Islam - History

Muslims in Peru | Islam in  Peru After the fall of Muslim Spain, it became extremely difficult for Spanish Muslims to live there. These Spanish Muslims were commonly known as Moors. They were asked to either convert or leave Spain. While, a small minority of Muslims opted to stay and apparently convert into Christianity; nevertheless, they continued practicing Islam secretly. Majority off the moors were chased out from Al Andalus. They spread in different parts of the world; some of them came to and settled in Latin America, especially Peru.  Thats how we have a small Muslims community in Peru and in this video we would talk about History of Islam and present state of Muslims in Peru. So if you are interested the keep on reading. Peru is a coastal country in South America and is bordered by Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Ecuador. It has a population of approximately 32 million. The largest religion in Peru is Christianity with 76% Catholics.  Muslim po...

What are Indian Muslims Fears under Narendra Modi's 2nd Term ? Following the victory of Moody's Party Janata Party BJP in the recent Indian elections, Muslims in India are trying to find out the ways to deal with this new reality.  There are fears in the minds of the Indian Muslims that they would now be further marginalized in the Indian society. They believe that now they will be further pushed against the wall and the only way for them to survive is to push back. All the Indian minorities including Muslims fear that the BJP with Hindu nationalist agenda would surely affect the Indian secular fabrics.  Attacks on Muslims have increased since the Moody came to power under the garb of cow protection by the Hindus. More than hundred Muslims have been killed during the last four years on the suspicion of slaughtering a cow or even just eating a Beef.  Those who killed all the Muslims were not punished and the police intentionally delayed the investigation on t...