E83: How The Roman Empire Became A Muslim Empire w. Mustafa Briggs

Unreleased Extra Edition has just dropped of a conversation between Ansari & Ustadh Mustafa Briggs on the Roman Empire and how it became Muslim and the Europeans manipulating history to remove the Muslim world from the Roman Empire. Like calling the Eastern Roman Empire "The Byzantine Empire" instead of Roman. And how the Muslims influenced the European renaissance and their modern day Empire through translation of Islamic golden age. And when the Europeans started envying and disliking the Muslims during the Crusades times. Also a look into the Catalan Atlas and how it shows what the Europeans thought of Africa and Mensa Musa that led to colonization later. And finally, the Muslim Caesar of Rome.
#history #islamic #podcast #rome #story
00:00 Intro
00:56 The Roman Empire Became Muslim
8:52 The House of Wisdom
14:50 When Europe Started Hating Muslim World
17:23 The Catalan Atlas
24:06 The Muslim Emperor of Rome
26:09 Did Allah Favor the Europeans

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

1st Book: Beyond Bilal - Black History in Islam 2nd Book: Beyond Bilal - Black Muslims in the East Upcoming Book 2024 inshallah! Instagram: @theansaripodcast & @mustafabriggs !

[@mahdnova3465]

Are romans not europeans what is he on 😅 are you listening to him ?

[@digitalliquid5159]

Yes and don’t hold nothing back It’s obligatory upon you

[@mahdnova3465]

@@digitalliquid5159 dont hold nothing back?

[@pianomanjarkell]

@@mahdnova3465 European as an identity came mainly after the Renaissance and the colonial era. There was no consciousness of Romans being “European” at that time.

[@mahdnova3465]

@@pianomanjarkell RUM is mentioned in the Quran 1400 years ago what you on about renaisance

[@bredeleven4132]

We need a Mustafa Briggs episode once a quarter! 🙌

[@THETRUTHOFTHEDAY]

Definitely good for our health.

[@unitedfirearms1057]

Insh'Allah

[@abdallazaher1910]

Agreed

[@xx-rt2hs]

Please let Mustafa know there is a gap in the market in islamic history and the way he presents it. Should definitely start a channel.

[@Zou.z]

Bring him as often as possible and make 1h podcast

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

Inshallah will do! And honestly as long as the guest is on Mustafa Briggs level. All episodes can be like this.

[@passionategospel5281]

mustafa briggs give us a nutritions for our brain. so much knowledge. alhamdulillah.

[@BrileyBeConsulting]

Civilization is a torch passed on from civilization to civilization. Fantastic points brother!

[@Sami-ov2bt]

Mustafa brigs ❤ a real brother

[@SkeeloHendrix]

The thing is barely ANYONE knows their own history.. in America specially

[@mahdnova3465]

Hes waffling now, Romans are westeners, idk why hes saying romans are not europeans or something

[@el-Cu9432]

​@@mahdnova3465Listen again. He absolutely did not say or even insinuate that.

[@el-Cu9432]

Im a huge history biff and Brother Mustafa's scholarly depth of Islamic knowledge is indeed one of Allah's blessings

[@colettescotti2219]

I would love to ask Mustafa Briggs about his thoughts on the papal bull that sanctioned the slave trade in western Africa and its connection to the crusades. Islam had swept across Africa and was only a matter of time before it spread downwards across the whole continent. I've always hypothesized that the churches slaving with forced baptism was connected to the crusades and competition with Islam, that they were badly losing...

[@KD400_]

What do u think the answer would be. All those men back then did bad things from all cultures it doesn't matter the religion. Also the spread of islam was successful because the people found it easy to adjust to Islam and its rules. Thats y most converted. About christianity which time period are u reffering to. Christianity was not losing in the medieval age in fact it was growing. What are u referring to. The crusades were a reponse to Islamic take over of Jerusalem. But the muslims showed completely towards the Christians.

[@el-Cu9432]

He addressed this in a prior episode.

