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The muslim rule on Sicily didn't last "many centuries" but only a few, and they never consisted a majority. So, once their military was crushed, the Island returned to Christianity.
Noticed that they removed the non-muslims & replaced it with a Muslim population. That's what they did in North Africa. It's what they did in Jerusalem. It's the same play book.
"Churches were allowed to continue"
Yes, as long as they didn't prosletyze, accepted legally being 2nd class citizens, didn't want to build any new churches or have any sort of military or political self rule. They were subjugated and they were second class citizens as best, persecuted at worst, depending on the whims of their muslim rulers.
"Christian and Muslim relations were strained, thanks to the Crusades". Right, lets forget 4 centuries of Muslim armies conquering 2/3 of the Christian world at the time. The real problem was Christians daring to fight back. How Islamophobic of them! In terms of the Muslims of Sicily, we could also ask "What happened to the Christians of North Africa and the Middle East"? They simply converted over time. Same thing with Spain and Portugal. As Christian kingdoms became militarily and politically stronger, the 3-4 million Muslims (themselves descended from earlier native Christians who had converted) simply began to convert back. If they had been killed or expelled, both the iberian peninsula and Sicily would have been barren in many regions. They were not. The last 20,000 were expelled, but the others remained as Christians.
funny how people try to make up stuff like the crusades, reconquista and reconquest of sicily as "crimes" and never talk about who started it all by taking these christian lands in the first place...
Sicily was CONQUERED by Muslims armies. Just like Spain and all other countries in North Africa, Middle East, Turkey etc. All of these countries were not empty territories devoid of civilization. They were part of the Byzantine Empire or were formerly part of the Roman Empire.
Sicily was only "Muslim" because of that conquest. Funny how they Christians are ALWAYS portrayed as the aggressors when they were the victims first.
In the South of France and Corsica, you still can visit the remnant of fortifications because populations had to fight Muslims armies and pirates for centuries.
History professor of 3 decades here. Very detailed material, thank you for sharing. I cover much of this in both my Western civ and History of the Middle East courses. The constant back and forth between various powers for control of the lands. It always helps to have a chronological history. My lectures are there as a free resource for anyone who wants to watch. David and History for the Ages
You forgot to mention another remnant of the Sicilian Muslims, one that persists to the present day, which is the Maltese people. Malta had been depopulated by the continuing wars between Muslims and Byzantines, and, after the Muelim Conquest of Sicily, was repopulated by Muslim settlers coming mainly from the big island. After the Norman Conquest and, especially in the Hohenstaufen period, most of the Muslim population converted to Catholicism, but maintained their Siculo-Arabic dialect, which eventually evolved into the Maltese language of today, the only Semitic language official in the European Union.
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Yes, as long as they didn't prosletyze, accepted legally being 2nd class citizens, didn't want to build any new churches or have any sort of military or political self rule. They were subjugated and they were second class citizens as best, persecuted at worst, depending on the whims of their muslim rulers.
Sicily was only "Muslim" because of that conquest. Funny how they Christians are ALWAYS portrayed as the aggressors when they were the victims first.
In the South of France and Corsica, you still can visit the remnant of fortifications because populations had to fight Muslims armies and pirates for centuries.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOJtsUMWwR9h7OjK629BU8p…
And let us know what would you like to be added there! :_knowBattle::_knowHandshake::_knowBook: