tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post1260137092073687668..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Islamic colonisation of AfricaPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-22818925556634166602007-09-01T00:09:00.000+01:002007-09-01T00:09:00.000+01:00Sorry, although I would like to be able to agree w...Sorry, although I would like to be able to agree with his sentiments this bloke has got his biogeography and historical anthropology up the spout. This is thinkong of the "Black Pharaohs" type, utter tosh.<BR/><BR/>From Egypt to the Atlantic the population were Berber as far back as we can judge.<BR/><BR/>Not that any of this matters to anyone, other than to those who are obsessed by skin colour. The Arabs are still recent conquerers.<BR/><BR/>In fact, care to surprise yourself? Look at a map and pick out which bits of the Muslim world were conquered via violence, and which were conquered peacefully. Don't forget to include the entire Arab Peninsula (excepting Medina) in the bits gained violently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-25307080436253284912007-08-31T20:08:00.000+01:002007-08-31T20:08:00.000+01:00What possesses this chap to suppose that N Africa ...What possesses this chap to suppose that N Africa ever was "black land"? In a free speech era, i.e. my childhood, the natives of N Africa were described as swarthy white men, and as far as I know that's what they always have been. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Spanish and Portugese distinguished "white slaves" - those from Europe, N Africa and the Canaries - from "black slaves" i.e. negroes. The Ancient Gyppos were SWM, surely? Anyway, what do these racial distinctions matter when discussing the horrors of Sudan? We're all human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com