An Arabist wrote the following: “They want us to disavow our history, to evade it, and to ask for forgiveness for it… These are the first essential steps on the path to ending our existence…” We have observations on the Arabist’s refusal to acknowledge mistakes and thus apologize, i.e., what is called reconciliation with history,We also object to considering apology and acknowledgment of mistakes as a threat to the existence of that Arabist and his people. Acknowledgment of mistakes and apology are foundational to existence, not a threat to it!!!

It is said that the Arabs colonized peoples like other colonizers,Without a doubt, there is no state or society that has not attacked others., Evil is universal, but the universality of evil does not legitimize it and turn it into a rule for life and for dealing with the people of life,Generalized evil does not change its exceptionality. Every colonizer excelled at justifying his colonization in one way and another, The goals of colonialism, for the most part or even all of them, were purely materialistic and self-serving, Britain colonized India, so it had to colonize the route to India, i.e., the Suez Canal, The Ottomans colonized the Arab countries because they were the successors of the Abbasid Caliphate, They do not consider themselves colonizers, but rather entrusted by God with the care of their brothers in religion in the Levant and other regions,This is what the  muslim  Brotherhood also claims!

We do not see, in an Arab context, any possibility of confusing the concept of conquest with the concept of rentier colonialism, nor do we see, in a non-Arab context, any possibility of separating the two concepts,Foreign languages ​​do not differentiate between the concept of conquest and the concept of colonialism, In Arabic, the word “conquest” in the intermediate dictionary refers to “conquest and ownership.” As for the political concept of conquests, it is the “annexation” of the conquered lands to the conquering party, considering them as a province of its provinces, and applying a special system to them derived from the duality of “master-slave.” The roots of this system were in the book of Ibn Abdullah, in revelation and texts, then in the will of the caliphs and jurists. Even God was accused of practicing this vice.

They claim that the conquests were not aimed at colonizing the population and the land, but rather at spreading the call and jihad in the way of God., There is no logic in spreading the call through occupation or conquest by the sword, as the concept of “calling” does not include the use of the sword, invasion, killing and slaughter, nor does it include the concept of “submit and be safe,” nor does it include captivity and concubines, nor the spoils of the conquest and the methods of distributing the spoils, nor does it include what came in the Pact of Umar, nor the sum total of what the Arab Bedouin conquerors did for 1000 years and after them the Ottomans for 400 years, in total 1400 years of stagnation, ignorance, injustice, violence, wars, exploitation, crime, Arabization and then Turkification, which destroyed the past and even the present and future of these peoples!

Considering the land as a province and property of the Caliphate, then the master-slave duality, and working to change people’s religious affiliation, as if other religions were not divine, then paying the jizya or facing war, creating a racist society, then Arabization, Ottomanization, and Islamization were targeting people and stones…strongholds and minds! All of this was done by the sword and slaughter, and all of this was like a heinous attack on others, even if it was done without slaughter, and even if there were tribes in the Levant who migrated to the north in search of water and pasture, all of this and the existence of these tribes does not justify killing the inhabitants of the Levant and attacking them, even with the forced call to convert to Islam, Through lies, fabrication, and hypocrisy, they turned the Creator into a hypocrite and a war criminal, Were there Arab Bedouin tribes in Spain, India, Eastern Europe, and the lands of the Berbers? All of this was fabrication and an attempt to whitewash the black and paint vice with the paint of virtue.

The primary aim of examining these issues is not to prosecute those who committed these acts, for those who did so are dead. Rather, we are addressing the legacy itself and urging its reconciliation with history and an end to the conflict with it. Reconciliation with history can only be achieved through candor and acknowledgment of wrongdoing, The German people reconciled with history after committing crimes under the leadership of the Kaiser and the Fürer, igniting world wars, The Germans apologized, their international standing was settled, and they established a new state that managed to lead the world scientifically, culturally, and humanistically. As for the Arabists or those who identify with Arabism, many of them still consider the expulsion of the Bedouin from Spain an evil act, for Spain is Arab! And it must return to the embrace of the Caliphate, whose location we do not know now, This applies not only to Spain but also to Eastern Europe and India. Here, that “scoundrel” Gandhi ruined the nascent Caliphate in India, which was meant to be established as a continuation of the rule of the faithful Mughals.

There are extreme difficulties in the practice of apologizing among the young, for apologizing is a virtue of adults, and adults alone possess the compensatory balance, they possess virtues that cover the bad, And where are the virtues of the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula and later the Arabists, that can compensate for the mistakes of savagery? Did they apologize? And what positive contributions did they offer humanity other than wars, violence, terrorism, and parasitism at the tables of others? Did they apologize for their aggression against others and their occupation of nearly a quarter of the globe, some of them even threaten and demand the return of the conquest to Spain, a demand with the utmost rudeness, and rudeness was the main source of disregard, obstinacy, denial of facts, right, equality, and sound morals, and of forgery, absurd hypocrisy, and sabotage aimed at coloring vice with the color of virtue.

