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Did secularism in the Arab world only really begin in the 20th century after European colonisation? Historians in both the Arab World and the West have long argued that secularism is a uniquely European phenomenon that was exported to the rest of the world through empires. There is no such thing as a separation between […]
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Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought
June 30th, 2023 
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No Comments »The Zanj Rebellion, Revolt Of African Slaves Against The Abbasid Caliphate
December 10th, 2022 Awake Goy Tucked away in an obscure chapter of medieval history, the Zanj rebellion, which raged between 869 to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the West. The rebellion pitted African slaves against their Arab masters in a series of events so disruptive it plunged the Abbasid Caliphate […]
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