so muslim minorities were never considered European.
The Ottoman Empire has always acted and been considered a counter part to Europe and was never respected by any European power except maybe the Anglo and the French. And Turkey being a successor to the Ottoman Empire is officially wrong as Turkey denies it in their rejections of the Armenian genocide. Them being the successor of the Roman Empire is just a Turkish fantasy.
Not to mention the countless conflicts between Christians and muslims in the Balkan. Its a clear us and them conflict with the muslims being unwanted by every neighboring nation, even though the cultural traits of Balkan muslims are significantly different than their cousins in the east.

FPBP

>Armenia has rarely been considered European as it has been ruled by foreign forces for most of its history.
Wrong. I went there last week. There were blond-haired blue-eyed people as far as the eye can see worshiping a Judea-Christian god. Trust me on this.
>Islam is part of Iberian history not culture, the reconquista removed every trace of that, and burned every book and person advocating its teachings. And Spain has a history of treating non-castillians as non-citizens so muslim minorities were never considered European.
It carried on in the blood and mentality.
>The Ottoman Empire has always acted and been considered a counter part to Europe and was never respected by any European power except maybe the Anglo and the French.
>and was never respected by any European power except the only relevant powers

having blonde hair and blue eyes doesn't make you culturally european
your first post screamed lebo but this post screams ameridumb, if I had to put my money on it I would say you're ameridumb, am I right?

I do not identify with any country, I only identify with the Islamic community, the Ummah.

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France and Anglos only became relevant after the Ottoman Empire deminished.

thats a dumb name you should call yourselves the kaboomies

you're a kv neet aren't you

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Shia or Sunni?

First, I'm disappointed you replied to this obvious bait. Second, Islam is an integral part of European history. The Ottomans directly helped to shape the history Europe and fought many wars against European powers. Other European countries such as Albania and Bosnia became Muslim under Ottoman rule. Without Islam, the fate and culture of Europe would be radically different. As for the last part about Turkey not being a successor the Ottoman Empire, note that the Empire was referred to as "Turkey" long before it's collapse. Even if the Turkish government itself denies it, they are more closely linked to the Ottomans than any other nation on earth. They virtually kept the same flag.

Good post for Jow Forumstards

Worng.Iberian peninsula was mostly reconquered from 711 to January 1212 (after the battle of Las Naves de Tolosa) the only kingdom left was a tiny part of Granada which the christian kings had concessions (the muslim king had to pay tributes) with that last kingdom for about 200 more years until it was conquered.You are also inventing history when you say there was muslim presence until 1727,from where did you get that?

Also wrong castillians (and aragonens if you want to talk about the two former biggest kingdom that for Spain today) let the muslims and jews to convert to cristianity they muslims converted were called moriscos (i dont remember the name for the jews) but they were considered as any other citizen in the country

Spain is not part of Europe precisely due the moorish invasion, though

>The last mass prosecution against Moriscos for crypto-Islamic practices took place in Granada in 1727, with most of those convicted receiving relatively light sentences. By the end of the 18th century, indigenous Islam and Morisco identity were considered to have been extinguished in Spain.

>Why Islam Is A Part Of European Culture
Stopped reading there sandnigger.

>Iberia was under the rule of the Caliphate from 711 to 1492
The Caliphate fell in 1031, half of Spain was in Christian hands by 1100, Portugal was completely reconquered in the 13th century, and after 1212 all the Muslims had left was a meme statelet that paid tribute as a feudal vassal to the Christians. There were 8 centuries of Muslim presence, not Muslim dominance.

>Armenia, which is often considered to be Europe

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>Wrong. I went there last week. There were blond-haired blue-eyed people as far as the eye can see worshiping a Judea-Christian god. Trust me on this
Doubt it. Armenians are pretty dark and don't really look different than the others. Georgians, Chechens, Ingushes are the lightest ones. Though still dark usually, hairy, have big noses and dark eyelids or whatever it is called

Southern Europe is not the entire Europe

>And Turkey being a successor to the Ottoman Empire is officially wrong as Turkey denies it in their rejections of the Armenian genocide

Cringe. Stop making shit up.

Eid Mubarak lads

Islam (or more commonly cultural practices that accompany Islam) is an integral part of such cultures that were under islamic rule for a time, such as the Spanish, Serbian, Greek, Romanian ones, but they form the minor part of any of those nations' overall culture.

You know who jesus was,right?