of backwardness of the Arabic world in Eritrea and the Horn of Africa?
Many have tried but some have successfully reversed Arabozation. Will the Agazians lead the way for
a future with the proud Agazian languages of Tigre and Tigrinya as their core values.
See who had done before in history:
Reversing Arabization
Historic reversions
Invasion of Malta (1091)
Main article: Norman invasion of Malta
The invaders besieged Medina (modern Mdina), the main settlement on the island, but the inhabitants managed to negotiate peace terms. The Muslims freed Christian captives, swore an oath of loyalty to Roger and paid him an annual tribute. Roger's army then sacked Gozo and returned to Sicily with the freed captives.
The attack did not bring about any major political change, but it paved the way for the re-Christianization of Malta, which began in 1127. Over the centuries, the invasion of 1091 was romanticized as the liberation of Christian Malta from oppressive Muslim rule, and a number of traditions and legends arose from it, such as the unlikely claim that Count Roger gave his colours red and white to the Maltese as their national colours.
Reconquista (1212-1492)
The Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula is the most notable example for a historic reversion of Arabization. The process of Arabization and Islamization was reversed as the mostly Christian kingdoms in the north of the peninsula conquered Toledo in 1212 and Cordoba in 1236.[61] As Granada was conquered in January 1492 also the last remaining Emirate on the Peninsula was conquered.[62] The re-conquered territories later were Romanized and Christianized, although the culture, languages and religious traditions imposed differed from those of the previous Visigothic kingdom.
Reversions in modern times
In modern times, there have been various political developments to reverse the process of Arabization. Notable among these are:
The 1929 introduction of the Latin Alphabet instead of the Arabic Abjad in Turkey as part of the Kemalist reforms.
The 1992 establishment of Kurdish-dominated polity in the Mesopotamia as Iraqi Kurdistan.
The 2012 establishment of multi-ethnic Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.[63]
Berberism, a Berber political-cultural movement of ethnic, geographic, or cultural nationalism present in Algeria, Morocco and broader North Africa including Mali. The Berberist movement is in opposition to Islamist-driven cultural Arabization and the pan-Arabist political ideology and also associated with secularism.
There is a longstanding campaign in Iran to remove Arabic loanwords from the Persian language or even give up the Arabic Abjad for a different script, e.g. the Manichaean alphabet.[citation needed]
Arabization of Malays was criticized by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor.[64] He urged the retention of Malay culture instead of introducing Arab culture.[65] He called on people to not mind unveiled women, mixed sex handshaking and to using Arabic words in place of Malay words.[66] He suggested Saudi Arabia as a destination for those who wanted Arab culture.[67][68] He said that he was going to adhere to Malay culture himself.[69][70] Abdul Aziz Bari said that Islam and Arab culture are intertwined and criticized the Johor Sultan for what he said.[71] Datuk Haris Kasim also criticized the Sultan for his remarks, he leads the Selangor Islamic Religious Department.[72]
