The second great fissure in Islam, after that of the Sunnis and Shia, and to which our discussion of the Berbers in Part I is obviously relevant, is that between Arab Muslims and the 80% of the world’s Muslims who are not Arabs. It bears repeating (see the first paragraph of Part I), that because Allah chose to deliver his message in Arabic to a seventh-century Arab, because Muslims should read, recite, memorize the Qur’an in Arabic, because Muslims must turn toward Mecca in prayer at least five times a day, because Muhammad the Perfect Man and Model of Conduct was Arab, because the Qur’an was written in the Arabs’ language, and they are its only true transmitters, because the earliest Muslims, whose customs and manners, written down in the Hadith, constitute the Sunnah, were all Arabs, because the Arabs were the first to conquer vast territories for Islam — all this naturally produced a feeling of superiority in the Arabs. And wherever they conquered, along with Islamization came Arabization. That word describes two different things: first, the physical movement of Arabs into what were non-Arab lands, as in northern Iraq, where the Kurds live, and Saddam Hussein moved Arabs onto lands taken from them, in an attempt to change the demographics of the area, to “Arabize” it. But the Arabization that takes place even in Muslim lands without Arabs is different, and describes the change in the non-Arab population that follows Islamization: they lose their original identity and try to become, culturally, “Arabs.”
Among the outward and visible signs of this, think of how many Muslim non-Arabs have eagerly given themselves Arab names and false Arab pedigrees, and copied Arab dress of the seventh century. (Imagine someone in the Congo wearing a suit, carrying an umbrella and wearing a homburg, and calling himself Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper.) They wanted the prestige of being thought “Arab.” In Pakistan, to take an extreme case, millions claim to be “Sayids” – that is, descendants of the Quraysh, the Prophet’s tribe.
But there were also those non-Arabs who, as with the Berbers, resented being severed from their own culture, resented Arab indifference to, or hostility towards, the languages, cultures, and histories of those whom they conquered and converted; in short, they resented this cultural imperialism. The Berbers, by and large, nowadays do not want to be Arabs, and some of them don’t even want to be Muslims, to judge by their online sites, and they identify Islam with centuries of oppressive Arab rule. The Arab attempt to efface every memory, no matter how innocuous, of Berber culture, has backfired. This anti-Arab feeling among non-Arab Muslims is not to be deplored, but encouraged by the world’s Infidels. It is one way to weaken the hold of Islam on four-fifths of the world’s Muslims.
Among non-Arab Muslims, the Kurds and the black African Muslims in Sudan are the latest victims of Arab atrocities. The Arab military of Saddam Hussein managed to kill 182,000 Kurds during the qur’anically-titled Anfal. Then more Arabs were moved into Kurdistan to Arabize the region. And not a single Arab ruler, diplomat, or intellectual, inside or outside of Iraq, protested this massacre of the Kurds. This is the memory that needs to be kept constantly fresh in Kurdish minds. We do not have a stake in Kurds remaining in Arab-ruled Iraq, as our leaders have in the past insisted. Rather, the interests of Infidels are better served by an independent Kurdistan, grateful to the West for its aid, and ideally carved out of territory that was formerly part of Arab Iraq and Arab Syria (the Kurds in Iran and Turkey will have to wait).
As for the Sudan, northern Arabs attacked and murdered, over several decades, millions of black African Christians and animists and, more recently, Arab militias (the Janjaweed) murdered, in Darfur (in the western Sudan) nearly half a million black African Muslims. Given the attempts of Muslims in the West both to find allies among blacks (CAIR with its solicitousness for “Black Lives Matter”) and the apparent attractiveness Islam holds for some blacks in Europe and North America (especially in prisons, where the conversion rate is high), there is ample reason to keep talking not only about what the Arabs did in the Sudan in the recent past, but about the longer history of the Arab slave trade in East Africa.
