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Hisham Zoubeir, 14 February 1998
Before I begin this article, I would like to extend my thanks to the
creators of the Internet. It was there that I found my research on
the
topic that follows, and it is to the people who wrote the various
articles
and references that credit for this article should go to. I merely
put two
and two together for the benefit of those reading this now.
The history surrounding the followers of our proud faith is one of
two
shades; the truth and the lie. The lies surrounding our history have
been
spread to every corner of the globe; that we were and are (?)
barbarians,
no better than animals. The truth is that although there were certain
parts of history that do show that some of our followers were
ruthless and
brutal (such as the Ottoman Empire), this is not unlike every nation
and
country in the world. And we have a much more worthy things to focus
on.
Before the West declared themselves the great scientists of the
earth,
before their own Renaissance, Muslims already were making
discoveries in
science that took the West hundreds of years to even begin to
imagine.
What a shame that people in Europe were being persecuted by the
Church for
their suppositions that the earth was round; they should have come
to the
Islamic world--- an Afghan Muslim had proved that in 793 C.E.!
However, the studying of the universe brought forth more questions,
and
more curiosity. The Muslims in West Africa were so intrigued by what
was
on the other side of the Great Sea, that they began their
expeditions into
the great unknown. Early reports of these travels are sketchy, but
we can
be sure that they crossed the Atlantic by 889 C.E.
That was 603 years before Columbus. And that is not counting the
actual
physical evidence in the United States today that dates back even
further;
however, we do know, as De Lacy O'Leary pointed out, that Muslims
definitely had the scientific knowledge and skill to make journeys
across
the Atlantic ocean.
We were in the Americas, hundreds of years before Columbus, and of
that we
can be sure.
Clyde-Ahmad Winters. Barry Fell. Alexander Von Wuthenau. Ivan Van
Sertima.
What do they have in common? A lot. They all provided evidence to the
above statement; and it is a statement of fact, not an opinion,
although
many have chosen to ignore it in the past.
Now, we are all aware of the grave tragedy that befell the various
African
people after the discovery of America. Many people from there were
forcefully taken from their homes to America, to serve the people
who had
taken over that land. Black slavery. We also know, for a fact, that
many
of these people were indeed Muslims; that has never been in dispute,
nor
should it be. Clyde Ahmad Winters has given us details of how huge
numbers
of Muslims were brought to Latin America in a 1978 issue of Al-
Ittihad: A
Quarterly Journal of Islamic Studies, although later on in 1543,
Muslims
in Spanish colonies were ejected from them by the residing
government.
Dr. Barry Fell, a noted New Zealand archaeologist and linguist of
Harvard
University showed detailed existing evidence in his work, "Saga
America"
that Muslims were not only in the Americas before Columbus arrived,
but
very active there as well. The language of the Pima people in the
South
West and the Algonquian language had many words in their vocabulary
that
were Arabic in origin, and Islamic petroglyphs were found in places
such
as California.
In the Inyo county of the State of California, according to Fell,
there is
another petroglyph that states, "Yasus bin Maria" which means in
Arabic,
"Jesus, son of Mary". This is not a Christian phrase; in fact, the
phrase
is to be found in the verses and ayahs of the Holy Quran. This
glyph, as
Fell believes, is centuries older than the US. In the Western states
of
the US he found texts, diagrams and charts engraved on rocks that
were
used for schooling that dated back to 700-800 C.E. The schooling was
in
subjects such as mathematics, history, geography, astronomy and sea
navigation. The language of instruction was Kufic Arabic, from North
Africa.
The German art historian, Alexander Von Wuthenau, also provides
evidence
that Islamic peoples were in America, in the time between 300 and
900 C.E.
This was at least half a millennium before Columbus was born! Carved
heads, that were described as "Moorish-looking" were dated between
300 and
900 C.E. and another group of heads dated between 900 and 1500 C.E.
An
artifact found in the earlier group was photographed, and when later
examined was found to resemble an old man in a Fez, like the
Egyptians.