[@americanjulamaghan7359]

This city of Constantinople was called Byzantium, it was a Greek-speaking city. When Ceaser Constantine split the Roman Empire into East & West after becoming Christian, he move to Byzantium city and renamed it Constantinople " the polis [city] of Constantine.

[@kayzar293]

The Ottomans still called it Constantinople for many centuries all the way up until 1922. Ironically, it was the Secular Young Turks who changed its name officially to Istanbul. Even the name Istanbul has Greek origins.

[@el-Cu9432]

That happened after Constantine embraced Christianity in 312 AD. He moved the capitol of the Roman empire to Constantinople around 331AD.

[@sl4305]

Claiming the title of Caesar of the Roman Empire (Kayser-i Rum) was symbolic, reflecting the Ottoman Sultan's role as a dominant power in the region. The eastern Roman Empire transition from polytheism to monotheistic Christianity was an internal transformation and reformation, while the fall of the Byzantine Empire and becoming Muslim was due to external military conquest. It was the internal proselytizing of Christianity persevering centuries of persecution that led to the Roman Empire becoming Christian. The Christian’s did not defeat the Roman pagan empire in a war. I’m not preaching Christianity but noting the stark difference between a nonviolent Roman reformation to Christianity versus a military defeat of a Christian Roman Empire that ceased to exist after the defeat.

[@DeeBoy153]

I want to hear him talk about east Africa insha'Allah

[@sediajabbie9298]

Mashallah

[@LShannon-wr6zx]

I just came across this channel, Big Up to all the Muslims out there with these channels, educating the Ummah.. these topics on History is explained in a fantastic way that helps us digest the information, Thank you! JazarkAllah khairun!

[@rocou945]

please, what book are you referring to? I have both books from Mustafa Briggs and there nothing about the Roman Empire or the crusades in either of them. I would love to read it!

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

You probably skipped the intro part where I explained this is a prelude to his upcoming book and our conversation next time will be much more in depth inshallah!

[@maimunafaal9499]

You've missed out the most important empire and where writing all began. Ancient Egypt who were practicing Islam.

[@afshantarannumu1875]

Selaam Alaikum. Brother Mustafa. Please can you explain about the Persjan empire. Wich was more bagger and stronger. Than Rome empire.

[@prymostudio3554]

Beyond Bilal; black history in Islam just got delivered to me by Amazon...I would love to get his book on all he discussed here. Pls what's the name of the book

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

It’s in my pinned comment

[@BanofBenwick]

the brother has the puzzle pieces, just got a couple he's has to turn the right way

[@BanofBenwick]

Nice also to see the young brothers coming into this knowledge, but a lot of this was common knowledge among a segment of "black" Americans 35-40 years ago, long before the internet. "Black" Americans from this time got seduced and lost the knowledge. Crazy though that these young brother didnt grow up with this as a part of their consciousness though.

[@natos2334]

Its because of the fbi who unalived black american intellectuals like malcolm x and so many black panters who actually tried to build and teach their black communities. I recently saw the black messiah. Im not black nor anerican but it really got me angry

[@FM4343.]

What's the name of his book?

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

You probably skipped the intro part where I explained this is a prelude to his upcoming book and our conversation next time will be much more in depth inshallah!

[@digitalliquid5159]

Don’t hold nothing back

[@kayzar293]

The Ottomans still called it Constantinople for many centuries all the way up until 1922. Ironically, it was the Secular Young Turks who changes its name officially to Istanbul. Even the name Istanbul has Greek origins.

[@FreePallestine]

No the ottomans called it Islambol after they conqeuord it and it became Istanbul in 1922.

[@user-wf1rl9mo2e]

On what weed are you??!! It looks like excellent stuff!!!

[@kungfufreak360]

You mad? 😂

[@sonofthesun8543]

I highly disagree with Rome being the greatest empire, it’s definitely ancient Egypt by far, but regardless great podcast

[@edinnzen5216]

Rome was by far greater then Egypt with out a doubt it was much more powerful,bigger, richer, more "civilized" for its time educated and more advanced in all areas .