That Arab slave trade began earlier, and lasted longer, and claimed more victims, than the Atlantic slave trade of the Europeans. This trade was particularly hideous because the Arab slavers castrated young black boys while they were still in the bush, and only 10% survived to make it, by slave coffle to the coast and thence by dhow, to the Muslim slave markets of Egypt, Arabia, and Istanbul. For the same reasons, to create doubts among would-be black converts, we in the West ought to be discussing not only that African slave trade of the Arabs, but the continued enslavement by Arabs of blacks in the Sudan (see the testimony of the “Lost Boys”) and Mauritania. It would also be useful to remind would-be black converts that Saudi Arabia and Yemen gave up slavery, reluctantly, and only because of terrific pressure from Great Britain, as late as 1962, and that there are reports of slavery continuing to exist in the Saudi interior, just as, despite being officially outlawed, it still exists in the Sudan and Mauritania. And finally, that Muhammad himself was a slave-owner, thus legitimizing slavery in Islam, needs to be more widely known, in order to dampen Islam’s appeal among blacks.
We can keep impressing on non-Arab Muslims the facts of Arabization, of the loss of their own languages and cultures and histories, and of all the ways that Islam has created and reinforces Arab supremacism. They can try to deny that painful fact, but eventually reality will break in for many non-Muslims, and with that, resentment should built against the cultural Arabization that has accompanied Islamization. But we need leaders who are cleverer and more nimble than those who have so far been conducting, confusedly and half-heartedly, a campaign of self-defense.
Some non-Arab Muslims will need no persuading that, as the late Pakistani writer Anwar Shaikh argued in his polemical study “Islam, the Arab National Movement,” that “the prophet Mohammed subjected all non-Muslim Arabs to the cultural imperialism of Arabia…He made Arab-worship the cornerstone of Islam. Thus, those who embrace Islam naturally feel inferior to Arabia.”
Those Muslim peoples who have been most obviously mistreated by Arabs – the Berbers, the Kurds, the Sudanese blacks – have the least difficulty in accepting this observation. They have had direct experience of Arabs; they live in the same countries with them. In such places as Indonesia, or Pakistan, where there are no Arabs, Arab supremacism is maintained not through violence, but by means of cultural imperialism. Westerners can help non-Arabs to recognize this, not by attacking them, but by expressing sympathetic indignation at this state of affairs and, by dint of polemical agility, may help undermine Islam’s hold on the minds of some non-Arabs.
The most important fact to keep in mind is that 80% of the world’s Muslims are not Arab. Their ethnic identity can be made to subvert, rather than reinforce, their commitment to Islam. When they see other non-Arab Muslims stand up successfully against the Arabs, they are likely to begin to think along the same lines. The Berber recovery of Tamazight, once suppressed and now “official” and perhaps – who knows – in the future perhaps even compulsory in schools in the Berber-populated regions, is one heartening example of such success. If the Berbers can demand, and finally get, full recognition of their language as equal to Arabic, and can revive Berber music (in the past, Berber singers such as Lounes Matoub have been killed by Islamic extremists), preserve Berber art and encourage its continuation (possibly with a museum of Berber crafts?), Tamazight-language poetry (including that which predates the arrival of Islam), other non-Muslim Arabs may begin to think of what they lost culturally when they “gained” Islam. This heightened consciousness of being subject to Arabization through Islam, is a point of entry to deliver the message that Infidels need to keep repeating, again and again: Islam is a vehicle for Arab supremacism.
This statement, once heard, cannot be unheard. It is easy to prove and impossible to refute. And we Infidels, who seek to tell home truths and thereby sow discord within the Camp of Islam, will at long last have gone – not a moment too soon — on the ideological offensive.

Kay says
As I learned about situations reading this website, it has been a continual concern of mine to find something I can do to help. I am thankful for this blog (as it is clear that MSM does not report news) and for the comment section (as there is at least one place people can voice concerns without being labeled bigot, right-wing or Islamophobic).
These are the things I am convicted to do:
1. Talk to as many people as I can and share materials. My experience is that many are still unaware—through ignorance of world news events, misdirected niceness, and the basic difficulty of believing there is a world view so different from our own. I’ve spent some time thinking about which material might best reach my several friends.