Ivan Van Sertima is widely renowned for his work, "They Came Before
Columbus" which showed that there was definitely contact between the
ancient and early African people with the Native Americans. This and
another of his works, "African Presence in Early America" both prove
that
there were African Muslim settlements in the Americas, before the
expedition of Columbus was even conceived. His research has shown
that
Arab Muslim trade was active in America and one can only imagine
that the
marvellous culture that the Native Americans had that shared so much
with
Islamic teachings was of great attraction to the Muslims that came
so far
across the sea.
And for the record, Christopher Columbus, the man who so-called
discovered
America, himself declared that his impression of the Carib people
(i.e.,
Caribbean people) were "Mohemmedans. " He knew of the Mandinka
presence in
the New World (Muslims) and that Muslims from the West coast of
Africa had
settled down in the Carribean, Central, South and North America.
Unlike
Columbus, they had not come to enslave the populations or plunder the
land; they had come to trade and they married among the Natives.
Columbus
further admitted that on October 21st, 1492, as he was sailing past
Gibara
on the coast of Cuba, he saw a mosque, and remnants of other masjids
have
been found in Cuba, Mexico, Texas and Nevada.
On the second voyage Columbus took to the West Indies, the people of
Haiti
told him that "black" people had been there before him. They showed
him
spears of these visitors, and further study of the metals involved in
their construction showed that they could have been made only in one
place: Guinea.
Another historian, P.V. Ramos, also showed in his essay in "African
Presence in Early America" that the dietary regulations of the Carib
were
similar to Islamic teachings.
But let us say that we are wrong. Perhaps it is all just a
coincidence;
after all, there are no living survivors of the Native American
Muslims,
are they?
Wrong. And this last part is what originally drew me into this quest
for
knowledge: an exposé written by a Native Muslim.
Brother Mahir Abdal-Razzaaq El wrote in his account, recently posted
on
the Internet, about the Native Americans that were Muslims. He is of
the
Cherokee tribe; known as Eagle Sun Walker, and a Pipe Carrier
Warrior of
the Cherokees in New York. He tells of Muslim travellers that came
to his
land over one thousand years ago, and what is more important,
existing
evidence of legislation, treaties and resolutions that prove, beyond
the
shadow of a doubt that Muslims were in the Americas and very active.
Although these documents have not been written after 1492, it is
still
interesting to note that Islam was in fact there. The Treaty of
Peace and
Friendship of 1787 have the signatures of Abdel-Khak and Mohammed Bin
Abdulla. According to a federal court case from the Continental
Congress,
Native Muslims helped put life into the constitution.
These are a matter of record; they cannot be disputed. Go to the
National
Archives or the Library of Congress and see for yourself; the Treat
of
1987 show that the Natives abided by an Islamic system in commerce,
maritime shipping and government. The records of the State of
Carolina has
the Moors Sundry Act of 1790. The Cherokee Chief of 1866 was a man
called
Ramadhan Bin Wati. Native clothing up until 1832 was full Islamic
wear.
The name Tallahassee actually means," Allah will deliver you
sometime in
the future." In North America, there are no less than 565 names of
tribes,
villages, cities, mountains and other lands sites of Islamic or
Arabic
roots.
The truth of Islam and the truth of the Native American culture is
one and
the same; many people hundreds of years ago realised that. The
protection
of the land and of the animals; the non-wastage of resources and the
non-pollution of nature are all Islamic concepts.
I finish this article with a few Native sayings. And then, I want
you to
tell me that Islam is not nurtured in the hearts of these people.
"Our belief is that the Great Spirit has created all things. Not just
mankind but animals, all plants, all rocks, all on earth and amongst
the
stars with true soul. For us, all life is holy. All of nature is
within us
and we are part of all nature." Chief White Cloud
"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night." Crowfoot
"In the life of the Indian there was only one inevitable duty- the
duty of
prayer - the daily recognition of the Unseen and the Eternal."
Ohiyesa
Allahu akbar. Salaam wa allaykum wa rakhmatullah wa barakatu.
