Sababu halisi ya uvamizi wa Andalus ilikuwa kisasi ambacho Ulaya ilikuwa ikikitamani tangu kushindwa kwake kwa kudhalilisha katika vita vya Msalaba. Baada ya pigo kali walilopata kutoka kwa Waislamu, na baada ya kufukuzwa kutoka katika ardhi za Waislamu, Wamagharibi walibeba chuki dhidi ya Waislamu. Nyoyo zao zilijaa chuki na uovu dhidi ya Waislamu. Hawakuthubutu kurudia jaribio lao Mashariki, kwa sababu walijua kwamba Waislamu wangeweza kuzuia shambulio lolote huko. Walidhani kwamba kisasi kingekuwa rahisi kupatikana Andalus. Baada ya muda, Ulaya ilielekeza mashambulizi yake kwa Andalus na kuiraruraua kikatili, ikitumia gilotini na majiko ya kuchomea maiti dhidi ya wakazi wake. Ilikuwa ya kikatili zaidi kuliko wanyama wa mwituni, ikiwa ni mojawapo ya matendo ya aibu na ya kudharauliwa kabisa yaliyofanywa na Magharibi. Hata hivyo, walichochewa na kutojali kwa Waislamu katika kuiunga mkono Andalus.

The real cause behind the invasion of Andalus was the revenge which Europe yearned for ever since their humiliating defeat in the crusader wars. After the crushing blow they were dealt by the Muslims, and after they had been chased away from Muslim lands, the Westerners carried a grudge against the Muslims. Their hearts were filled with hatred and malice towards the Muslims. They would not dare repeat their venture in the East, for they knew that the Muslims would be able to repel any offensive there. They thought that revenge would be easier to obtain in Andalus. In time, Europe directed its onslaught to Andalus and savagely ripped it apart using guillotines and crematoriums on its inhabitants. It was more savage than by beasts, being one of the most despicable of many shameful acts carried out by the West. Nevertheless, they were encouraged by the neglect of the Muslims in supporting Andalus.

Waislamu walikuwa na nguvu za kutosha wakati huo na walikuwa katika nafasi ya kuisaidia kijeshi Wilayah hiyo (mkoa) dhidi ya maadui zake wa Magharibi. Hata hivyo, Waislamu walilegea na kuiacha Andalus kuwa mawindo rahisi. Hali hii iliwahimiza Wamagharibi kuendelea kufikiria kulipiza kisasi, na lau isingekuwa nguvu za Waislamu, hasa Dola ya 'Uthmani, mashambulizi yangeshika kasi na kuja upesi kwenye ardhi nyingine zote za Kiislamu. Ni nguvu kubwa za Waislamu na ushindi wa sehemu kubwa za Ulaya uliofanywa na Waothmani waliovamia ndiyo uliowatia hofu kubwa Wamagharibi na kuwalazimisha kufikiri mara mbili kabla ya kuthubutu kuanzisha jambo lolote la haraka dhidi ya Waislamu, wasije wakashindwa kama walivyoshindwa katika Vita vya Msalaba.

The Muslims were strong enough at the time and in a position to militarily assist that Wilayah (province) against its Western foes. However, the Muslims slackened and left Andalus an easy prey. This encouraged the West to think even further about revenge and had it not been for the might of the Muslims, especially the ‘Uthmani State, the raids would have come strong and fast on the rest of the Muslim lands. It was the sheer might of the Muslims and the conquest of large parts of Europe by the invading ‘Uthmanis which caused great fright among the Westerners and pressed them to think twice about embarking on any rash venture against the Muslims lest they get defeated in the style of the crusades.

Uvamizi wa Magharibi ulilazimika kuchelewa hadi nusu ya pili ya karne ya kumi na nane. Ni hapo tu ndipo vilio vya kudorora vilipoukumba ulimwengu wa Kiislamu. Hivyo, Waislamu walipoacha kueneza ujumbe wa Kiislamu kimataifa, na ari ya Uislamu ilipopungua mioyoni mwao na akilini mwao, ndipo ukuu wao na nguvu zao zilipopungua machoni pa adui zao. Kufuatia hayo, uvamizi wa kitamaduni na wa kimisionari dhidi ya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu ukaongezeka, ukiambatana na uvamizi wa kisiasa uliogawanya ardhi za Waislamu.

The Western invasion had to be delayed until the second half of the eighteenth century. Only then had stagnation hit the Islamic world. Thus, with the Muslims abandoning the conveyance of the Islamic message internationally and with the fervor of Islam having waned in their hearts and minds it was only then that their grandeur and might diminished in the eyes of their enemies. Following this, the cultural and missionary invasions of the Islamic world intensified, accompanied by the political invasion that carved up the Muslim lands.