R Spencer’s Guide to Islam and the Crusades is great, especially for any who are not well versed in Church history, particularly those who tend to equate all religions.
Bill Warner will hopefully reach those who like “just the facts”; additionally, he does a great job of making a distinction between “people” and “ideology.” David Wood is great for those who prefer a little humor mixed in. Wood has created a one page “brochure” that can be printed off and shared.
2. Write to politicians and encourage others to vote, even if they have to vote for the “least bad.”
3. Pray. Bill Warner recommends praying with intention and at a regular time. While it appears that many of our leaders are failing us (and our persecuted brothers and sisters) through their aim to be nice in spite of increasing numbers of victims, most denominations have some concept of the “priesthood of all believers”. So we need to step up and be church regardless of our leaders’ stance. There are online resources to help with awareness through a religious lens. International Christian Concern will send emails about current concerns. Open Doors also prepares lists of prayer concerns. voices4voiceless.org has a printable brochure. Sadly, this concern about the persecuted Church will continue, even if we are able to get more sense into our own government soon.
I have been stunned since Orlando and heartbroken since Twin Falls. The recurrent horrors are taking a toll on me. I will still be reading here–but less obsessively–and commenting, but with less frequency. I will use my time and energy on the above three items. Thank you for your awareness and your voices.
Additionally, I have recently discovered a comment falsely attributed to me. I want to make clear that I do not equate religions and while religious leaders in the West are sometimes in error and as a whole we have neglected the persecuted Church, I am not against any denomination of Christianity or Judaism.
Politicallyincorrectistruth says
” have been stunned since Orlando and heartbroken since Twin Falls. The recurrent horrors are taking a toll on me.”…..I guess the roughly 3000 children under 5 who die of aids everyday in Africa, would bother you if you were aware of it. Ignorance is bliss.The satanic church tells the African people it`s a sin to use a condom and also spread the lie that using a condom spreads HIV. This is religious genocide. Anyone who supports the church also supports religious genocide.
Kay says
t. says
” it has been a continual concern of mine to find something I can do to help. I am thankful for this blog …….”
I 100%, agree with you Kay! I am also participating in the steps you mentioned in the paragraph above. It’s true that each one of us has to do his or her part in fighting back against this evil, called Islam.
Hugh Fitzgerald, I appreciate a lot the depth of knowledge and research you bring to this site through your articles. Meanwhile I don’t agree with you on certain things in this two part series “the Berbers and Islam …”
Having lived and had a lot of interactions with Arabs, throughout a big chunk of my life, here in the west and in other countries, gave me considerable insight into and experience with their social life, mentality and psychology. It’s Islam which gives a sense of superiority for its followers over the infidels and it’s very probable, and in many cases it’s true, that Arab Muslims feel superior to non Arab Muslims.
Meanwhile, being an Arab alone, without being a Muslim, i.e. an Arab Christian, Jew, atheist, or any other denomination, never translated into a feeling of supremacy or entitlement over other ethnic groups.
Unfortunately, the two parts of this series imply or at least appears to do so, that Arab Muslim supremacist tendencies spring from the sole fact of being an Arab. In other words, being an Arab, irrelevant to what religion the person belongs to, is all it needs to have this feeling of supremacy and by inference this later problem is directly linked to Arabs’ race or genes; something which I am sure is neither supported by Hugh nor any one else visiting this site.
See my comment on the first part of this series and check the link included for a humble pure Arab.
LR says
This article is reminding me…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X55bcNuMhKI
(Although, it is sickening that some Christians in Africa are also murdering, and persecuting people).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTnxRyhF4Fk
(I like Fatah. Fatah’s suggestion that Islamic men follow [early] Mohammed’s example is a good idea). : )
Kepha says
So many African children die of HIV.AIDS? I’m sure that the damned shade of Margaret Sanger, that progressive icon of birth control, feminism, and white supremacy, smiles down in some pit of Hell.
