So above link is about blueprint when it started first then later on it follows and here we are talking about Morocco here.
When we talk about French colonialism, the focus is usually on massacres and resource theft. But there’s a darker, deeply degenerate chapter that gets ignored: Bousbir.
The French didn't just occupy Morocco with their military but city planners built a heavily guarded, faux Islamic theme park designed specifically for the state sanctioned rape, exhibition, and economic exploitation of Moroccan women and children.
1. The Habous Deception & Human Trafficking
The French built a massive 160x150m walled fortress for this project. To add a layer of profound religious humiliation, the colonial administration manipulated the Habous—the traditional Islamic pious endowment system normally reserved for mosques, schools, and charities—to manage the real estate and logistics of this forced prostitution complex.
2. A Total Institution Built on Racial Fetishism & degeneracy
Once inside the windowless stone walls, the women were prisoners. They could not leave without a rare pass signed by colonial police.
3. Pseudo Science, Racism & The Colonial Laboratory
The French justified this horror using the pseudo scientific racism of the 20th century. Doctors like Jean Baptiste Raynaud claimed North African women were biologically uncontrollable disease carriers.
This wasn't a hidden military secret, it was a highly profitable capitalist enterprise. Bousbir was an economic engine for Casablanca.
The Collapse
The French maintained this nightmare for over 30 years. It was only shut down in April 1955 a year before Moroccan independence because Moroccan Islamic scholars and nationalist anti colonial activists relentlessly used Bousbir as undeniable proof of the complete moral bankruptcy and degeneracy of the French Empire.
Bousbir shatters the myth of so called Western civilization. They built an industrialscale exploitation machine, ran it like a zoo, profited off it, and called it progress.
There are even more photos if anyone wants just google it anyways next is
>Part 3: The Bureaucratic Flesh Machine: How the Dutch Empire Weaponized the Bodies of Muslim Women to Stabilize Colonial Rule in Indonesia
When we think of 19th century European explorers and writers in the Middle East, the standard historical image is of proper, stuffy Victorian gentlemen uncovering ancient ruins or translating old texts.
The reality, however, is much darker and incredibly hypocritical.
As the famous post colonial scholar Edward Said outlined in his seminal book Orientalism (1978), the West didn’t just want to conquer the Islamic world militarily, they wanted to use it as a psychological garbage dump.
They were utterly repressed at home, wealthy European men projected all of their forbidden, degenerate fetishes onto the "Orient."
They viewed Islamic societies not as real places with real, conservative families, but as a lawless, exotic fantasy land where they could use their colonial wealth to buy access to vices they would be jailed for in Paris or London. Egypt, being highly accessible, was Ground Zero for this.
Gustave Flaubert and the "Machinery" of Exploitation
Gustave Flaubert is remembered today as one of the greatest French novelists in history (Madame Bovary). But in 1849, as a 28 year old traveling through Egypt with his photographer friend Maxime Du Camp, he was little more than a wealthy sex tourist.
Sir Richard Burton and "Esoteric Pornography"
Sir Richard Burton was a famous British explorer and linguist, best known for traveling to Mecca disguised as a Muslim pilgrim (Mirza Abdullah) in 1853. But his real damage to the Islamic world came later, through his pen.
The Propaganda and The Legacy
Why does this matter for Islamic History? Because the propaganda worked.
The local populations of Egypt during the 1800s were largely conservative, pious, and living under standard Islamic social modesty. But Flaubert, Burton, and thousands of other wealthy European tourists didn't write about the normal, everyday families. They wrote about the tiny, impoverished fraction of society they were actively paying to exploit.
When these letters, photographs, and "translated" books hit Paris and London, they created a permanent stereotype. The West became convinced that the Islamic world was a hyper sexualized, deviant playground filled with submissive women in harems and morally loose men. This "Orientalist" propaganda not only sold millions of books, but it also gave the British and French empires the perfect moral justification for colonialism:
> “Look at how depraved these people are, they need us to rule over them and civilize them.”
Up Next in Part 2: The Human Zoo — How the French Military built a walled, faux Islamic "Erotic Theme Park" in Morocco.
Background
The Vainakh people (the Chechens and Ingush)are indigenous Muslim ethnic groups of the North Caucasus with a centuries old history of fierce resistance against Russian imperial expansion. In the 19th century, they fought bloody wars to protect their land and their Islamic identity from Tsarist conquest. Under the Soviet Union, this historical hostility remained just beneath the surface. The ultimate catastrophe occurred during World War II under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who orchestrated the near total physical erasure of these communities. Known in the region as the Aardakh (the Exodus), this atrocity resulted in the extermination of up to a third of their entire population.