[@sonofthesun8543]

@@edinnzen5216 the most common scripts in the world descend from Egyptian scripts which include the Roman script , oldest and most accurate calendar Sudan/egypt, oldest religious text Egypt, not to mention influenced the most common religions on the planet Christianity ,Islam, oldest medical text Egypt, oldest mathematical text Egypt, literally invented paper,was far more advanced than Rome, all Rome was, was leftover civilization from the Greeks and Etruscans, Greeks received their script, gods and philosophy from Egypt, through direct contact and second hand contact through their vassal phonecian states, ancient Egypt is seen as the global standard for human civilization, not to mention it lasted longer than Greece and Rome combined, you can’t even compare the two when it comes to contributions to humanity, not to mention its ruins are light years more impressive than any Roman coliseum

[@ulhasanzk2249]

Alexander when all the way to Pakistan. Thats why al ot of pakstanis are named Sikandar

[@blablablablabla101]

Yes and blond with blue eyes

[@kayzar293]

​@blablablablabla101 that's a myth. Genetic studies have shown scant little Macedonian DNA in those mountainous people. People who have existed there have always expresses those features in the minority of people

[@duibheasaoreilly167]

And they refuse to admit that muslims reached the moon 3 centuries before the Americans.

[@illman8876]

The roman empire was never muslim. Ever. There were muslims who lived in the eastern roman empire, but the empire itself was NEVER EVER muslim.

[@JimiMiles]

No one said that bro. He said they were "part of the roman empire" and the Eastern part was more prosperous than the west.

[@FullmuurishAlchemist]

Soooo what about the Roman Catholic church?

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

We address that in the video. Did you watch?

[@mahdnova3465]

Bruv hes talking nonsense mate. RUM are white people from europe

[@kareem.10]

To claim Arabs in the Abbasid Dynasty preserved Greco-Roman knowledge is incorrect. The Abbasids were mostly Persian (former Sassanians that Umar conquered) with some Arab admixture and this admixture was mainly in the elite families. They claimed decent from Abbas in order to have legitimacy after they overthrew The Umayyads (who were Arab) which they had been plotting for generations. These former Sassanian Abbasid Persians were already Hellenized from the time of Alexander the Great. They didn't need to conquer Shams from The Umayyads to gain access to Greco-Roman knowledge.

[@mijr9075]

You sound like a bitter shia Relax

[@Cxesar]

King menelik was a doo doo

[@d0rktruth]

🩶🕌

[@faleilham8334]

Fatih Mehmet II. When there's no enemy tried to inveded Anatolia be laik

[@kareem.10]

The Muslim world didn't enter into its Golden Age as a result of the Abbasids accessing Greco-Roman knowledge. The Umayyads and Moors had already demonstrated world leading architectural and spiritual knowledge long before the Persian Abbasids overthrew them.

[@nadera1830]

The greek wouldn't entered to its golden age without taking the knowledge under the feet of Ancient Egyptian and the other civilization. Have you heard of diffusionaism?

[@kareem.10]

@nadera1830 Exactly. I wanted to add that detail but didn't want the post to be too long. Thanks.

[@KD400_]

It ended because of the siege of baghdad in 1258

[@billiondollarbaby973]

The intellectual traditions of the ancient Greeks and Romans are a regurgitation of the intellectual traditions of ancient KMT! If you read the Greek Classics, they admit this. The Umayyad’s, Abassids, Almoravids and the Almohade all realized this!

[@billiondollarbaby973]

Western Rome didn’t fall. It became a church, an extremely powerful political and militaristic institution. You might have heard of it.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@mahdnova3465]

Yh hes confused, hes so anti western to the point that, he doesnt even know that RUM are Europeans

[@Wazir.Akbar.Khan.wardag]

Yes true germanic groups and Western roman Europe united to establish their rule across Europe

[@germling9596]

The Eastern "Roman" Empire was decidedly Greek, it’s the reason for the Catholic/Orthodox split and the Latin/Greek conflicts during the crusades were one reason for the conquest of Constantinople. Furthermore, a lot of states claimed the title of Roman emperor, incl. the Holy Roman and Russian empires. Also Arab, Persian and Turkic empires all existed next to the Byzantine empire for centuries prior to 1453. A lot of knowledge flowed West to East, while things such as fashion moved the other way; a saying at the time was that the Arabs became Greeks and the Greeks became Barbarians.

