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# Muslim empire
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19251/
- Published: 2005-10-20T15:10:04.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:17.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

In his blog, Somali-Norwegian [Bill Ainashe](http://ainashe.net/?p=143&ref=opendemocracy.net) shoots down [Hazem Saghieh & Saleh Bechir's](http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-terrorism/community%5F2928.jsp) argument on openDemocracy that the "muslim community" is a European invention. He says the community even "predates the European colonialists" and was the foundation for a Muslim empire that ruled for centuries...