M. Bitar, Ruba Mansour:

        The Iraqi historian Ali Al-Wardi addressed the subject of conquest and occupation in his book, “Preachers of Sultans.” On page 204 of his book, Al-Wardi denounced the conquering invader and occupier, saying, “Some of these fools boast about the memory of the conquests carried out by their ancestors, and if they were to be just, they would lower their heads in shame.” That is, Al-Wardi sees nothing in the conquests except shame and disgrace, and this is a logical, moral, and dangerous matter at the same time.

On page 207, Al-Wardi writes, “One of the most amazing paradoxes is that we find Timurlane’s invasion of our country abhorrent and consider it the most wicked of God’s creations, but we glorify those invasions by which the Umayyads invaded the world, enslaved peoples, and violated sanctities,” Here, Al-Wardi denounces the subject of pathological schizophrenic duality, It is logical for someone who laments the loss of the Andalusian colony to demand Palestine and throw the Hebrews into the sea, as expressed by the Voice of the Arabs radio from Cairo in the loud voice of Ahmed Said, and even in the voice of President Ahmed Said, i.e. the hero of the Arab nation, Abdel Nasser!!!!! This schizophrenic duality has had a negative impact on the position of Palestine and the Palestinians on the level of world politics, as the world does not understand this paradox, that is, considering Spain and its possession by the Arab invaders as pure and lawful for them, while the occupation of Palestine by the Hebrews is forbidden and unjust.

This paradox and others contributed to turning world public opinion against the Arabs, who have not succeeded in any political battle against Israel, let alone military, economic, scientific, organizational and administrative battles, The happiness of the eight million people in Israel does not compare to the misery of the hundreds of millions of Arabs in various Arab countries. The Israelis rank fourth in happiness globally after Finland and two or three countries in Northern Europe. The Arabs’ duplicitous behavior has facilitated and legitimized the occupation of Palestine to a significant extent, which may be small or large.

One of the most deceitful, false and hypocritical things was to place the conquering self in a high and sacred position compared to the known criminals of history, Al-Wardi wrote on page 208 of his book, “Someone might say that the conquest of the Umayyads was different from the conquest of Timurlane, for that was a just conquest for the sake of God, while the conquest of Timurlane was unjust and for the sake of Satan, I do not see anything more ridiculous than this statement.” Here, ridiculousness was mixed with impurity and with contempt for the other, who lived through paying the jizya with his own hands while humiliated and lived through the unique applications of the Umar Covenant in cases of colonialism,These peoples knew more about the circumstances of the conquest than the conquerors were able to comprehend and record. There is no mention in Arabic literature of the situation of the conquered peoples, except to say that these peoples were very happy with the swords of the Bedouins of the Peninsula and their cutting off of heads by the tens of thousands. The first book about the situation of the conquered was by Hussam Itani, which is banned from circulation in the Arab countries.

“The basis of justice and morality has always been the ability to put oneself in the place of others, Would your position change if you were in my place?? Al-Wardi said on page 208: “We describe the Umayyad conquest as just because we benefited from it, and the people of Samarkand say about the conquest of Timurlane what we say about the conquest of the Umayyads, Everyone looks at things from the perspective of his own interest, and forgets the interest of others. If we look at the matter from a general human perspective, we will find that all conquests are unjust in the eyes of those who inflict them. Do believers accept paying tribute to those who occupy their country?? In addition to that, it can be said that the conquests of the Arab Bedouins established their savagery, bad morals, and their dependence for livelihood on plundering and looting the spoils of war, which explains the current corrupt conditions, They live off corruption, that is, off theft, looting, and plunder, and not off work and production with the sweat of their brow, They steal from each other internally, since there is no possibility of stealing externally, because there is no possibility of practicing external invasion.”

