On this day in 1187, Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi liberated the city of Jerusalem after inflicting a huge defeat on Crusaders at the Battle of Hittin in July. Salahuddin reconquered nearly all territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem after less than 90 years of Christian rule.
“In Sultan Salah ud Din's era, no Islamic scholar had more influence than Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jillani, and Salah ud Din was strongly influenced and aided by him and his pupils who formed majority of the Ayyubid army”
Reference:
Saladin, Pearson Longman. p. 48.
When Salahuddin laid seige around the castle of Kerak (Jordan) in November 1183 AD, people were celebrating a Christian royal wedding inside the castle. As often, chivalry trumped every other consideration. Reynald's wife Stephanie sent out dishes from the marriage..
It is crucial to approach history objectively; both the Sikh Empire and the Afghans were significant powers in their time. The two empires engaged in multiple conflicts and both sides suffered heavy losses.
But there are few important facts which Zaidi sahb must know.
It is important to note that Ranjit Singh could only consolidate power in Punjab because Zaman Shah had to return to Kabul in 1798 thus quitting his advances toward Lahore in order to quash the movement against him which was led by his half-brother Mehmud.
Later on the…
…frequent change of rulers and the shift of dynasty from Saddozai to Barakzai were foremost factors that enabled Ranjit Singh to absorb portions of Ahmad Shah’s dominion that lay between Sulaiman Mountain and River Indus. The Sikh Dynasty is often glorified as undefeatable but..
“Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) rarely known Decree to the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem”
The Armenian Patriarchate was established in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. Many Armenians accepted Christianity after going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 301 AD. They had built a...
…part of Sourp Hagop Convent in 420 AD. By the sixth Century, Armenians had constructed 66 religious institutions in Jerusalem. In 626 AD, the Armenian Patriarch Apraham of Jerusalem went to Mecca with a delegation of 40 prominent Armenians to meet Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
His aim was to secure protection against the spread of Islam. Dr Harboyan has reported that the Prophet welcomed Armenian guests with affection and respect. The Armenian delegation expressed its submission to Prophet, willingness for cooperation and sought his protection.
In an unfortunate turn of events, an enraged mob vandalized multiple churches in Faisalabad today, in response to an alleged act of blasphemy by a certain Saleem Masih. The unrest erupted after the torn pages of the Qur'an – with blasphemous content written on them – were….
…discovered near the Christian colony. At the time of writing this, 6 churches in vicinity have been ransacked by an extremist mob. There’s no denying that such events are paradoxical to the promise of safeguarding minorities' rights (article 36) as per the constitution.
Christianity is Pakistan's third-largest religion, around 2% of the population, with 7 Dioceses (a district under pastoral care). It is important to remember that the Christian community has a number of contributions to the state of Pakistan. Some of those are as follows:
During some months before and after 14 August 1947, an estimated 75,000 to well over 100,000 Muslim women were abducted by the Indian Sikhs and Indian Hindus and were raped and murdered, sold into prostitution, forced to accept either Sikh religion or Hinduism, or forced into….
…marriage. Some were sold in the market places for Rupees 10 or 20 a piece, others were sent as gifts to friends and acquaintances. Many of them suffered daily physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their Indian abductors.
The murders, brutality, ill treatment of Muslim women and small Muslim children in the Muslim refugee trains that were attacked in India, had exceeded all bestialities. There were various methods of humiliation such as breasts and noses were cut off, their bodies branded or
Sher Shah groaned in pain. Sure, the hakims were trying their best, but Sher Shah knew he didn't have much time left. He was scorched all over, and he felt the icy jaws of death closing in on his burnt body. With a feeble voice, he pronounced what he knew would be his last...
..order to his soldiers: Come hell or high water, they were to seize the fort of Kalinjar before their Sultan breathed his last.
The dying king's exhortation had a dramatic effect on the troops — a contemporary writer, Badayuni, says that on hearing Sher Shah's words,
"the Afghan amirs worked harder and behaved with the utmost gallantry, and coming to close quarters with the garrison, brought matters to a fight with knife and dagger and did full justice to the demands of endeavour and manliness." Straining every nerve, the Afghans pulled...