In order to modernize their society, Muslim governments sent missions of students to Western Europe during the 19th century. These students would return with their own observations regarding the West in the hopes that their success could be replicated back home. A generation of ambitious Muslim students and scholars alike pondered the question “Is Islam Compatible With The West”. While many contributed to this new rise of Western learning, the Egyptian Rifa’a al-Tahtawi’s works would be among the most important in Islamic history as it is from his writings that the modern Muslim identity changes forever.

Big thank you to @sultanskinny for his help with the script. Check out his channel for more informative content on the Middle East:    / @sultanskinny3094  

FREE NEWSLETTER:
https://mailchi.mp/a69f93be6c66/hikma...

- Become a Patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming and keep the movement going!
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12397811

Massive thank you to our Patreons:
Callum
Derek
Richard
Pedro
Muhammad
Igor
Aman
Shawn
William
Tahsin
Zaki
Sam
Elman
Walid
Areeb
Edgar
Claudius
Bilal
Rob
Kjetil
Amin
Deniz
Yehoshua
Artin
Adam
Farid
Ibrahim
Ari
Joshua
Haseeb
Mahmoud
Joel
CoreBard

- Join our social media community:
Twitter:
  / hikmahistory  

Instagram:
  / hikmahistory  

Facebook:
  / hikmahistory  

Facebook group:
  / hikma.  .

#middleeast #islamhistorydocumentary #islam

Images Used:

Music Used:

Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall (Sting):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRzD...

If any of the images or songs are yours, please let me know I will amend them. Please don't report me straight away!

0:00 Intro
1:55 Al-Tahtawi's Early Life
3:17 The Extraction of Gold
6:58 His Vision
12:28 His Legacy