Whether British colonialism was blessed by Her Majesty the British or by the Almighty Creator, the truth and logic lie in viewing the situation from the perspective of the colonized peoples, not solely from the perspective of the colonizer,The colonized peoples did not request the arrival of Tariq ibn Ziyad, nor did they request the continuation of the Bedouin occupation for more than 700 years in Spain! History does not know of a people who requested to be colonized by others, Furthermore, adopting a particular religion is a personal will and desire, not a social or popular demand, Whoever wants a particular religion, let them have what they want, Therefore, it is not permissible to colonize peoples under the pretext of spreading religion, The issue of “entering the religion in droves,” or the sudden conversion of several tribes to the new religion after military victory over them, represents a distortion of religion, which represents a kind of personal relationship with Heaven, All of this is reflected, for example, in the terminology used, which does not recognize the term “Christian nation,” but rather the term “Islamic nation,” which has no basis in the sciences of politics and sociology.

It is not the task of the Arabs, in their current moral crisis, or even their complete economic, political, social, and scientific crisis, to guide the English, French, or Russian people on the best way to address their immorality, colonialism, and exploitation, Arab nationalists should guide themselves first before guiding others. Whoever considers themselves a moral exemplar should practice morality so that others may follow their example, Then, Arab nationalists, or those who claim to be Arabized, will disavow the actions of their ancestors and apologize, just as the West disavows and apologizes for its actions, The Arabs were exemplars of occupation, oppression, murder, savagery, and appropriation as spoils of war,Arab nationalists, who consider Spain their property, have no right to accuse the Zionists of anything. The twisted logic that claims Spain belongs to them is the same twisted logic that claims Palestine belongs to the Zionists,It is Spain, not Andalusia, For many historical reasons, it can be said that the claims of some Arab nationalists regarding Spain are far worse than the claims of the Zionists regarding Palestine, At least there were no Arabs in Palestine 1446 years ago. Jews and Christians only.

The lies are repeated in the same pattern and methodology, The believers came to save the people of Spain from the oppression of the “Goths,” so everyone was colonized, Goths and non-Goths alike ,Khalid ibn al-Walid came to save the people of the Levant from the Romans, so he slaughtered the people of the Levant, The Romans are gone, and Khalid and his descendants remain, And so it was with Amr ibn al-Aas in saving the Egyptian Pharaohs by killing them, and Uqba ibn Nafi in saving the Berbers by killing them,And as for India and Persia, there is no end to the stories, The Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula volunteered their lives to save humanity and lift oppression from people, but why did the savior remain for hundreds of years with his sword hanging over people’s necks? Couldn’t they have gone back where they came from?!

These arguments are devoid of basic logic and credibility, cloaked in the garb of idealism, They are steeped in darkness, shrouded in deception and contempt for the Creator, whom they accuse of ordering the conquests, the enslavement, theft, plunder, murder, and crime,They even accuse Him of ordering the removal of the governor, Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, because he refused to steal and plunder as the Caliphate demanded, Was it a conquest of ownership, a programmed looting, and a legalized crime? Was it not a rescue, a noble humanitarian act, or a self-sacrifice for others? Here, an important point must be added, and a question posed: Did the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula consult the inhabitants of the conquered territories before invading them? The Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula did not care about the question of the peoples who were subjected to their tribute and the Pact of Umar, Therefore, there is no question of this kind in Arabic literature, with the exception of a book that appeared years ago by Hussam Itani, which is now banned in all Arab countries,The voices of the conquered peoples have been completely absent from Arabic writing, as if those conquered peoples did not exist, and as if there was no position of those conquered peoples towards their conqueror and conqueror, Whoever contemplates Arabic literature would think that these peoples were dead, without any feeling or sensation, despite the fierce battles in the context of the conquests, and the killing of about one hundred thousand of the Companions (according to the sheikhs), who watered the conquered land with their blood for the sake of God, Then some claim that not a single individual was killed from the peoples who were militarily subjugated, They try to convince us that these peoples, from China to the outskirts of Paris, welcomed the conquests, welcomed the tribute, the Pact of Umar, the Tuareg, and the destruction of places of worship. The practice of the Caliphate, from the first Caliphs through Al-Mutawakkil to the Ottoman Sultans to our esteemed Sheikhs such as Ibn Baz, Al-Qaradawi, Hamdash, and others, why is a question raised that does not exist according to the opinion of the Bedouins? God is not questioned about His will, for His will is the justification for what He did,God commanded them to do that, and God does not make mistakes, and this in itself is an answer to all questions.