Islam in history

Answer to Why is the Barbary slave trade, which led to the enslavement of nearly 2.5 million white Christian Europeans, completely ignored in comparison to the transatlantic slave trade? by Raeed Nayeem Islam https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Barbary-slave-trade-which-led-to-the-enslavement-of-nearly-2-5-million-white-Christian-Europeans-completely-ignored-in-comparison-to-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/answer/Raeed-Nayeem-Islam?ch=99&share=7a31291f&srid=u8gDCP

The Uyghurs as Victims of Chinese National Socialism – AIER

The ancient Uyghurs believed in many local deities. These practices gave rise to Shamanism and Tengrism. Uighurs also practiced aspects of Zoroastrianism. The strong dichotomy between good and evil was often represented symbolically by fire and darkness. The Uyghur had fire altars like those that existed in regions of Iran, and they were also useful in daily life as a constant source of fire. The exact date that the Uigur people adapted Manichaeismas a state religion has been contested by many academics

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Who says Morocco never persecuted its Jews?

 

“Ashkenaz” in Hebrew refers to Germany, and Ashkenazi Jews are those who originated in Eastern Europe. (Sephardic Jews, by contrast, are from the areas around the Mediterranean Sea, including Portugal, Spain, the Middle East, and Northern Africa.) Continue reading “Who says Morocco never persecuted its Jews?”