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- noun a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain
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Examples
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In the 11th century, the religiously conservative Almoravid movement swept the Muslim kingdom of Andalusia in reaction to its liberal ways, especially its embrace of progressive thought and acceptance of non-Muslims.
Beware the 'Turkish Model' Soner Cagaptay 2011
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The site of the mosque is itself historic, having been originally occupied by a late 11th-century Kasbah, the Almoravid Dar el Hajar House of Stone.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The site of the mosque is itself historic, having been originally occupied by a late 11th-century Kasbah, the Almoravid Dar el Hajar House of Stone.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The victorious Almohads destroyed much of the Almoravid city they found.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The site of the mosque is itself historic, having been originally occupied by a late 11th-century Kasbah, the Almoravid Dar el Hajar House of Stone.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The victorious Almohads destroyed much of the Almoravid city they found.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The victorious Almohads destroyed much of the Almoravid city they found.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The victorious Almohads destroyed much of the Almoravid city they found.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The site of the mosque is itself historic, having been originally occupied by a late 11th-century Kasbah, the Almoravid Dar el Hajar House of Stone.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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“The Almoravid attempts to impose a considerably different view of Islamic society on the Andalusians provoked relentless civil unrest,” writes Menocal.17 “In 1109, not even twenty years after these newcomers had been invited in as allies, anti-Almoravid riots broke out in Cordoba following the public book-burning of a work by al-Ghazali, a legendary Persian theologian whose humane approach to Islam, despite its orthodoxy, was too liberal for the fanatical Almoravids.”
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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