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The history of Islam in Sicily and southern Italy began with Arab colonization in Sicily, at Mazara, which was captured in 827. [1] The subsequent rule of Sicily and Malta started in the 10th century. [2] The Emirate of Sicily lasted from 831 until 1061, and controlled the whole island by 965.
The Muslim conquest of Sicily began in June 827 and lasted until 902, when the last major Byzantine stronghold on the island, Taormina, fell.Isolated fortresses remained in Byzantine hands until 965, but the island was henceforth under Muslim rule until conquered in turn by the Normans in the 11th century.
Raids into Southern Italy continued under the Kalbids into the 11th century, and in 982 a joint Christian army under the Emperor Otto II and the brothers Landulf and Pandulf was defeated at Stilo near Crotone in Calabria. But Emir Abu'l-Qasim was killed in battle and with Emir Yusuf al-Kalbi (986–998) a period of steady decline began. Under ...
Anti-Islamic attacks following the September 2001 bombings in Sicily and Southern Italy On 24 January 2004, a rock thrown from a car broke through the window of the entrance to the Mosque of Segrate ,
The Emirate of Bari (Arabic: إمارة باري) was a short-lived Islamic state in Apulia, in what is now Italy, ruled by non-Arabs, probably Berbers and perhaps Black West Africans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Controlled from the South Italian city of Bari , it was established in about 847 CE when the region was taken from the Byzantine Empire , but ...
The Hohenstaufen castle of Lucera. The Muslim settlement of Lucera was the result of the decision of the King of Sicily Frederick II of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (1194–1250) to move 20,000 Sicilian Muslims to Lucera, a settlement in Apulia in southern Italy.
The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula (including Benevento, which was briefly held twice), the archipelago of Malta, and parts of North Africa.
A large force landed at Porto and Ostia in 846, annihilating the garrison of Nova Ostia. [3] The Arabs struck following the Tiber and the Ostiense and Portuense roads, as the Roman militia hastily retreated to the safety of the Roman walls. [1] [3] At the same time, other Arab forces landed at Centumcellae, marching towards Rome. [3]