Islamic fundamentalism : Whos faulty for that ? Part 1
Tuesday morning in New York , Two hijacked planes are intentionally crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center.The hunt for season “terrorists” is opened.After 11/09 the world has changed.New methods of safety in airports.Two years later, Iraq is invaded , causing thousands of deaths.The idea of a new terrorist attack scaries the whole world.But who started the whole thing ?
Since 3 000 b.C , the Middle East has been inhabited by many civilizations :such as Egypts , Persians , Romans and many others.But it was just owned by the Islams in 637 a.D
In Sec. V the Western Roman Emperor was destroyed by the barbarian invasions,even though the Eastern one still survived for one thousand years, when they faught against the Persians.When both of them were exhausted.Muhhamed founded Islam.With political ideas completely linked to religion, there were no difference between sins and crimes.
In 632 , Muhhamed died, and the empire was divided in two.The majority supported the choice Abu Bakr ( Muhhamed’s friend and father-in-law; The others prefered Ali ibn Abu Talib ,who was Muhhamed’s cousin.From theese divisions , came two denominations of Islam : Sunni Islam ( followers of Bakr) and Shia Islam ( followers of Ali).
In 1096, Pope Urban II decided to get rid of the muslim domination in the “Holy Land”.There were nine cruzades.Man ,Women , childrem and elderlies were sent to Jerusalem to expel the muslims.They achieved killing thousands of Jews through the way, transforming synagogues in churches and creating a Reign.Nevertheless, in 1187, General Saladino marched with his troops to Jerusalem and accepted cruzades surrender, which allowed the return of the jews.
Some years later , the region was dominated by the Mongols.Once converted to Islam, they took Constantinopla in 1453 and expanded their territories from Africa untill Europe, creating the Ottoman Empire.For almost one thousand years the Islam was main economical and commercial power.With the Renaissance , europe recovers its economical and scientific delay ( caused by the church in middle ages).
In Sec. XVI , Spain , Portual , Austria and Russia won successives battles against Islam.In Sec. XVII , meanwhile Islam were in crisis , French Revolution caused the Industrial Revolution.In 1798, Napoleon entered in Egypt, subjecting for the first time Islam to eastern powers.
Before eastern intervention, there werent many religious problems in ottoman empire.Jews and Christian could follow their traditions and beliefs , since they paid some taxes.With the crisis, the non-muslim minorities started to be seen as guilties for the current changes.
In 1913, an extremist faction took the sultan Abdul Hamid II and decided to end the diversity on the empire.This Nacionalism was something totally new to the muslim empires.