Why did they do it ?
The official reason given by the Kremlin was an absurd fabrication: Stalin and NKVD head Lavrentiy Beria falsely accused the entire Chechen and Ingush population of mass collaboration with Nazi Germany. In reality, the invading German army never even managed to reach Chechen territory, having been stopped miles away at Mozdok.
Furthermore, tens of thousands of Chechen and Ingush soldiers were actively serving, fighting, and dying on the frontlines in the uniform of the Red Army at that exact moment.
>The true motive was a long standing Soviet desire to permanently crush the rebellious, highly independent spirit of the North Caucasus Muslim populations and fully integrate their strategically vital, oil rich territory into the centralized Soviet state without any local resistance.
How did they do it ?
The operation was executed with a degree of logistical cruelty designed to inflict maximum terror and casualties.
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When did this happened ?
The main phase of Operation Lentil began on the morning of February 23, 1944 symbolically chosen because it was "Red Army Day" in the Soviet Union. The rapid round up and initial forced boarding of trains took place between February 23 and March 9, 1944. The survivors remained trapped in brutal, heavily policed exile for 13 years, completely stripped of their basic civil liberties, until they were finally "rehabilitated" and allowed to return to their homeland in 1957, four years after Stalin's death.
Where did this all happened ?
The genocide began in the ancestral lands of the Chechen Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the North Caucasus mountain region. Once the territory was physically cleared of its Muslim population, the republic was wiped off the map, renamed, and its villages handed over to state sponsored Russian and Dagestani settlers.
The victims were forcibly transported thousands of miles away across the USSR to the harsh, barren steppes of the Kazakh SSR (Kazakhstan) and the Kyrgyz SSR (Kyrgyzstan). Dumped directly into the freezing plains with no shelter, clothing, or resources, the survivors were forced to dig trenches in the frozen mud to survive.
Most people don't know this, but during the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan, an independent Islamic state (Pingnan Guo) actually ran for nearly 16 years inside China.
What makes it wild is its leader, Du Wenxiu (who took the name Sultan Suleiman). He was actually born to Han Chinese father( Muslims too btw), but was adopted by maternal uncle (his mother’s brother) and raised in a Muslim Hui family. Because he understood both worlds, he was uniquely able to unite local Muslims, Han Chinese, and indigenous mountain tribes against the ruling Qing Dynasty.
You can see this balancing act perfectly in his official royal seal:
The story ends pretty tragically. By 1872, the Qing army completely surrounded his capital. To save his people from a massacre, Sultan Suleiman drank a lethal dose of opium, dressed in his finest royal robes, and surrendered himself to the enemy general, begging for the civilians to be spared. (Sadly, the Qing army took his body, beheaded it anyway, and still sacked the city).
The Foundation (1354 AD)
The hospital was commissioned in 755 AH (1354 AD) by Arghun al-Kamili, the Mamluk Governor of Aleppo. He didn't just build it and leave, he established a massive endowment (waqf) from the village of Binnish and others to ensure the facility never ran out of funds. This meant that even the poorest citizens could receive world class care for free.
The Engineering
As you walk toward the western entrance, you see a stunning semi dome with three rows of muqarnas(stalactite) carvings. But the real deal is the masonry. The builders utilized a seismic damping system, layering wooden beams into the stone to absorb the shock of earthquakes. This is exactly why, nearly 700 years later, the Bimaristan stands intact while many surrounding buildings in Aleppo have fallen over the centuries.
The Three Wards
Once inside, the layout of the building is very intentional. It was split into three distinct courtyards to keep the environment organized:
The Philosophy of Care
What’s truly incredible is the focus on mental illness. The designers knew that stress and noise hindered recovery. They built the wards with thick insulation to keep them cool in the summer and soundproofed the walls so that the cries of distressed patients wouldn't disturb others.
To help heal the mind, they used sensory therapy. They didn't use chains, they used the sound of central fountains and light filled courtyards. They even hired musicians to play for the patients, believing that beauty and melody were essential to medical recovery.
The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. It stands as a reminder that hundreds of years ago, the Islamic world was treating the mentally ill with a level of dignity and scientific sophistication that we often mistakenly think is a modern invention.
The Declaration of Jihad
Question I
In the event that Islam is attacked by enemies and the Islamic lands are plundered, and the lives and properties of Muslims are seized; and when the Caliph of Islam has ordered a general mobilization, is it a religious duty for all Muslims—young or old, on foot or mounted—to participate in the Jihad with their wealth and lives, in accordance with the Quranic verse: "Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah"?
