When there used to be a Muslim kingdom in Vietnam
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Uncover the hidden history of a Muslim kingdom in Vietnam, a tale untold and buried beneath the sands of time. This documentary delves into the intriguing story of how Islam made its way to Vietnam through the bustling trade routes connecting Arabia, Somalia, Persia, India, and China. Discover the ancient Kingdom of Champa, where Muslim merchants laid the foundations of an Islamic community in the heart of Southeast Asia.
Explore the complex tapestry of cultural and religious transformations, marriage alliances, and trade agreements that intertwined the fates of the Cham people with the broader Islamic world. Witness the dramatic rise and fall of Champa, from its zenith to its tragic demise at the hands of the Khmer Empire and later, the Đại Việt kingdom. Through wars, alliances, and the indomitable spirit of the Cham people, the legacy of Islam in Vietnam endured against all odds.
Featuring insights into the influential roles played by the Mongol Empire's Muslim generals and governors, and the poignant account of Princess Huyen Tran's defiance against the Sati tradition, this video paints a vivid picture of a pivotal era in Southeast Asian history.
The saga culminates in the resilient survival of Cham Muslims, who, despite the annihilation of their kingdom, spread across the region, keeping their faith and heritage alive. Join us on a journey back in time to discover the lost Muslim kingdom of Vietnam, a story of faith, resilience, and cultural confluence. - Zábava
My family is Cham Muslim and we are a strong community trying to maintain our identity. Alhamdulilah.
May Allah help you my dear brother.
If you watched the video and understand your ancestor's hertige, you will know that your historic identity isn't Islam. As clearly explained here, your lineage practiced native faith and local traditions before getting colonised through military power and annexation from invaders.
It's ironic now when you talk about preserving traditions that entered from forceful conquests!
@ekvembadi1036 Islam was introduced to Champa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc. through trade, dawah. These Southeast Asian regions specifically were not colonized by forceful Islamic conquests as you state. Instead they were ruled by local sultanates - whose rulers were once Hindu, Buddhist, followed local traditions etc, but then converted to Islam and their people also followed. Actually, Islamization in Southeast Asia helped galvanized local people to revolt and fight against Western, Japanese, Chinese colonizers. Let me know and I can introduce some books to you about Islamic history in Southeast Asia. May peace be with you.
@@aznpr1d3n The idea that indigenous people willfully changed their tradition, religion and way of life due to trade is false narrative.
If you look at it intuitively, it sounds ludicrous that a person would alter their way of life merely cause of trade connection: today, many people use chinese goods, but we don't adopt chinese identity in return.
It is well documented that islamic missionaries siezed power and persecuted indigenous people-whether it was Yazidis in Iraq or zoroastrians in Iran. People who didn't convert their faith and relinquish their native traditions were subjugated to higher taxes, slavery and prejudice. In southeast asia specifically, the rulers of the sultanate used Islam to validate power and control people through sharia law.
To claim a lifestyle that originated in desert away from tropical south east asia as your own is a travesty of rich indigenous south asian heritage.
@ekvembadi1036 Islam provided political and economic opportunities to strengthen trade, and the religion and opportunities was very attractive to rulers in SE Asia. In a SE Asian case, you see adoption of religion due to economic and political management in early Khmer Empire with the adoption of Hinduism and eventually Buddhism. Hinduism provided taxation and political management with the help of the Brahmin caste, in addition to a religious structure. You see similar practices in European Christendom as well. I don't understand what point you are trying to make re: "the rulers of the sultanate used Islam to validate power and control people through sharia law." Prior to liberal secularism, kingdoms often used religion to validate power and govern their constituents through religious codes. Some examples: Mandate of Heaven in China, Alexander the Great being the son of Zeus, and Suryavarman II in Angor Wat (modern day Siem Reap, Cambodia). Also, "Chinese" is not a religion - of course we wouldn't adopt Chinese identity, and the modern times are different. Islam is not an Arab religion or a desert religion, it's a religion for all humanity - and in fact, it beautifies our culture, history, and local traditions.
Champa Malay still lives in Vietnam today but they're minority now, and still practicing Islam although some minor group have changed Islam into a new religion. May Allah give them hidayah to return to the true path of Islam
They are not Malay.
Malay are people who practice Islam, speak Malay (Malayic) language, practice Malay cultures.
Cham people speak Cham (Chamic) language, they have their own culture, and not all of them are Muslim, some are Hindus.
@@takkanmelayuhilang deii diorg melayu champalah asal kapir je terus tolak
@@takkanmelayuhilangorang melayu sebelum kedatangan islam beragama apa? 😅
AMEEN ya RABB
Mereka Hindu sebelum itu.@@sanisafian
As a Vietnamese revert, this was super interesting. May Allah bless you akhi
AsSalaam 3laikom brother. I am your brother in Islam from the 🇦🇪 UAE.
