Islam among Native Americans (LONG HISTORY)

[Woodrow]

It is good to get some in put from a person with heritage back ground. Ther have been many theories about pre-Colombian contacts from many parts of the world. Everything from vikings to asian to africans to arabs.

I tend to believe that there probably was contact with early Arab sea farers and some of the Muslim influence can still be seen in the clothing and language of some of the tribes.

But, your input is deeply appreciated and welcomed

 

[Dahir]

It is good to get some in put from a person with heritage back ground. Ther have been many theories about pre-Colombian contacts from many parts of the world. Everything from vikings to asian to africans to arabs.

I tend to believe that there probably was contact with early Arab sea farers and some of the Muslim influence can still be seen in the clothing and language of some of the tribes.

But, your input is deeply appreciated and welcomed

Same here, I do sense a bit of non-European contact - such that was never written about. It seems the Europeans trashed all the evidence.

I remember in a 2003 news update, Coca was found in the corpse of an ancient Egyptian mummy at the site of Giza. And Coca ONLY grows in the Americas...how could it have been.

The distance between the New World and the Old World is a week-long boat trip by yesterday's standards...and I fail to believe that people in the Americas could go without any influence from the outside world - the American Indians of old had great empires - Inca, Maya, Aztec - with varying cultures that are very reminiscent of Old World empires.

 

[Taqiyah]

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- the American Indians of old had great empires - Inca, Maya, Aztec - with varying cultures that are very reminiscent of Old World empires.

yeah u right we watched a whole documentary of the Aztec empires,cultures,riligions in my Spanish class. it was really interesting....and freaky at times...like how they slaughter human sacrifices n take out their hearts ...I don't know 4 whatever reason.

 

[Dahir]

yeah u right we watched a whole documentary of the Aztec empires,cultures,riligions in my Spanish class. it was really interesting....and freaky at times...like how they slaughter human sacrifices n take out their hearts ...I don't know 4 whatever reason.

Examples of [Marvelous] Aztec Architecture

 

[Keltoi]

yeah u right we watched a whole documentary of the Aztec empires,cultures,riligions in my Spanish class. it was really interesting....and freaky at times...like how they slaughter human sacrifices n take out their hearts ...I don't know 4 whatever reason.

lol..it was called the Flowery Death. Captured enemy soldiers, those who have dishonored themselves, etc. were sacrificed at the Temple of the Sun. Blood would drain from the top of the pyramid and flow down through channels into some form of religious significance. Hate to be graphic, but that was the case.

 

[Dahir]

lol..it was called the Flowery Death. Captured enemy soldiers, those who have dishonored themselves, etc. were sacrificed at the Temple of the Sun. Blood would drain from the top of the pyramid and flow down through channels into some form of religious significance. Hate to be graphic, but that was the case.

I found it a bit strange how, despite being ultra-modern in math and architecture, the Native American civilizations had very nomadic/paganist rituals that are extreme and no offense, "primitive" by today's standards. ^o)

 

[Keltoi]

Sorry, but I'm not convinced of any relationship between Muslims and Native Americans. As for the headdress worn by some of the Seminole, Creek, etc, I don't see any how one can come to the conclusion of some kind of Muslim influence on their choice of headgear. Seems a major stretch to me.

 

[Keltoi]

I found it a bit strange how, despite being ultra-modern in math and architecture, the Native American civilizations had very nomadic/paganist rituals that are extreme and no offense, "primitive" by today's standards. ^o)

What exactly is wrong with nomadic culture? Anyway, the nomadic lifestyle was involved more with the Plains tribes, or the buffalo hunting culture. The majority of American tribes lived in villages and practiced forms of agriculture, along with hunting of course.

Not to mention of course that human sacrifice was mainly a South American phenomenon

 

[Dahir]

What exactly is wrong with nomadic culture? Anyway, the nomadic lifestyle was involved more with the Plains tribes, or the buffalo hunting culture. The majority of American tribes lived in villages and practiced forms of agriculture, along with hunting of course.

Not to mention of course that human sacrifice was mainly a South American phenomenon

I didn't mean all aspects of nomadic culture. I was aiming at the ultra-violent sacrifice rituals, which I thought would be obsolete in modern societies as such.

I would understand nomads being part of society, but it was the pagan-like sacrifice rituals that I found a bit strange for such an advanced people.

 

[Woodrow]

I didn't mean all aspects of nomadic culture. I was aiming at the ultra-violent sacrifice rituals, which I thought would be obsolete in modern societies as such.

I would understand nomads being part of society, but it was the pagan-like sacrifice rituals that I found a bit strange for such an advanced people.

The civilization was about the equivilant of the Egytian Civilization at the time of the Pharoh. The rituals were not that much different or much more blood thirsty than what was practiced by the Egyptians at that time.