Talk:Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

Untitled
The military history is all very well, but it would be useful to have other material, eg on the progress of Islam among the population. 88.111.232.130 14:23, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Renaming
I renamed the article for two reasons:
 * It talks about the Magrheb islamisation (Not the all North Africa - including Egypt)
 * The islamisation lasted more than the Umayyads in the Maghreb so the word islamisation is more appropriate

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Resistance
Although the area was under control of the caliphate, there were still some sections of the population that would resist the spread of Islam. The Berber people were thought of as inferior and made to convert to Islam and join the Arab army, receiving less pay than an Arab would have. This led to much dissatisfaction and ultimately the death of Mahgreb's Arab governor, Yazid ibn Abi at the hands of one of his bodyguards after ordering them to tattoo his name on their arms to signal his ownership. Another rebellion was prompted by the enslavement of the Berbers. This occurred in southern Morocco, in 739 lasting through to 740. However, this rebellion would be suppressed by an Arab expedition, which seized both prisoners and gold in the process.

One of the unifying forces of these rebellions were the teachings of Arab Kharijite missionaries who had worked as merchants. They were able to convert some sections to their way of thinking and this provided a "unifying discipline and revolutionary zeal that powered the Berber rebellion of 739"
 * All of this is already covered in the Great Berber Revolt article, in quite some detail. Links should be made to it. Walrasiad (talk) 20:32, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2019
Regarding this edit:

I removed the section because a) it is irrelevant to the primary topic, which is about the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb (643-709), and b) it's mentioned in other articles such as Christianity in Africa and Catholic Church in Africa. Should the impact the conquest had on Christianity be mentioned, then properly sourced content linking the two subjects could go in the aftermath section. M.Bitton (talk) 00:01, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I have no problem since you didn't pick and choose anything to retain. I had a similar thought as this article will stray its topic if we talk about Christianity in any manner. But please do not try to remove Christianity existing after Arab conquests under excuse of "irrelevant" if any impact is mentioned like you do on other articles. IRGCfan (talk) 00:14, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Opening paragraph
Historyoftheworldchris (talk) 05:30, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

I believe that the opening paragraph should be reworded as it refers to the conquest concluding in 709, but suggests that it concluded under the command of Caliph Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān who died in 680.

Is the word "jihad" ever used to label this?
When scholars discuss the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, is the word "jihad" used by some"? Pete unseth (talk) 17:57, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Overuse of Gibbon, other available references
There is no reason for this article to be repeatedly quoting Gibbon as it does; he is quoted no less than 9 times, mostly without accompanying citations (which in itself makes it legitimate to simply remove these). His text may be public domain, but an 18th century writer is obviously not a high-quality source to represent current scholarly views of this history when there are plenty of recent and more specialized works on a subject that also happens to have a difficult historiography. Some useful examples include Hugh N. Kennedy's The Great Arab Conquests (chapter 6) and Fenwick's Early Islamic North Africa, as well as more briefly Hoyland's In God's Path (see especially p.142-146) and Abun-Nasr's A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period (mostly pp.28-32), and so on. R Prazeres (talk) 03:20, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * More generally, an 18th-century write-up of historical events is a terrible framework for a page. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Launched men in a catapult?
Supposedly Khalid ibn al Walid launched men to the top of a wall in Cyrene (Barqa) using a catapult and cotton sacks. This claim is to be believed? I think it's one to be investigated at the very least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1a30:ef0:4e87:8355:cdb7:9056 (talk) 22:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Indeed, I just looked and that all or most of that section is not based on reliable sources, so I imagine it may be reporting legendary material rather than information offered by historians. It obviously should be rewritten with better sources. R Prazeres (talk) 22:34, 31 May 2024 (UTC)