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Monday, 29 Shabaan 1434 H / 08 July 2013

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By Umm Abdillah – Radio Islam Programming

July 4 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Hittin in 1187, between the Crusaders of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty under Salahudeen. It bears remembering these events, least for how they formed the historical and religious geopolitics of the day, more to liberate our lusting for a Muslim saviour to rescue our besieged psyches. We only need acknowledge how much local Muslimdom wants to appropriate Nelson Mandela (as one of our own) to decide how deeply this complex runs. We aren’t however the first, or last to try to own a hero. Sometimes we need to be reminded as the ‘best of all creation’ we each possess the tools to be great, here, and in a world beyond.

Yusuf bin Ayyub, better known as Salahudeen, has a history well documented with intense virtue. In twelve years he united a previously weakened and warring Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, the Western parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen under the Ayyubid Dynasty. He fought off repeated attacks by the Crusaders on Egypt, put down revolts within the army and gave Egypt respite from incessant civil war. Despite three centuries of Fatimid rule, the Egyptian population had remained Sunni, following the Sunnah schools of Fiqh. In 1171, Salahuddin abolished the (Shia) Fatimid Caliphate. The Fatimids, once so powerful that they controlled more than half of the Islamic world including Makkah, Madina and Jerusalem, passed into silent history. read more

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