@@TheMercifulAndJust wa alaikumus salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you ahki?
Masha'Allah. Salam and Xin chào from your Pakistani brother
Alhamdulillah... What lead you to islam brother???
@@Sa7biUK walaikumus salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
During the Vietnam war, many refugees fled to Malaysia. Some even managed to work illegally, especially as construction workers. I remember meeting a Vietnamese guy than can write Arabic calligraphy. Everyone was mesmerised, probably due to our ignorance of this historical piece. Turned out he was a teacher before the war. I have no idea where he is now. I hope he’s doing well.
Hi brothers, I am a reverted Vietnamese, I never knew this about my own history. Can you do a video about North Vietnam (Hanoi) Islamic history? Barakallah to you and your family.
There are many Chams in the states of Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu in the east coast of Malaysia Peninsular. Many are the people who ran away from the Pol Pot regime atrocities and killings. The Chams who ran away during the fall of Vijaya already assimilated into the Malay societies and we can still find their descendants in Kelantan, using 'Che' in their names.
Che, Wan, Tuan and Nik
Chế Bồng Nga
wow I never knew, my grandmother's name was che jam, does that mean I have Cham blood??
Does name start with ' wan ' also have descendent from chams?
ho chi minh?
Vietnam Malay Champa kingdom is one of the first that accepted Islam and spreading to Pattani (now in Thailand) which became one of the earliest Islamic dawah city/kingdom before spreading further to other Malay archipelago including Phillipines. Phillipines capital city ie Manila came from arabic words Amanillah..and even in their Tagalog has many borrowed arabic words such as Salamat..
Manila came from arabic words Amanillah
Useful information, well done
As an ethnic Viet / Kinh I am proud of the fact that Champa is a part of Vietnamese history as they were a fierce and honorable warrior people. Inshallah may more Vietnamese people hopefully adopt Islam.
Cham people are relatives to Malays and Indonesians.
@@jugulawang8696 they are also the ancestors to many Vietnamese people
@@David_The_Texan_youtuber382 Alhamdulillah.
How about no, thank you? The KinhViets will have to apologize for what their ancestors did to the Chams for sure (one day) but why the conversion?
@@landahans1038 I don't get you. Islam is the best religion I have.
Fun fact, the mass migration of Champa people to Kelantan led to the construction of the Pengkalan (Port) named Pengkalan Champa, now Pengkalan Chepa which is a town in Kota Bharu district. The town was a focal point of Cham people coming to Kelantan for trade and religious studies for centuries. Also, The Jembal Kingdom that rules in Lower Kelantan was founded by the descendants of the King of Champa and one of the famous queens of Kelantan, Puteri (Princess) Saadong is one of the rulers of Jembal Kingdom :face-red-heart-shape: Check out her story and her adopted mother (Cik Siti Wan Kembang, one of the famous queen in Kelantan alongside Puteri Saadong) as well if you guys are interested.
The Champa Kingdom (federation of 5 states) was gradually annexed by Dai Viet over a period of hundreds of years. Modern Ho Chi Minh was actually located within ancient Champa Kingdom. The original name of South China Sea was Champa Sea.
Wrong! Shut up already man. Hochiminh City (Saigon) was NEVER a part of Champa. The area was called Preah Nokhor and was ceded by the Khmer Empire (ancestor of the Cambodian). It was never a part of Champa, at least not even a significant portion of its history
The southern Vietnam was part of Cambodia actually, it was our ancient capital.
Free Champa from invader-Vietnam !
The peninsula and islands that Omar referenced were the "Malay archipelago", now the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia.
No shit, almost like he said this.
I'd love to visit some of these old Islamic sites, Insha Allah
Finally a new video
yup lol
Great things takes time.....my friend
You should also cover the Moro people in Bangsamoro, who have been fighting colonialists since the Spanish!
Philippines and Southern Thailand
There was the legend of the famous Islamic preachers Walisongo or Nine Saints in Java Indonesia who had lived around 500 years or so ago. The eldest of them was Maulana Ibrahim and guess where he had come from of all places...yeah the Kingdom of Champa. It used to be a powerful Islamic kingdom much earlier than Malaysia and Indonesia by a few hundred years.
Another great video.
Brother Omar, I suggest you create series.
For example: A video series on rarely known facts about Al Andalusia.
You're singlehandedly lifting Muslim unknown history youtube. ماشاء اللہ.
Great video but you forgot to mention the significant Cham community that found refuge in the Khmer Kingdom during the war with the Viet. Their descendants are alive today in Cambodia. They even survived the horrific Khmer Rouge Genocide which inflicted tremendous loss on their population. My wife and in laws are from the Cham Cambodians who fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge and settled in California and Washington State, USA. Chams have a very deep and rich history and played a significant role in the spread of Islam to the entire Malay Archipelago. Thank you for this video.
