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There was some discussion earlier about the lost Islamic civilization of Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) and thought a thread to discuss the 700 year long rule of the Moors of Iberia. Some important dates in the history of Al-Andalus: 711: Tariq Ibn Zayid, commander of the Umayyad forces from North...

I don't think there's been much discussion on Al-Andalus on the board, which I think is a shame, I will start a thread about it on the Military History section. A thread about whether Indians are liars or not is not the right place to discuss it. :lol:

If you want to believe the idea that being descended from converts makes you a convert, that also means every Arab is equally as much a convert as a Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Islam was not made as a council verdict by some sort of group of Arab Sheikhs, it was revealed to a single Prophet (pbuh)...

The subject has always greatly interested me, so I've had time to read several books on Al-Andalus. Without going too off topic, the downfall in terms of military really begins with fracturing the Umayyad Caliphate around the end of the 10th century, when you had Al-Hisham (A child) as the...

Only the last two centuries of Al-Andalus are painful, before that it was one of the greatest Islamic entities in history. (At least culturally, not so much militarily).

A secular government is in their best interest no doubt, but neither you nor I know every single Bangladeshi Hindu or their political allegiance, so you can't make sweeping statements like that. How loyal would you be to an America that was a Christian Theocracy? And our holy place is in Saudi...

Only a select minority, you have your fanatics, we have our own. Neither represent the majority.

My point is that majority of us look more similar than some people would like to admit, especially to outsiders.

Come on mate, of course Pakistanis are lighter skinned in general than Indians, but your giving unwarranted self importance to a difference that most non-South Asian people don't give a second thought about. I'll give you an example of how painfully obvious these differences between the various...

The article is somewhat misleading in how it describes what Sufism actually is, it's not a sect like Sunnism or Shi'ism (In fact there are Sufi Brotherhoods which align under the umbrella of either one of the two). it would be more fair to call Sufism a lifestyle or such as it's based in the...

Is that a no then?

So in your opinion a Hindu from Bangladesh can never be a true Bangladeshi?

A fair post, I agree with many of the things you've said, funding an insurgency is out of the question, due to the fact it would only likely make the situation more volatile (in my opinion a Rohingya nation state is unfeasible and shouldn't even be part of the conversation). Finger pointing and...

When this issue comes up, you do often like to stress the origin of the Rohingyas as Bangladeshis, so I thought a comparison with Bangladeshi people would be apt. But fine, we can stick to strictly Arakan. What your saying here isn't wrong, you're completely right Buddhism and Hinduism will...

I'll admit you probably do know more about the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict than I do, I was just trying to give you an example of how strange it is your defending the systematic oppression of an ethnicity, regardless if they don't belong to the concept of the 'Greater Burma' or what not. (PS: I...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_General_Belgrano :wave:

I'd say there's very little difference between the average West Bengali and Bangladeshi skin colour, things get skewed because West Bengal's media is dominated by their traditional Brahmin elite, who just like everywhere in India tend to be lighter than average. However I will admit Sylhetis...

Remind me the last time a naval invasion of Britain was successful?

Oh alright I was incorrect, my mistake. However regardless, they've showed no animosity with being governed by Britain, so it would be an act of pointless aggression by Spain.

Only if they chose a football match as the method of warfare. Even then we might just send out the Welsh team and hope for the best.