When this article was written, Hisham Zoubeir was at the University
of
Sheffield undertaking a multi-disciplinary degree in law. He has
lived in
Abu Dhabi, Cairo and London. His main interests delves into peace,
equality, righteousness and spirituality.
www.islamic- invitation. com
http://www.themodernreligion.com/ht/before-columbus.html
Hisham Zoubeir, 14 February 1998
Before I begin this article, I would like to extend my thanks to the
creators of the Internet. It was there that I found my research on
the
topic that follows, and it is to the people who wrote the various
articles
and references that credit for this article should go to. I merely
put two
and two together for the benefit of those reading this now.
The history surrounding the followers of our proud faith is one of
two
shades; the truth and the lie. The lies surrounding our history have
been
spread to every corner of the globe; that we were and are (?)
barbarians,
no better than animals. The truth is that although there were certain
parts of history that do show that some of our followers were
ruthless and
brutal (such as the Ottoman Empire), this is not unlike every nation
and
country in the world. And we have a much more worthy things to focus
on.
Before the West declared themselves the great scientists of the
earth,
before their own Renaissance, Muslims already were making
discoveries in
science that took the West hundreds of years to even begin to
imagine.
What a shame that people in Europe were being persecuted by the
Church for
their suppositions that the earth was round; they should have come
to the
Islamic world--- an Afghan Muslim had proved that in 793 C.E.!
However, the studying of the universe brought forth more questions,
and
more curiosity. The Muslims in West Africa were so intrigued by what
was
on the other side of the Great Sea, that they began their
expeditions into
the great unknown. Early reports of these travels are sketchy, but
we can
be sure that they crossed the Atlantic by 889 C.E.
That was 603 years before Columbus. And that is not counting the
actual
physical evidence in the United States today that dates back even
further;
however, we do know, as De Lacy O'Leary pointed out, that Muslims
definitely had the scientific knowledge and skill to make journeys
across
the Atlantic ocean.
We were in the Americas, hundreds of years before Columbus, and of
that we
can be sure.
Clyde-Ahmad Winters. Barry Fell. Alexander Von Wuthenau. Ivan Van
Sertima.
What do they have in common? A lot. They all provided evidence to the
above statement; and it is a statement of fact, not an opinion,
although
many have chosen to ignore it in the past.
Now, we are all aware of the grave tragedy that befell the various
African
people after the discovery of America. Many people from there were
forcefully taken from their homes to America, to serve the people
who had
taken over that land. Black slavery. We also know, for a fact, that
many
of these people were indeed Muslims; that has never been in dispute,
nor
should it be. Clyde Ahmad Winters has given us details of how huge
numbers
of Muslims were brought to Latin America in a 1978 issue of Al-
Ittihad: A
Quarterly Journal of Islamic Studies, although later on in 1543,
Muslims
in Spanish colonies were ejected from them by the residing
government.
Dr. Barry Fell, a noted New Zealand archaeologist and linguist of
Harvard
University showed detailed existing evidence in his work, "Saga
America"
that Muslims were not only in the Americas before Columbus arrived,
but
very active there as well. The language of the Pima people in the
South
West and the Algonquian language had many words in their vocabulary
that
were Arabic in origin, and Islamic petroglyphs were found in places
such
as California.
In the Inyo county of the State of California, according to Fell,
there is
another petroglyph that states, "Yasus bin Maria" which means in
Arabic,
"Jesus, son of Mary". This is not a Christian phrase; in fact, the
phrase
is to be found in the verses and ayahs of the Holy Quran. This
glyph, as
Fell believes, is centuries older than the US. In the Western states
of
the US he found texts, diagrams and charts engraved on rocks that
were
used for schooling that dated back to 700-800 C.E. The schooling was
in
subjects such as mathematics, history, geography, astronomy and sea
navigation. The language of instruction was Kufic Arabic, from North
Africa.
The German art historian, Alexander Von Wuthenau, also provides
evidence
that Islamic peoples were in America, in the time between 300 and
900 C.E.
This was at least half a millennium before Columbus was born! Carved
heads, that were described as "Moorish-looking" were dated between
300 and
900 C.E. and another group of heads dated between 900 and 1500 C.E.
An
artifact found in the earlier group was photographed, and when later
examined was found to resemble an old man in a Fez, like the
Egyptians.
