Weakness in the Presence of Islam: Learn From History

Posted by Lorren on August 26, 2010

Last year, I read The Story of the World Volume 2 with my daughter for World History. With all of the events going on in the world today, it was interesting to read of how the Moslems ended up conquering Spain, which once belonged to the Christian Visigoths. I have written about the Rock of Gibraltar and how it got it’s name today. The Rock of Gibraltar is where the conquest of Visigothic Spain began.

The Visigoths were once a strong people. They were one of the barbarian bands that contributed to the destruction of Rome. They eventually settled into what is now Spain. I’m guessing that they were a strong people at one point. However, they were divided after the death of the king. In their point of weakness, one of the Visigoth factions invited an Islamic general to “help”.

This Islamic general did a little more than help. He conquered the entire country.

Both Islam and Christianity try to win converts. Christians haven’t always been very kind in their evangelizing. Some rulers have tried to force their subjects to convert to Christianity or die. However, most of the time, Christians try to convert subjects through missions. Forced conversion is a perversion of the Christian faith. None of the original Christian followers (prior to Constantine) tried to force conversion through the sword.

Islam, however, has not been above forcing conversion, even from the start. Mohammad was a military general. Moslems try to convert through force, even to this day. Ask Christians in Islamic countries if they have freedom of religion. Hardly.

Countries that show weakness in the presence of Islam are eventually conquered. Just ask the Visigoths.

Today, America is showing weakness in the presence of Islam. Moslems attack the World Trade Center, and what does America do? We help them build a mosque right next to Ground Zero by sending a supporter of Hamas off on a fundraising trip. We tell everyone that Islam is a religion of peace. Our president bows to Islamic leaders, and calls the Koran a “holy book”.

The Cordoba Center is named after the city of Cordoba, where the Moslems transformed a Visigothic Cathedral into a mosque after they conquered the city. Is the name a message to other Moslems? If we learn from history, it seems that weakness in the presence of Islam could place us in the same position as the Visigoths.