Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery by M. A. Khan

Author:M. A. Khan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, pdf
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2009-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

After the first heady days of independence in 1947, Indian historians poured out ‘nationalist’ histories that found no redeeming features in the British Empire. Later, every ill, every failure, every shortcoming of the new country in the 1960s and 1970s was ultimately traced back to the period of the British presence, to past British exploitation.cdxxvi

But Islam’s blood-drenched expansionist invasion and rule—from the Middle East to India, to Europe, to Africa—is ‘held up as something which Muslims can be proud of, something to be lauded and admired,’ laments Ibn Warraq. For example, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu of Turkey demands Turkey’s accession into the European Union based on Islam’s contribution to Europe in its colonial past. He recently said: ‘We argue that Islam is among the founding elements of Europe. The Ottomans ruled for five centuries in the Balkans, and Muslim rule in Andalusia lasted eight centuries… Islam cannot be regarded as an extrinsic element in Europe. It is one of the founding elements of the European civilization.’cdxxvii Despite the fact that today’s India is impossible without the British contributions: from education to administration, from governance to healthcare, a similar statement on Britain’s contributions to India by a British statesman will undoubtedly raise an international outcry.

An objective study of the Islamic invasion and subsequent Muslim rule in India is very important at this juncture, when the future security and stability of India is seriously challenged by Islamic terrorists: both homegrown and foreign. Indeed, the stability and security of Muslim Bangladesh and Pakistan are much more vulnerable to Islamic terrorist threats. This study will attempt to evaluate the largely untouched impact of the Islamic rule in subcontinental India and its continued legacy. It is needless to emphasize again that the Islamic rule in India was as much imperial and colonial as was the British rule.

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