Wakati wa utawala wa Catherine (1762-1796), Urusi ilipigana na Waothmani na kuwashinda. Katika mchakato huo, eneo kubwa lilikatwa kutoka katika ardhi yao. Warusi walichukua mji wa Azov na Rasi ya al-Qaram (Crimea), pamoja na pwani yote ya Kaskazini ya Bahari Nyeusi. Walianzisha mji wa Sevastopol kama kituo cha kijeshi katika rasi hiyo, na wakajenga bandari ya kibiashara ya Odessa kwenye Bahari Nyeusi, Kusini mwa Ukraine. Urusi ikawa jambo kubwa la wasiwasi kwa sera ya kigeni ya Dola ya Waothmani, kwa kujichukulia mamlaka juu ya maamirati wa Kirumi na kujiona kuwa mlinzi wa Ukristo ndani ya Dola ya Waothmani.

During the rule of Catherine (1762-1796), Russia fought the ‘Uthmanis and defeated them. In the process, a large area was sliced off of their land. The Russians took the city of Azov and the al-Qaram Peninsula (the Crimea), as well as the whole of the Northern coast of the Black sea. They founded the city of Sevastopol as a military base in the Peninsula and built the commercial port of Odessa on the Black Sea in the South of the Ukraine. Russia became a major concern for the foreign policy of the ‘Uthmani State by assuming sovereignty over the Roman emirates and considering herself the protector of Christianity within the ‘Uthmani State.

Mwaka 1884, Urusi ilikata Turkistan yote kutoka Dola ya Kiislamu, kisha ikakamilisha uvamizi wa Qafqas yote. Hata hivyo, Urusi haikuwa dola pekee iliyopinga Waothmani; mataifa mengine ya Magharibi nayo yalifanya hivyo. Tarehe 1 Julai 1798, Napoleon alishambulia Misri na haraka akaikalia. Mwezi Februari 1799, alishambulia bandari ya kusini ya al-Sham na kuteka Gazza, al-Ramlah na Yafa. Alisimama karibu na ngome ya Akka (maarufu katika Vita vya Msalaba kama Acre), lakini shambulio lake lilidhoofika, hivyo akarudi Misri, kisha Ufaransa, na jaribio lake hatimaye likashindwa mwaka 1801. Hata hivyo, ingawa kampeni yake haikufanikiwa na ilishindwa, iliathiri sana Dola ya Waothmani. Baada ya tukio hilo, karibu nchi zote za Ulaya zilijipanga kuishambulia dunia ya Kiislamu na kuikalia sehemu za ardhi yake. Wafaransa waliikalia Algeria mwaka 1830, na wakaendelea kujaribu kuikalia Tunisia hadi walipofanikiwa mwaka 1881. Waliikalia Marrakesh mwaka 1912. Waitaliano waliikalia Tripoli mwaka 1911, na hili likaashiria kutengwa kwa Afrika Kaskazini, ambayo haikuwa tena chini ya utawala wa Kiislamu, kutoka Dola ya Waothmani. Ilianza kutawaliwa na makafiri, na ikakaliwa moja kwa moja nao kama koloni.

In 1884, Russia cut the whole of Turkistan from the Islamic State, and then completed its occupation of all of Qafqas. However, Russia was not the only state to challenge the ‘Uthmanis, the rest of the Western powers did so too. On July 1st, 1798, Napoleon attacked Egypt and quickly occupied her. In February, 1799, he attacked the southern port of al-Sham and seized Gazza, al-Ramlah and Yafa. He stood near the fort of Akka (famous in the crusades as Acre), but his onslaught faltered and so he returned to Egypt, then to France and his venture finally failed in 1801. However, despite the fact that his campaign proved unsuccessful and abortive, it deeply affected the ‘Uthmani State. In its aftermath, most of the countries of Europe queued up to attack the Islamic world and occupy parts of its land. The French occupied Algeria in 1830, and worked towards occupying Tunisia until they did so in 1881. They occupied Marrakesh in 1912. The Italians occupied Tripoli in 1911 and this marked the separation of North Africa, which was no longer under Islamic rule, from the ‘Uthmani State. It came to be ruled by the disbelievers and was directly colonized by them.