Question II
Since it has been established that Russia, England, France, and their allies have attacked the Caliphate and the Islamic lands with their land and sea forces, is it a religious duty for all Muslims who are subjects of the Ottoman Empire or residing in other lands to unite against these governments and personally participate in the Jihad?
Question III
In this case, is it a great sin for those Muslims who, despite the necessity of joining the Jihad, refrain from doing so, thereby incurring divine wrath and severe punishment?
Question IV
In this case, is it strictly forbidden by Sharia for Muslims who are subjects of the aforementioned enemy governments (Russia, England, France) to fight against the Ottoman Islamic government or its allies, and would those who do so be considered murderers and deserving of the fire of Hell?
Question V
In this case, since fighting against the governments of Russia, England, France, and their allies is beneficial to the Caliphate and Islam, is it a religious duty for Muslims living under the rule of these governments to fight against them, especially considering they are at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary, who are the supporters and allies of the Ottoman government?
Translation
Picture 1
>French (Top, Upside Down): Les atrocités Bulgares (The Bulgarian atrocities).
>Ottoman Turkish (Right Side): Edirne'de Karaağaç'ta dörder dörder kollarından bağlanıp Meriç'e atılmış olan İslam ve Rum ahalisi cesetleri
(The bodies of the Muslim and Greek population who were tied four by four by their arms and slaughtered with bayonets in Kuleli, Edirne.)
>Ottoman Turkish (Bottom): Bulgar vahşetleri (Bulgarian brutalities).
Picture 2
>French (Top, Upside Down): Les atrocités Bulgares (The Bulgarian atrocities).
>Ottoman Turkish (Right Side): Edirne'de Karaağaç tabyasında suret-i gaddaranede katledilen esra-yı Osmaniye cesetleri
(The bodies of Ottoman prisoners who were cruelly murdered at the Karaağaç bastion in Edirne).
>Ottoman Turkish (Bottom): Bulgar vahşetleri (Bulgarian brutalities).
Picture 3
>French (Top): Les atrocités Bulgares (The Bulgarian atrocities).
>Ottoman Turkish (Right Side): Edirne'de Karaağaç'ta dörder dörder kollarından bağlanıp Meriç'e atılmış olan İslam ve Rum ahalisi cesetleri
(The bodies of Muslim and Greek inhabitants in Edirne, Karaağaç, who were tied by their arms in groups of four and thrown into the Maritsa [Meriç] River).
>Ottoman Turkish (Bottom): Bulgar vahşetleri (Bulgarian brutalities).
Picture 4
>Ottoman Turkish (Vertical, Left): Uzunköprü'nün istirdadı günü Bulgarlar firar ederken katlettikleri asker ve ahali cesetleri
(The bodies of soldiers and civilians murdered by the Bulgarians while they were fleeing on the day Uzunköprü was recaptured).
>Ottoman Turkish (Bottom): Bulgar canavarlarının vahşetlerinden bir numune (A sample of the brutalities of the Bulgarian monsters).
Picture 5
>Ottoman Turkish (Vertical, Right): Bulgarların vahşetinden bir gûne (A [different] kind of Bulgarian brutality).
>Ottoman Turkish (Bottom): Edirne'de Yörük köyünde Bulgarların katlettikleri esra-yı Osmaniye'den bir kaçı...
(A few of the Ottoman prisoners murdered by the Bulgarians in the village of Yörük in Edirne...).
We often think of the Kaaba’s cubic shape as its original design, but history and Hadith tell a different story. It was actually a "budget constraint" 1,400 years ago that gave us the shape we see today.
1. The 605 CE Rebuild
Five years before the first revelation, the Quraysh had to rebuild the Kaaba due to damage from flash floods and fire. They vowed that they would only use pure money. This meant no funds from:
Ironically, because they were so strict about the source of the funds, they actually ran out of money. To finish the project, they had to shorten the length of the building, turning it from a rectangle into the cube we see today.
2. The Prophet’s (PBUH) Dilemma
The Prophet (PBUH) knew the Kaaba was originally rectangular (the Ibrahimic foundation). While he wanted to restore it to its original shape, he famously refrained. Why? Political Stability.
He told Aisha (RA) that because the Meccans had only recently entered Islam, restructuring the Kaaba might have caused massive civil unrest. He chose the peace of the community over the architectural accuracy of the building.
