u/SeaOk304

I want to ask my fellow secular and atheist Imazighen how they process the history of the Almohads, Almoravids, and Marinids.

We are talking about:

• The Almohad Navy: At one point the most powerful fleet in the world.
• The Currency: The Almohad dirham was so stable and dominant that Christian enemies were forced to use it for trade. It was the "Reserve Currency" of the era.
• Architecture & Science: The engineering behind the Giralda or the Marinid Madrasas was North African, not Middle Eastern.

As someone who is secular or atheist, how do you feel about this? It’s a paradox: our ancestors reached the peak of world civilization and proved we were superior to the East at the time, but they did it while being extremely religious (sometimes even fundamentalist).

Do you claim this as "Amazigh Pride" regardless of the religion? And does it frustrate you that people credit "Arab/Islam" for these achievements instead of acknowledging the masmoudas, zenatis etc power and organization that made it possible?