Your “satanic church” tells people that promiscuity is wrong and that heterosexual monogamy is right. Handing out condoms to sex workers in Thailand scarcely made a dent in HIV/AIDS infections.
In Africa, a lot of the spread of HIV/AIDS is through male promiscuity, and it infects children in utero.
So, save the self-destructive sexual revolution at all costs?
Western Canadian says
“Politicallyincorrectistru
Anyone stupid enough to use such a name, that is so totally and complete the absolute opposite of the sick, vicious, POLITICALLY CORRECT drive that he/she/it posts every single time, is truly so far beyond stupid that they have more in common with an amoeba, than a human being.
Angemon says
Great follow-up.
grace says
The monkeys have taken over the zoo in Malaysia. Two decages ago you might have seen Malay and Nonya cultures but they have forsaked their culture to become Arabs. Also KL is inundated with MEerners. It gets rapidle and significantly worse every year.
Dave Allan says
Grace, I hear you.
I lived in KL over a decade ago, and have been back there many times since.
As little as 10-15 years ago, if you asked a Malay what they were, they would reply “Malay”, identifying with the same gentic stock that spans Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc.
Nowadays when you ask the same question, you hear ” muslim ” as the answer more and more often, identifying with the greater islamic ummah and the arabs, more than their genetic roots.
The prevalence of Arabs in KL, along with Arab TV channels, 24/7 news networks, Arabization of mosques,and availability of Saudi salafi literature etc has made a huge impact there.
maghan says
The so-called Arabs of Northern Sudan are no more than Africans who have been subjugated so much by Arab Islam that they now think of themselves as “Arabs”. Just a case of thorough acculturation where the self is alien to itself–to the extent that if someone in Sudan or Indonesia were to speak out against Arab cultural imperialism, he could be caught and beheaded or just beaten to death.
JeffS says
I have know a woman who married a Berber. He prays 5 times a day and is as Muslin supremicist as any Arab. Exploiting fissures can have its upside, but we must be cautious with anyone whom identifies himself with Islam. Also exploiting fissures can lead to even more refugees. Also, why not give Christians a haven in Iraq and Syrian? I’d trust them better than Muslim Kurds any day.
Kepha says
Do the non-Arab Muslims really feel themselves shortchanged that they are not Arabs?
mortimer says
Hugh Fitzgerald wrote: “Islam is a vehicle for Arab supremacism.”
We might add: “Islam is a vehicle for Arab racism.”
jorge says
forgeting something arab were the first victim of islam and their real culture erase also kurd are not from irak and syria they came from iran and are parte of people conquer by mongol horde also there is no arab race the race is semitic and that include many of the great civilization of the ancient world even roman and greeks are conected why do you think south of europe is diferent from north europe even the name come from phonician princess europa and ancient gods like adonis tammuz etc
jorge says
so in short the whole article is wrong it is not arab supremacism is islamic supremacisma race can be no more racist than colour of hair supremacism exist only in the ideology the argument is not diferent to say german are nazis no nazis are nazis german can be anything a race does no think the ideology is brainwashing of the mind and I repeat there is no arab race so the idea is fake from all sides after muhamed die the arabian tribes (geographic cultural name ) try to make a rebelion but were murder so the first enemys of islam were try to guest yes arabs
Western Canadian says
‘jorge’ understand the issues as much and as well as he understand punctuation and grammar.
jewdog says
Leftist ideology is a major enabler of black sympathy for Islam. The Left has successfully connected the black sense of alienation and victimization with a narrative that portrays Arabs and Muslims in a similar light. The glaring flaw in this story, however, is the refusal of the Left to honestly discuss the real and ugly history of oppression by Islamic imperialists, slavers and racists.
It’s mainly just a case of shared enemies. Leftists hate America and the West because they are a bunch of self-pitying losers who feel frustrated that their inflated sense of self-worth is inadequately recognized. They could care less about anything outside of their own narcissism.