Re: black salafi imam: arabs are the 'master race'
The cultures remained local...the language changed for the most part in the former Byzantine territories. Not so much in Persia, or other African states.
Actually, that is the case in much of the Middle East. Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, the Maghreb...none of these areas were culturally or linguistically Arab before the advent of Islam.
The areas continue to be culturally diverse...any homogenization is no doubt the result of centuries of interaction during cosmopolitan Imperial rule.
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Religion and language/culture aren't the same thing. The French forced their language on the Africans, but not always their religion. The Arabs gradually forced their language on the North Africans...but let them convert to Islam at their own pace.
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Impossible. Forcing language is only possible through a schooling system...the experience in the colonies among the native peoples show this....children were literally taken from their parents and "educated". There was no such movement, unless we're talking about Janasary or Mamluks...not enough to explain the arabization of a region.
On the other hand, when the ruiling elite adopt a particular language, it tends to become the lingua franca. Much like Urdu. Or English.
Do note that Persian remains the spoken language in modern Iran.