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Their are No Proof to suggest there are such people of Assyrian decent following Islam |
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The [[Assyrian people]] have been subject to [[Islamisation]] since the 7th century [[Muslim conquests]]. Some of them have been fully [[Arabization|Arabized]], while a small number retains elements of Assyrian ethnic identity: |
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:"A small minority of the Assyrians, around 1%, has converted to Islam, but remains Assyrian in culture and language...The flag of the Muslim Assyrian minority is a vertical tricolor of violet, yellow and green, bearing a white crescent moon and five-pointed star on the upper hoist."<REF>Minahan, James (1996). ''Nations Without States: A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements''. Greenwood Press, p. 247f.</REF> |
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Arabic-speaking [[Muslim]]s known as ''Mhalmoye'' or ''[[Mhallami]]'' from the [[Tur Abdin]] region may originally have been converted from [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodoxy]] to [[Islam]] during the [[16th century|sixteenth century]].<REF NAME="Kalan">{{Cite web| author=[[Kalan Müzik]] | date=2003 online | title="Syriac Culture" | work=Kalan.com | url=http://www.kalan.com/scripts/Dergi/Dergi.asp?t=3&yid=9392 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030929053902/http://www.kalan.com/scripts/Dergi/Dergi.asp?t=3&yid=9392 | archivedate=2003-09-29 }}</REF> (cf. [[Hamshenis]], [[Greek Muslims]], [[Pomaks]], [[Macedonian Muslims|Torbesh]], [[Gorani (ethnic group)|Gorani]]). Culture from their pre-Islamic period survived, such as the appearance of the [[Christian cross|cross]] otherwise considered to be a decoration based on a flower.<ref>[http://sor.cua.edu/Pub/StephenGriffith/VisitSETurkeyOct1999.html ''A Fourth Visit to Tur Abdin and SE Turkey''] [http://sor.cua.edu/Pub/StephenGriffith/VisitSETurkeyMay2001.html ''Tur Abdin - A Report of a Visit to SE Turkey in May 2001'']</ref> |
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==References== |
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==See also== |
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*[[Arabization]] |
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[[Category:Assyrian people]] |
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Revision as of 13:53, 22 August 2008
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The Assyrian people have been subject to Islamisation since the 7th century Muslim conquests. Some of them have been fully Arabized, while a small number retains elements of Assyrian ethnic identity:
- "A small minority of the Assyrians, around 1%, has converted to Islam, but remains Assyrian in culture and language...The flag of the Muslim Assyrian minority is a vertical tricolor of violet, yellow and green, bearing a white crescent moon and five-pointed star on the upper hoist."[1]
Arabic-speaking Muslims known as Mhalmoye or Mhallami from the Tur Abdin region may originally have been converted from Syriac Orthodoxy to Islam during the sixteenth century.[2] (cf. Hamshenis, Greek Muslims, Pomaks, Torbesh, Gorani). Culture from their pre-Islamic period survived, such as the appearance of the cross otherwise considered to be a decoration based on a flower.[3]
References
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- ^ Minahan, James (1996). Nations Without States: A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements. Greenwood Press, p. 247f.
- ^ Kalan Müzik (2003 online). ""Syriac Culture"". Kalan.com. Archived from the original on 2003-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ A Fourth Visit to Tur Abdin and SE Turkey Tur Abdin - A Report of a Visit to SE Turkey in May 2001
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