Wazungu hawakuishia hapo, bali waliendelea kukamilisha kuimarisha ukoloni wao juu ya sehemu zilizobaki za Dola. Uingereza iliikalia Aden mwaka 1839, na ikapanua mkataba wake ili kujumuisha Lahaj na Himaya nyingine tisa ambazo zilienea kuanzia mpaka wa Yemen ya Kusini hadi Mashariki ya Rasi. Waingereza walikuwa wameshaikamata India zamani, na hivyo wakawaondoa Waislamu katika mamlaka yao juu yake. Walilenga hasa ukandamizaji wao juu ya Waislamu, ambao ndio waliokuwa wenye mamlaka nchini India; Waingereza hivyo wakauteka mamlaka hayo na kuikoloni India. Kisha wakaanza mchakato unaolenga kudhoofisha msimamo wa Waislamu kwa ujumla.

The Westerners did not stop there but continued to complete the consolidation of their occupation of the remaining parts of the State. Britain occupied Aden in 1839 and expanded its covenant to include the Lahaj and the other nine Protectorates which spread from the Southern Yemeni border to the East of the Peninsula. The British had long before seized India, therefore, stripping the Muslims from their authority over it in the process. They specifically concentrated their oppression on the Muslims, who had been the people in authority in India, the British thus seized that authority and colonized India. Then they began a process aimed at weakening the Muslim stand in general.

Mwaka 1882, Uingereza iliiteka Misri, na mwaka 1898 ikateka Sudani. Wakati huo huo, Uholanzi ilikalia Hindi ya Mashariki; Afghanistan iliwekwa chini ya shinikizo la Uingereza na Urusi, na Iran nayo ikapata shinikizo hilo hilo. Mashambulizi ya Magharibi dhidi ya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu yaliongezeka kiasi kwamba ilionekana kwamba ulimwengu huo ungeangukia kabisa chini ya utawala wa Magharibi, na kwamba kampeni ya Wakrusadi ilikuwa imeanza tena na ilikuwa ikipata mafanikio baada ya mafanikio. Hatua zilichukuliwa kupinga uvamizi huu wa Magharibi na kupunguza shinikizo lake kubwa. Harakati za upinzani zilizuka sehemu kadhaa. Mapinduzi yalizuka Algeria, Waislamu wa China walinyanyuka kwa silaha, na vivyo hivyo Mahdiyya nchini Sudani. Mapinduzi ya Sanusiyya nayo yalizuka. Jambo hili lilidhihirisha kwamba bado kulikuwa na aina fulani ya uhai ndani ya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu licha ya kudhoofika kwake na udhaifu wake. Hata hivyo, majaribio haya yote yalishindwa kabisa, na hayakufanikiwa kuuokoa ulimwengu wa Kiislamu.

In 1882, Britain seized Egypt and in 1898 Sudan. Meanwhile, Holland occupied the East Indies; Afghanistan was put under Anglo-Russian pressure and so was Iran. The Western onslaught on the Islamic world intensified until it was felt that it was about to fall under Western hegemony altogether and that the crusaders’ campaign had been resumed and was achieving success after success. Steps were taken to resist this Western invasion and to minimize its heavy pressure. Resistance movements broke out in several places. A revolution erupted in Algeria, the Muslims of China rose up in arms, as did the Mahdyyun in Sudan. The Sanusyya revolution also erupted. This actually proved that there was still some kind of vitality left within the Islamic world despite its decline and weakness. However, all these attempts completely failed and they never did manage to salvage the Islamic world.

Magharibi, pamoja na uvamizi wake wa kijeshi, ilianza kuugawanya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu kiutamaduni na kisiasa, ikaendelea kuzikata sehemu nyingine za ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, na ikajitahidi kwa ukaidi kuiangamiza Dola ya ‘Uthmani, kwa kuwa hii ilikuwa Dola ya Kiislamu iliyowakilisha Waislamu duniani kote. Kwa lengo hili, Magharibi ilianzisha makundi ya kikabila na ya kizalendo. Kwanza kabisa, iliwachochea watu wa Balkan kuasi mwaka 1804. Maasi kama haya yalifadhiliwa na Magharibi, na hatimaye yalipelekea Balkan kupata uhuru wake mwaka 1878.

The West, in addition to its military invasion, set about dividing the Islamic world culturally and politically, and went on to sever other parts of the Islamic world and worked tenaciously towards destroying the ‘Uthmani State, for this was the Islamic State that represented the Muslims world-wide. With this purpose in mind the West established ethnic and nationalist groups. To begin with, they incited the people of the Balkans to rebel in 1804. Such rebellions as these were financed by the West and they eventually led in 1878 to the Balkans gaining their independence.

