The role of the Sufis in the Islamic Jihad movement against the Spanish Crusader kingdoms in Andalusia historical studay

Abstract

 The research revolves around the Sufis role in the Islamic Jihad movement in the land of Andalusia against the crusader attacks that were carried out by the Spanish Christians and those who supported and assisted them from the Crusaders of Western European countries on the lands of Arabs and Islam in those countries, since the beginning of the emergence of Sufism, which took the form of asceticism and asceticism in its first signs. Until the fall of Granada in 897 AH / 1492 AD. It became clear that Sufi sheikhs and followers played an important and effective role in the Islamic Jihad movement against the Crusader-Christian kingdoms in the north, and had a positive impact in serving the Andalusian national cause, which led to strengthening the position of Sufism in the hearts of the people of Andalusia who They tended to ascetics and Sufis, and looked at them with respect and appreciation, and worked to get close to them and turn them in, Which made Andalusia a distinctive Sufi center Islamic mysticism This is from one side and from the other, the temporal authorities worked in some periods to get close to Sufism and try to win their support for it To take advantage of them in the jihad war against the Christian kingdoms and those who support them from the crusaders of Western Europe, after seeing that they constitute a force that has weight and influence in the Andalusian society, especially during the era of Al-Mansur bin Abi Amer and some of the Almohad caliphs, and more clearly during the era of the Nasrid sultans in the kingdom Granada and those who worked to get closer to the people of Sufism and the owners of dignity.