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@anika99 Respectfully, I think I get this gist or intent of your comment. However, it seems this thread is not about greed. There is not a post that mentions the slave trade or any other commerce implications. From my interpretation, this thread is about hegemony, cultural hegemony specifically. To be sure, the imposition of hegemony leads to confiscation and acquisition of properties of other cultures, which could be considered greed. But the main thrust of the Muslim conquest of North Africa, the Sahel, and sub-Sahara (there is a link in my first post) was to "spread Islam by the sword." The acquisition or stealing of resources was, if you will, collateral damage. A major tenet of Islam is that other cultures and religions are inferior and the infidels and their cultures must be destroyed. Islam was/is about destroying not coveting other cultures. The destruction of the libraries and sites at Tombuctoo and the blowing up of the Buddhas of Bamiyan are recent examples of this principle in action. Nonetheless, if you were to start a thread about greed (particularly the African slave trade), it would apply to the same apologists and deniers being addressed in this thread. In particular, it would apply to the folks over at http://www.arabslavetrade.com/ who produced that lying, slanted documentary Motherland and who make silly arguments that Islamic slavery of black Africans was better for the slaves than American (read Christianity) slavery. I guess that would be akin to a women being half pregnant. Much respect.

I repeat: Is there any difference between black greed or white and arab greed...but this is what Afro-centrics and those with a Pan African mindset cleverly ignores.