Ivan Van Sertima is widely renowned for his work, "They Came Before
Columbus" which showed that there was definitely contact between the
ancient and early African people with the Native Americans. This and
another of his works, "African Presence in Early America" both prove
that
there were African Muslim settlements in the Americas, before the
expedition of Columbus was even conceived. His research has shown
that
Arab Muslim trade was active in America and one can only imagine
that the
marvellous culture that the Native Americans had that shared so much
with
Islamic teachings was of great attraction to the Muslims that came
so far
across the sea.
And for the record, Christopher Columbus, the man who so-called
discovered
America, himself declared that his impression of the Carib people
(i.e.,
Caribbean people) were "Mohemmedans. " He knew of the Mandinka
presence in
the New World (Muslims) and that Muslims from the West coast of
Africa had
settled down in the Carribean, Central, South and North America.
Unlike
Columbus, they had not come to enslave the populations or plunder the
land; they had come to trade and they married among the Natives.
Columbus
further admitted that on October 21st, 1492, as he was sailing past
Gibara
on the coast of Cuba, he saw a mosque, and remnants of other masjids
have
been found in Cuba, Mexico, Texas and Nevada.
On the second voyage Columbus took to the West Indies, the people of
Haiti
told him that "black" people had been there before him. They showed
him
spears of these visitors, and further study of the metals involved in
their construction showed that they could have been made only in one
place: Guinea.
Another historian, P.V. Ramos, also showed in his essay in "African
Presence in Early America" that the dietary regulations of the Carib
were
similar to Islamic teachings.
But let us say that we are wrong. Perhaps it is all just a
coincidence;
after all, there are no living survivors of the Native American
Muslims,
are they?
Wrong. And this last part is what originally drew me into this quest
for
knowledge: an exposé written by a Native Muslim.
Brother Mahir Abdal-Razzaaq El wrote in his account, recently posted
on
the Internet, about the Native Americans that were Muslims. He is of
the
Cherokee tribe; known as Eagle Sun Walker, and a Pipe Carrier
Warrior of
the Cherokees in New York. He tells of Muslim travellers that came
to his
land over one thousand years ago, and what is more important,
existing
evidence of legislation, treaties and resolutions that prove, beyond
the
shadow of a doubt that Muslims were in the Americas and very active.
Although these documents have not been written after 1492, it is
still
interesting to note that Islam was in fact there. The Treaty of
Peace and
Friendship of 1787 have the signatures of Abdel-Khak and Mohammed Bin
Abdulla. According to a federal court case from the Continental
Congress,
Native Muslims helped put life into the constitution.
These are a matter of record; they cannot be disputed. Go to the
National
Archives or the Library of Congress and see for yourself; the Treat
of
1987 show that the Natives abided by an Islamic system in commerce,
maritime shipping and government. The records of the State of
Carolina has
the Moors Sundry Act of 1790. The Cherokee Chief of 1866 was a man
called
Ramadhan Bin Wati. Native clothing up until 1832 was full Islamic
wear.
The name Tallahassee actually means," Allah will deliver you
sometime in
the future." In North America, there are no less than 565 names of
tribes,
villages, cities, mountains and other lands sites of Islamic or
Arabic
roots.
The truth of Islam and the truth of the Native American culture is
one and
the same; many people hundreds of years ago realised that. The
protection
of the land and of the animals; the non-wastage of resources and the
non-pollution of nature are all Islamic concepts.
I finish this article with a few Native sayings. And then, I want
you to
tell me that Islam is not nurtured in the hearts of these people.
"Our belief is that the Great Spirit has created all things. Not just
mankind but animals, all plants, all rocks, all on earth and amongst
the
stars with true soul. For us, all life is holy. All of nature is
within us
and we are part of all nature." Chief White Cloud
"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night." Crowfoot
"In the life of the Indian there was only one inevitable duty- the
duty of
prayer - the daily recognition of the Unseen and the Eternal."
Ohiyesa
Allahu akbar. Salaam wa allaykum wa rakhmatullah wa barakatu.
When this article was written, Hisham Zoubeir was at the University
of
Sheffield undertaking a multi-disciplinary degree in law. He has
lived in
Abu Dhabi, Cairo and London. His main interests delves into peace,
equality, righteousness and spirituality.
www.islamic- invitation. com