1. #FIFA and the Arab Conquest of Iberia
Four days ago, when #Morocco achieved a shock win over #Spain in penalty shoot-out, the myth of ‘local Islam’ was busted. Muslims of Spain, just like anywhere else, came out on streets all over Spain to celebrate Morocco’s victory.
Four days ago, when #Morocco achieved a shock win over #Spain in penalty shoot-out, the myth of ‘local Islam’ was busted. Muslims of Spain, just like anywhere else, came out on streets all over Spain to celebrate Morocco’s victory.
2. This is because Islam does not recognize national boundaries. Geographical barriers are for non-Muslims.
For Muslims, the only true boundary is Muslims vs. non-Muslims. A non-Muslim next door is an enemy. A Muslim ten thousand kilometers away is a friend.
For Muslims, the only true boundary is Muslims vs. non-Muslims. A non-Muslim next door is an enemy. A Muslim ten thousand kilometers away is a friend.
3. For them the division is between Dar-ul Harb (the land of non-Muslims) and Dar-ul Islam (the land of Muslims). It is the sacred duty of Muslims to convert Dar-ul Harb into Dar-ul Islam. Those Muslims who live in other countries firmly believe in this quest.
4. This quest to make a Dar-ul-Islam is seen in everything. As religion trumps every other identity for Muslims, including country, ethnicity, and even humanity, everything for them is an eternal struggle between Dar-ul-Harb and Dar-ul Islam.
5. Every human act, individual or community, seen through this lens, even a game or a sport like football. There is no other spirit but the Islamic for a devout Muslim and so victory in a game is as much a sign of victory of Islam as it is in a battlefield.
6. Every loss of the non-Muslim country is the ‘loss of Kuffar’, ‘loss of the realm of Kaffirs’. This is what the Pakistani Islamic intellectuals said when Pakistan defeated India for the first time in a World Cup:
“Kuffar to toota…” (At least the Kaffirdom broke.)
“Kuffar to toota…” (At least the Kaffirdom broke.)
7. This is the reason Muslims of Spain celebrated their victory against Spain that day, as they see it as a sign of the victory of Islam over non-Muslims. As Spain was once a Muslim country so it is a first priority for Islamization for many Muslims all over the world.
8. That is why, if today Morocco defeats #Portugal too in #WorldCup, it will be a ‘sign’ for them that they are going to regain the Iberian peninsula which was once Muslim and had been reconquered during Reconquista.
9. It also shows how Islam plays a long term game, never satisfied with local and immediate results, always angling for a long haul. Spain was completely non-Islamic after Ferdinand and Isabella drove Moors out. Now there are 4% Muslims there.
10. And we see that they have more connections with Morocco than Spain. They use the social welfare state of EU, the democratic freedoms of Spain and Portugal and further the cause of Islam.
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