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European life is centrist today, making the public perception of the word "Barbarian" negative.
This can not be separated from the bad experience of Europe over the Barbarians.
The Barbarians are a western term to the nation of Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and beyond.
They knew Islam during the Umayyad Caliphate.
After recognizing Islam, they became part of a formidable army of Muslims.
In 711, a Barbarian war commander named Thariq bin Ziyad, was sent to the southern coast of Spain.
He founded a camp near the mountain, which came to be known as Jabal Thariq, aka Gibraltar.
Spanish territory then one by one subdued in the hands of Thariq, entered into the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate.
The story becomes a bitter moment of Europe that is not easily forgotten.
Then, Spain, or Andalusia, has made great progress for hundreds of years.
At the same time, other European neighbors were wallowing in the dark ages.
Generally a prosperous country for hundreds of years, the pleasure of the world weakens the ghiroh of the ummah.
In the 1100s, Muslim rulers in Andalusia were caught in a split.
They are divided in small kingdoms called Ta'ifa.
The opportunity was exploited by the small Christian countries around it to seize the prosperous region.
But they were forced to swallow the bitter pill for the second time.
Again the Barbarians led by Yusuf Ibn Tasyfin came to the rescue.
They call themselves the Murabitun movement, which means; "the people who hold fast to Shari'at"
It is a historical pattern, that when the Islamic world experiences a political division, there is a group of people who invite back to the amuwah and the Shari'a.
As a result, that sincere and pure movement will prevail.
Barbarian nation that once was conquered Roman, after knowing Islam turned into conqueror of former colonizer.
This vengeful resentment made Europe use the term "Barbarians" in negative connotations.
Today, when Europe gets a turn as a winner of civilization, the term is exhaled to some Muslims who do not understand their own history.