Despite the backwardness of the Arab believers, we see them rejecting what they call European pollution, Does France want to consider Algeria part of it and then Frenchify it!! God forbid!! And in order to prevent that, there is no harm in sacrificing a million Algerians,We all found the position rejecting Frenchification to be correct, but some now, after their experiences of independence, regret the million Algerian victims and the separation from France. Rationally and without emotions, they claim that it would have been better for Algeria if it had remained part of France, There are many countries that wish they were part of Germany, Sweden, America, or others. Many slogans have turned into chatter, and in some cases, antagonizing colonialism has turned into summoning it, as Iraq did after it was invaded by ISIS, and as analyzed by the Algerian thinker Malek Bennabi.

Al-Wardi said on page 209, “Historians say that when the conquering Umayyad army entered the city after the Battle of Al-Harrah, it was permitted for three days, “so the people of the city paraded with the sword, slaughtering it as a butcher slaughters sheep until their feet sank in blood,” This is said to be a lie and hatred of the true religion!!! The proof was with Le Bon, and when mentioning Le Bon, we are amazed at the deification of him by the believers, who consider every European an infidel and a liar, with the exception of Le Bon, as if his words were a clear sign, even the vulgarity of his words and his combining of contradictions with each other did not raise any suspicion or doubt in their paralyzed minds, How can the conquest be just, when conquest is essentially the beatification of the stolen land in the name of the thief! On the same page 209, the historian Al-Wardi wrote, “There is nothing strange in this, for conquest is conquest in every time and place, The Umayyad conquest took place in Medina, so we know the news of it, but we do not know how it took place in distant lands, and how the people suffered there, The soldiers…” Those who did this act in the city of Ibn Abdullah would not care about a similar or worse act in the lands of the Persians and infidels. Also, the news about the rivers of blood in the Ridda Wars was spiteful and slanderous. Don’t you remember what Le Bon said about the most merciful of conquerors?!

On page 203, the historian Al-Wardi wrote: “It is said that Musa Ibn Nusayr captured three hundred thousand prisoners from his conquests in Africa, so he sent a fifth of these prisoners to the Caliph in accordance with the rule of the fifth, etc. Then he wrote on the same page: “They mentioned that Musa Ibn Nusayr returned from Andalusia with thirty thousand virgin captives, so they naturally went to the palaces of the Commander of the Faithful, etc.” Are these the characteristics of the Arab conquerors?!

This is the merciful conquest! Could virgins be captured willingly and by choice? The logical thing is that the conquering mujahideen kidnapped them from their homes after killing the men and looting their contents. It is not reasonable for the mujahideen to go to the houses of conquered cities, knock on the door and say: “Give us a virgin for the sake of God.” In fact, behind every girl taken captive was a painful story of looting, bloodshed and violation of sanctities. Due to the large number of prisoners and captives at the hands of the most merciful conquerors, there was “bankruptcy” in marketing them. Al-Wardi said, “In one of the battles of Andalusia, the mujahideen captured a large number of prisoners to the point that they began to get rid of them for the cheapest prices. A prisoner was sold for one dirham and a camel for five dirhams.”

It is necessary to distinguish between someone who opposes the invasion and despises it, and someone who supports it and is proud of it. This distinction has nothing to do with past events, but rather with the psychological readiness of the supporter to try to repeat what happened previously, We saw this readiness in the position of the Syrian stutterers regarding Turkey and its occupation of parts of Syria, and in the position of the Arab nationalists and the Muslim Brotherhood believers regarding the Bedouin culture, which continues to occupy the country, delay it and hinder its progress. They want the Bedouin mentality to continue occupying people’s minds, because they consider themselves part of the occupier, Isn’t it logical in this case for the occupier to try to desertify the country it occupied, perhaps as revenge, ignorance or to ensure the continuation of the occupation forever?

Concerning Syria, it can be said that there has been an attempt to assassinate its identity and replace it with the Arab identity. A settler colonialism! Where are the cultural remains of 1000 years of Arab Bedouins and 400 years of Ottoman rule??? What did they leave behind? Nothing but ruin, and what did they destroy? Everything! ISIS completed the destruction of the Temple of Shamin, and Erdogan of the Temple of Shams, as if Syria had turned into Tora Bora!