#3447355 in Books 1996-06-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 #File Name: 189794046780 pages
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. KashKash came in 888; and Columbus was 500 years late!By Robert A. WilliamsDr. Quick wrote this short treatise more than ten years ago and built upon Van Sertima's "They Came Before Columbus"; which was published during the '70s. No doubt Quick's research has inspired the more recent book in this genre titled "1491".In short; Quick tells us that Muslims long knew that the earth was round rather than flat as the Catholics believed. Before the creation of Spain in 1479; Iberia was mostly Muslim with a noted Jewish community (hence Catholics today holding the first name of "Jesus" when they're supposed to believe in trinity rather than mere prophethood - this is cultural baggage from their Muslim days).The city of Cordoba was known back then as Qurtabah; and KashKash of Qurtabah had sailed west in 888 and returned with a ship filled with gold - everyone knew this legend even at the time of Columbus. And guess where Columbus studied? That's right - the same place he fathered an illegitimate child - Qurtabah; which was called Cordoba by then.Columbus; who had also studied at Prince Henry's Navigation School in Portugal; put two and two together and figured out that the legend of KashKash was more than likely true. Columbus figured that KashKash had gone west to India and returned with some of their gold. And everyone during Columbus's time knew that India was richer than all the nations of Europe put together.So Columbus approached the ruling monarchs of the new country called Spain and made his pitch of getting Indian gold - Muslim Indian gold! And the monarchs; fattened from the gold of the conquered Iberian Muslims; licked their chops at the prospect of stealing Indian Muslim gold and financed his raid. The unfortunate Native Americans were mistaken for gold-rich Indians; and the rest is hidden in "his story".This is an important book. Yes; European Muslims came to the Mayas and the resulting small pox wiped out their city long before Columbus and the Catholics. KashKash unwittingly had left behind smallpox. For over two centuries no Native American went near the smallpox-contaminated Mayan city. With the rise of the Aztecs; the Native Americans slowly went back to that cursed site. Then Columbus followed by Cortes brought back the smallpox - it was nearly genocide.This small treatise should sit on one's shelf beside a copy of the Diary of Columbus. Yes; he kept one. And you will shed tears for the innocent American victims of Spanish cruelty.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Flamur Vehapi; AuthorA work of great importance! Highly recommend it to Muslim and non-Muslim readers alike.