Nchi za kigeni pia ziliichochea Ugiriki kuasi mwaka 1821, hadi uasi huu, kwa kuingilia kwao, ulipomalizika kwa Ugiriki kupata uhuru wake kutoka Dola ya ‘Uthmani mwaka 1830. Ilikuwa katika hatua hii ndipo Balkan nazo zikafuata mkondo huo, hadi kivuli cha Dola ya ‘Uthmani hakikuwa tena kikitanda juu ya Krete, Kipro na visiwa vingi vya Bahari ya Mediterania ambavyo ilivitawala zamani. Wakazi wengi wa maeneo haya baadaye walifukuzwa majumbani mwao na kulazimika kukimbia kutokana na ukatili wa makafiri. Walitafuta hifadhi katika nchi za Kiarabu ambazo bado zilikuwa ardhi ya Kiislamu na zilibaki sehemu ya Dola ya Kiislamu. Wacherkesi, Wabosnia, Washechen na wengineo ni watoto wa mashujaa wale waliokataa kujisalimisha kwa utawala wa makafiri, wakakimbia pamoja na Dini yao kuelekea usalama wa nyumba ya Kiislamu na utawala wa Kiislamu.

The foreign powers also incited Greece to rebel in 1821 until this rebellion, thanks to their intervention, ended in Greece gaining its independence from the ‘Uthmani State in 1830. It was at this stage then that the Balkans followed suit, until the shadow of the ‘Uthmani State no longer engulfed Crete, Cyprus and most of the Mediterranean Islands which it had once governed over. Most of the inhabitants of these places were subsequently expelled from their homes and forced to flee due to the savagery of the disbelievers. They sought refuge in the Arab countries which were still Muslim land and remained part of the Islamic State. The Circassians, the Bushnaks, the Chechens and others are the sons of those heroes who refused to yield to the rule of the disbelievers and fled with their Deen to the safety of the Islamic household and Islamic rule.

Maadui wa Magharibi walienda mbali zaidi, wakiwahimiza kwa siri na kuwaunga mkono harakati za kujitenga ndani ya Waislamu wenyewe, yaani kati ya Waarabu na Waturuki. Waliziunga mkono harakati za kizalendo na kusaidia kuanzishwa kwa vyama vya kisiasa vya Kituruki na Kiarabu, kama vile “Chama cha Waturuki Vijana” (Young Turks) na “Chama cha Muungano na Maendeleo”, “Chama cha Uhuru wa Waarabu”, “Chama cha Ahadi (Al-A’hd)”, na vingine. Matokeo yake, mwili wa Dola ulitikiswa kwa nguvu kutoka ndani na ukaanza kubomoka, pamoja na uvamizi wa kigeni. Nguvu zisizoamini ziliona ni jambo lenye matumaini makubwa kuelekeza mashambulizi yao dhidi ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, zikichukua ardhi iliyobaki yake na kuiangamiza Dola ya Kiislamu kwa kuifuta kabisa katika uhai. Hili lilikuwa mwanzoni mwa Vita vya Kwanza vya Dunia, ambavyo Dola ya ‘Uthmani ililazimishwa kuingia ndani yake na ambavyo vilimalizika kwa kushindwa kwake. Washirika walitokea kuwa washindi, nao wakaligawanya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu miongoni mwao kama nyara za vita. Kilichobaki cha Dola ya Kiislamu kilikuwa ardhi ya Kituruki, ambayo ilijulikana kama Uturuki na ambayo mwishoni mwa vita mwaka 1918 ilibaki chini ya huruma ya nguvu za Magharibi hadi mwaka 1921, ilipofanikiwa kwa upande wake kujipatia uhuru kutoka kwao baada ya kuwapa washirika dhamana kwamba itaachana na mfumo wa utawala wa Kiislamu.

The Westerners went even further and secretly encouraged and supported separatist movements among the Muslims themselves within the State, i.e. between Arabs and Turks. They backed the nationalist movements and helped to establish Turkish and Arab political parties such as the “Turkyya al-Fatah Party” (Young Turks), the “Union and Progress Party”, the “Arab Independence Party”, and the “Covenant (Al-A’hd) Party”, amongst others. This resulted in the State’s body being violently shaken from within and it began to crumble, coupled with foreign invasions. The disbelieving forces found it very promising to direct their onslaught against the Islamic world, seizing the rest of its land and destroying the Islamic State by wiping it out of existence. This was at the start of the First World War which the ‘Uthmani State was forced into and which ended in its defeat. The allies emerged as the victors and they divided the Islamic world between them as war booty. All that remained of the Islamic State was Turkish land which came to be known as Turkey and which remained at the end of the war in 1918 at the mercy of the Western forces until 1921, when she in turn managed to gain her independence from them after giving the allies guarantees that she would abandon the Islamic system of government.