It is also important to note that 1/3 of overall Cambodians lost their lives, there are still more cham people in Cambodia than that in Vietnam since the cleansing done by Vietnam , which is unfortunate
Thanks!
Thank you so much ☺️
May Allah reward you many times more ameen
Amazing video. I have been lucky enough to visit Vietnam a few times over the last few years and I found the people in the south i.e. Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC for short) to be very friendly and welcoming
There are 4 mosques in HCMC within a 1.5 mile radius of each other, and you usually find many members of the 'Cham' ethnic group at these places along with small halal restaurants and cafes nearby selling traditional Vietnamese food
Looks wise I found the majority of the Cham looked more like Indo-Malays with some being very dark like Bengalis. About 10-20% looked indistinguishable from the 'Viet' people who are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam
All of them that I came across were Ahl as Sunna, but I am aware of the heterodox version of Islam that is followed in some rural areas. Alhamdulillah there was none of this funny business in HCMC and I was welcomed warmly by all that I came across, lots of smiles and curious questions. I also found that many of them spoke basic to intermediate levels of English, certainly more so than the local non-Cham populace
It was amazing to see them keep the deen alive and to practise it so openly in post-communist Vietnam
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. There is a lot of Islamic history in South East Asia and we must shed light on it.
Tq Omar..nice exposure..🥰🥰
Every day I checked your channel for new videos but finally you upload a new video..Jazak'Allah
Takbeer!
Allah u akbar
Allahu Akbar
AllahuAkbar
Allah o Akbar.
What a story! Thanks for sharing
Welcome back brother omar nice changes in the studio and I ask Allah for you all the best keep going bro ❤
You can make a video about the Muslims in Thailand and how the Persians brought Islam there and became very influential.
Al least you uploded!
0:48 Maldives and Brunei too.
Barakallahu fik,very informative
Thank you bro love the content ❤❤❤❤. UK
Mashallah, brother! Very interesting video. Jazakallah Khair 🇵🇸
Masallah this channel is pretty informative and learning about islamic history
Good information
Thanks for new knowledge
The situation in Southeast Asia is exactly the same as that in India. The fusion and confrontation between Brahman and Islam. Champa has always existed. The name of Cambodia is the pronunciation of Champa. Christian countries discovered Angkor Wat just like they discovered the New World. Of course, Southeast Asians know what Angkor Wat is. Things, like buildings like the Bamiyan Buddha, naturally fell into disuse. We were lucky not to be demolished. At that time, people thought it was difficult to demolish large-scale stone buildings, so the pyramids of Bamiyan and Angkor Wat remained. , if explosives were invented early, the chance of their existence would be even smaller. After 1492, Christian countries began to influence many areas. Due to political interests, they often supported the confrontation between Brahmins and Islam. Without the intervention of Christian countries, all countries in Asia would They are all Islamic countries. The Philippines has been an Islamic country for a long time. Spain came over and changed it. This is not the worst. Monotheistic countries support the confrontation between polytheism and Islam. This is the most surprising thing. What Christian countries do is shocking. Shocked, Islamic countries cannot do such evil things
How certain ''monotheist'' nations and people are willing to join hands with and cheer polytheists and atheists who blaspheme God all the time, all because they hate muslims, has affirmed my faith in Islam even more. I watched this debate between an atheist and a muslim and the comment section was filled with christians speaking in support of the atheist, simply because his opponent was a muslim. They didn't even care that the atheist guy was targetting not just Islam, but the entire concept of God to begin with. I, as a muslim, can never imagine cheering an atheist who argues against God, even if his opponent is a non-muslim. This behaviour can be motivated by none other than the Shaytaan. It paints a clear picture of the fact that even these ''monotheist'' religions have been corrupted and Islam is the only, pure truth.
Satan influenced this, we Muslims also slacked in our deen
@@Humaira36858Great observation
Who are you calling satan??@@fidelcatsro6948
All would absolutely not be Islamic thats a blatant lie. And islam had nothing to do there in the first place invading those peaceful lands creating division and bloodshed. A good example is how sharia observant taliban destroyed the massive ancient Buddah statue and temple in Afghanistan. Afghanistan that was partly a Buddhist land before islam came and ki_lled it off.
Jazak Allahu Khayr
Very interesting
Salaam brother... Just the other day I was wondering how were you doing because you used to update regularly in a span of almost every week. Good to know you seems healthy. Thank you for another informative content about the history of Islam in various part of the world 🙏 may Allah reward you with more goodness in this life and in the next. Barakallah....
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MashaAllah, SubhanAllah, Allah o Akbar. Thanks brother Omar.
I love this video it was amazing to watch. thank you so much Omar. May Allah bless you and your family ameen from your sisters in Canada 🇨🇦
It's true, I'm from south Thailand and Malaysia.