3. The Ibn al-Zubayr Restoration (683 CE)
During the Second Fitna (civil war), the Kaaba was severely damaged by fire and catapults during the Umayyad siege of Mecca. Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, who then held Mecca, decided this was the opportunity to fulfill the Prophet's original wish. He:
4. The Final Reversion
After the Umayyads defeated Ibn al-Zubayr, the general Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf wanted to erase the legacy of his rival. He consulted the Caliph, and they decided to restore the Kaaba back to the cubic design of the Quraysh era, the shape the Prophet (PBUH) had lived with. That is the structure that has remained largely unchanged for over 1,300 years
The Legacy: The Hatim (Hijr Ismail)
If you look at the Kaaba today, there is a low semi circular wall (the Hatim) on one side. This isn't just a decorative fence those few stones symbolize the original boundary of the Kaaba. When you pray inside that semi circle, you are technically praying inside the Kaaba.
Note I didn’t link the source because the site sunnah.com isn’t working for me if anyone can put links in comment would be great.(Tried clearing cache, changing browser everything)
Sahih al-Bukhari: Hadith 1586, 1583 and Sahih Muslim1333 (c)
#Never_Forget 🇩🇿
Sarajevo Safari is the name for an alleged war tourism phenomenon during the siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996) involving human hunting.
According to the reports, wealthy foreign men were enabled, for large monetary fees, to shoot at civilians in the besieged city with sniper rifles for entertainment purposes.
John Jordan, a former US Marine and firefighter, testified in The Hague in 2007 during the trial of General Dragomir Milošević, commander of the VRS's Sarajevo-Romanija Corps.
>Jordan stated under oath that on "several occasions" he had seen individuals he described as "tourist snipers."
He noted that they "did not appear to be locals" based on their "clothing, weaponry, and the way they were being escorted by local officers."
1. Background
Before 1911, Libya was the heart of the Senussi Order. This wasn’t just a religious group they were the backbone of the country. They built the schools, ran the courts, and managed the trade routes. They were proud Bedouins who answered to no one but Allah and the Caliph.
2. Italy’s "Fourth Shore" (Quarta Sponda)
In 1911, Italy decided they needed to be real Romans again. They looked at Libya and saw a "Fourth Shore" to dump their poor peasants on essentially a settler colonial project. They expected to be welcomed as liberators from the Turks. Instead, they walked into a 20 years of Libyan resistance.
3. The Butcher: Rodolfo Graziani
When the Italians realized they couldn't win on the battlefield, they sent General Rodolfo Graziani.
The Propaganda: He was called a "hero" of the state.
The Reality: He was a coward. In WWII, when faced with the British army, he had a nervous breakdown and hid in a bunker 60 feet underground. He was only "brave" when he was dropping poison gas on shepherds and children who couldn’t shoot back.
4. The Camps & The Fence
Graziani’s strategy wasn't war, it was extinction.
He built a 270km barbed wire fence along the Egyptian border to cage the population.
He forced 110,000 people into desert death traps like El Agheila. By the time they closed, 60,000 Libyans had been starved to death or killed by typhus.
Despite international bans, Italy rained Mustard Gas and Phosgene on tribes and poisoned their wells so they had nothing to come home to.
Inmates at the Sid Ahmed el Maghrun concentration camp
5. Omar Mukhtar
The soul of the resistance was a 73 year old Quran teacher. For two decades, Omar Mukhtar used guerrilla tactics to humiliate Italian tanks.
When he was finally captured in 1931, they gave him a 3 hour fake trial and hanged him in front of 20,000 starving prisoners. They thought killing the man would kill the cause, they only succeeded in making him an eternal legend.
Omar Mukhtar publicly hanged in front of this people without a fair trial.
6. The Rape of the Green Mountain: Mabruchismo
Historians like Ali Abdullatif Ahmida have exposed the horror the "Good Italian" myth hides.
>The degenerate practice known as Mabruchismo (from the Arabic mabrouka, meaning "blessed," used mockingly by the Italians).
Italian officers routinely seized young Libyan girls as forced concubines.
Reports describe soldiers entering mosques to rape women and children, then disemboweling them and pinning their bodies to walls with bayonets as "warnings."
7. How does present day Italy responds ?
In 2008, Italy signed a treaty apologising for the blood but it was mostly a deal for oil and gas.
The real slap in the face? In 2012, a national monument was built to honor The Butcher Graziani in his hometown of Affile. Italy still calls him a "General." History knows him as a war criminal who hid in a hole after starving an entire nation.
