Cities of Light - The Berber Revolt in Islamic Spain

A clip from the documentary film, Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain. The clip shows the North African Berber revolting in medieval Spain to gain equal rights. Directed by Rob Gardner. Copyright © 2007 Unity Productions Foundation.

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[Hollandtourist1]

A good muslim is a JEW AND CHRISTIAN AND MOHAMEDAN IN1 we belief in only 1 god we belief in MOSES(AS) we belief in JESUS(AS) and we belief in MOHAMED(SAS) i don't get why people should fight if they don't even know why they are fighting. Knowlage is the key to peace for every 1. READ THE ATLAS OF CREATION IT'S A GOOD START.

[awayger]

read history.

the attack on spain was started because the spanish govenor of ceuta

(spanish city in north morocco)

hade sended his daughter to go to school in the capital of the visigoths, but roderick raped his daughter and sended her back.

the governor who was already surrounded by muslim berbers , made a treaty with them:

berber muslim attack spain and he gives them his land.

and because his land is actualy our land whe said :YES.

so in about a year afther that roderick was dead

[8rdf]

i don't get this? the spanning called the Muslims moors because they had dark skin?

but why are all the people in this video portrayed with the same skin color as the Europeans??

were the moors even black at all?

[ytword]

That was pure manipulation. Guess what? The decline of the Moorish civilization comes after.

[ATLASAMAZIGH2011]

@headlesshorsemen75 Nonsens, why are you lying about Imazighen?? Is this what your desertboss told you to do? Spanish never was a second language. And it were the Riffian Imazighen who made the Spanish dogs shiver in the Riff. Go and read some history because even Arabs in the Middle-East admire the great leader Moulay Mohand for what he did.

[tiziouzou2000]

salam -- azul --shalom

[YUSKHAN]

Berbers and ottoman empire muslim brothers

[headlesshorsemen75]

Yeah, if Catholic Spain and Portugal, believe in "Allah", then in a sense that makes them muslim , why are we thinking it's a bad thing that Muslims lost Spain? Infact, its our Race that lost lost spain, not our Deen, either way, at the same time we lost spain, we gain turkey (anatolia) which was never conquered ever since the rise of Islam until we lost spain, infact Turkey is more powerful :).

[zizouzenati]

@headlesshorsemen75 Spanish the second language??????? You must talking with your sordid ass. The second language is French thanks to the miserable and filty arabised barbarians who call themselves arabs this animals betrayed their nation, ancestors and faith for a couple of bucks. The only worldwide known fighters agianst the Europeans in North Africa were Imazighen with their leaders like Abdelkrim Elkattabi(Morocco) Abdelkader(algeria) and Omar Mokthar(libiya).

[Hollandtourist1]

@mjay22 if you understand Islam and read the quaran then you will know I answered correct it's not worship of a man but to distinguish between Jew and christian and one that follows the teachings of propheth Mohammed (s.a.w.) and if you don't understand that than you have to learn more. Peace.

[mjay22]

@Hollandtourist1 I know that it's common for some to call Muslims "Mohammedan" but a follower of Islam actually prefer to be called "Muslim", which means "one who submits to God". Muslims rejects the term "Mohammedan" because they don't worship Muhammad, they only worship a singular unseen God. Muhammad is merely a man and a messenger of God.