[@joemama560]

Greco/Latin/Christian is not the same as Turkic/Persian/Islamic. I'm sorry but these arguments are silly. The Sultans practiced the Harem system and meantime the Byzantines couldn't even hand off the crown because half of them were chaste or celibate, the culture from the very top to the very bottom are complete Binary if you are comparing Roman-esque culture vs Turkic/Bedouin Islamic culture. Yes they(the population) were converted and assimilated but that doesn't mean the people who defeat a people, get to become the people. Even Further, you don't become the people you defeated, you absorb and assimilate them, you only become them if you are the minority and it is a empirial palace/military/aristocracy coup, which the failure of the byzantine state and the ongoing wars with the sultantes, were definitely not. It was a societal collapse. If that's the case, Africans are Europeans with a tan, because they all got conquered by white colonialism and started speaking either french or english and adopted christianity(in places that weren't already practicing coptic or ethiopian christanity. lol or put another way, it's like saying the white south afrikans are africans. LOL

[@onlinesupply7142]

the roman empire and greeks learned from the assyrians and egyptians...

[@fezfez1467]

Check out a book called black athenia, to understand deliberate removal of link between Greek and egypt where the impact on European culture has been written out by them to avoid acknowledging that their culture is founded on Egypt intellectual legacy

[@mahdnova3465]

Okay now you wrong mate. Rum is not a geographic place, Rum is an ethnic group. Romans are Europeans or western europeans. A roman can have blue eyes or be ginger. But a roman can never be arab or African. Because they not (If my parents came from Africa and now iam born in England, iam i English? No!) Same way even though Turks took over Roman places that doesnt make them romans

[@colettescotti2219]

Ancient Rome went into Africa and the middle east... it was not just Anglo saxons!

[@kayzar293]

Lol everything you wrote is nonsense. Romans absorbed all ethnicities and made them Roman. Even the Roman soldiers who manned Hadrians wall in Scotland were African

[@mahdnova3465]

@@kayzar293 just simply what is a roman to you?

[@giannisgiannopoulos791]

So, you tell us that your Greek friend from... Baltimore visited Greece for the first time, saw the Greeks using olive oil (Olea Europaea), and concluded that the Greeks are your pals from the Middle East! I suppose that you should have responded that when the Greeks were using olive oil, your ancestors were using sand to cook, plus, as another sign of their wisdom, the Greeks have never believed in false and mad prophets. I've been living in Greece for all my life! Thank you. Also, the Roman Emperor was "faithful in Christ the God, Basileus and Autokrator of the Romans", thus, a Muslim Turk from the steppe of Asia could have never been Caesar of the Romans. Of course, as a victor, he could proclaim himself also as the Caliph of Baghdad or the Emperor of Japan or something! The thing here is, who recognizes him as such? None!

[@peterarbouzis5721]

This is nonsense and a revisionist view of history. The eastern Roman Empire was predominantly Greek Orthodox and Christian. In fact during the reign of Constantine, Islam didn’t exist as a religion

[@TheAnsariPodcast]

Please List the modern day countries that were apart of the Roman empire.

[@morndiaye3546]

Mehmet II has entered the chat...😂

[@genejohnson8631]

We don't need emotions but facts

[@ministerericmuhammad9319]

As Salaam Alaikum Are you the same Bilal Muhammad who has written about Master Fard Muhammad having gotten his measurements of the Earth from some World Almanac 1928? If so, have you invited a representative of The Real Nation of Islam to offer a rebuttal to your "findings"? Farrakhan's movement doesn't count. It is NOT The Nation of Islam.

[@mamadouba4259]

Hi. I'm following you from Sénégal. I'm really interested in your books. I would like to have your whatsap number and your mail adress. Hafizaka Allah