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| Girls of the Red Mosque - Pakistan |
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June 2007
Meet the militant schoolgirls from Pakistan
who want to 'Talibanise' their country.
Students from the Red Mosque are adopting
vigilante tactics to punish those accused of
offending Islam.
Tags : Pakistan |
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Affichage : 326065
Durée : 819 s |
| Al-Andalus : The Mezquita (Cordoba Mosque) |
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Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأندلس) was the
Arabic name given to those parts of the
Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims, at
various times in the period between 711 and
1492. It refers to the Umayyad Caliphate
province (711-750), Emirate of Cordoba (c.
750-929) and Caliphate of Cordoba (929-1031)
and its "taifa" ("successor") kingdoms.
As the Iberian Peninsula was eventually
regained by Christians re-expanding southward
in the process known as the Reconquista, the
name Al-Andalus came to refer to the
Muslim-dominated lands of the former
Visigothic Hispania.
In 1236, the Reconquista progressed to the
last remaining Islamic stronghold, Granada,
achieved by the forces of Ferdinand III of
Castile. Granada was a vassal state to
Castile for the next 256 years, until January
2, 1492, when Boabdil surrendered complete
control of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella,
Los Reyes Cat?licos ("The Catholic
Monarchs"). The Portuguese Reconquista
culminated in 1249 with the conquest of
Algarve by Afonso III.
The Mezquita (Spanish word for "mosque")
dates back to the 10th century when Cordoba
reached its zenith under a new emir, Abd
ar-Rahman III who was one of the great rulers
of Islamic history. At this time Cordoba was
the largest, most prosperous cities of
Europe.
Related Video:
An Islamic History of Europe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh0wEDZFxps
Tags : Al-Andalus Andalusia Mezquita Cordoba Spain Europe Mosque Islamic Art Architecture Islam Muslim Arab الفن الاسلامى |
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Durée : 600 s |
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