The Islamic Conquest of the Maghreb and the Position of the Local Population towards the Islamic-Christian (Byzantine) Conflict in the Region

Abstract

     the Mediterranean Sea was an open field for Christianity and Christian thought that penetrated the region and controlled most of its peoples. In the face of this situation, massive human waves moved towards the Maghreb and the western basin of the Mediterranean, with the goal of spreading the Islamic religion, expelling Christianity, and eliminating Christians, which was the first spark for the beginning of the Islamic-Christian conflict in the western basin of the Mediterranean. Based on that, we pose the question: Next: How did the process of Islamic conquest of the Maghreb begin and what is the nature of the Islamic-Christian conflict in the western Mediterranean basin? The importance of researching the Islamic-Christian conflict in the western Mediterranean basin during the seventh and eighth centuries AD.