Dai Viet is Mahayana Buddhism, specifically the Vietnamese Zen sect and has never been Hindu. The Cham kingdom had powerful periods and invaded Dai Viet all the way to the capital city of Thang Long (present-day Hanoi). However, the decentralized Cham kingdoms were unable to resist a stronger state from the north and the rest is history. The Vietnamese conquered not only Champa but continued south to the Mekong Delta, which once belonged to the Khmer empire.
Yeah, I was confused about that. Buddhism and Hinduism are not exactly the same.
@@PretzelSurvival in those times their wasn't much difference. Buddha and Hinduism got mixed together alot.
Meaning Bangkok's original name
The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.
Indra is Vedic god, Vishwakarma is architect from Indian mythology.
Correction ; author referred ancient Cham prior islam as Hindu
Indonesia Malaysia Brunei South philippines and Thailand became Muslims due to the Dawa of the HADRAMI SAYYIDS FROM TARIM AND ADEN!!! SHAYKH ABU BAKR AL AYDARUS
The grand qutb, radyallahu Anhu. Fatiha to his blessed soul
I cant believe it , there was also muslim kingdom in Vietnam
We need more of these amazing videos. Please don't stop the great work. ❤
May Allah ease your Hardships. ❤
When will you make a video about the Bruneian Sultanate fully?
This is crazy because I’ve actually been researching the Cham people for a while and then this video pops up and helps me learn even more thank you brother 🙏❤️
Bro...I was missing you...!!! So many Jummah not reminding us to read Surah Al Kahf..!!!
the chams already suffered hundred of years before the palestinians and what amazes me is how little do majority of the muslims cared about the sufferings of the people of cham.
During that time, almost every Muslim was suffering the same as the Chams. 😢
@@ghufrananaqvi9031 not to the extends of losing their homeland.
@@ezwan7656 Many did buddy. Read about the struggles of Muslims in Europe like Tataris, Albanians, and Bosnians.
The Acehnese claims that theyre the descendents of Cham Muslims...evident in their language similarities....and there are many Cham muslim villages scattered throughout Cambodia and riverboat communities around the Tonle Sap lake.
May be some dawah team should make their effort in Vietnam.
Many have tried if I'm not wrong..there's a documentary about them
Omar..☝️👍👍👍good knowledge
Thanks.very nice to know this history of muslims in Vietnam
😮. Wow. This would make an amazing movie. 🎥
MashaAllah very nice 👌
Brother make a video on the Islamisation of the Bengal Delta!
Thanks
Thank you!
*Alhamdulilah thanks for the new video brother Omar*
*Can We Get A Video on Sayyid Abdullahi Hassan*
*the man who led the dervish wars in Africa*
Akhi where have you been, I knew there was something missing in my ssubscriptions...
Alhamdulillah ♥️ Mashallah ❤
He's back from darkness after 2 months
He was busy making new videos amigo
Great presentation of the Muslim civilisations over the history.
JAZAAK ALLAH Akhi
Can you please suggest me some good books for the history of Muslims in South east asia.
That's interesting.
There is a place called Jeumpa in Aceh, and funny thing that acehnese language somewhat similar to cham language
Brother, do make a Video on Ma Clique. The Muslim Chinese Generals who ruled almost all of China.
Alhamdulilah 🤲☝️
May Allah bless you. I could never have known that. May Allah bless you for your effort.
Can you make a video about Myanmar Muslim ?
It's the British Raj or Akhand Bharat problem not Southeast Asian problems... Caliphate movement is banned in Indonesia and ofc Rakhine-Rohingya caliphate movement is forbidden in Indonesia...
A lot of Cham assimilated into Vietnamese, there are many Chams that just call themselves Vietnamese and assimilated now just like how Southern China was with Baiyue tribes
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I love this man Omar for the sake of allah
Should also show in your map there's a large Muslim population in Southern Thailand-ethnically the same as the Malays in Malaysia.
suggestion: the history of Islam in Philipines
Interesting
Fun facts: there are 6 times Chăm in Cambodia (their once rival) than in the Central Vietnam provinces (their once fatherland)
ما شاء الله
Masha Allah
1:00 one mistake brother, veitnam was never a hindu region, it was bhuddist
He means the Champa Kingdom in modern day Vietnam. Even today, Vietnam was neither Hindu or Muslim.
@ans1038 hinduism is orignated in 18th century by britishers they united all the pagan religions of india
AlHamdu Lillaah. Mass Da'awa works required. May Allaah swt guide us towards Straight Path. Ameen
Why only 74k subscribers?
Now this is going to be on my EU4 to-do-list.
Love the history lessons - don’t love the dramatic sounds
There are still hindu champas living in vietnam... two of the hindu ethnicities found outside indian subcontinent... champa and the other being balinese indonesians, remenents of bygone indian influence over southeast asia before india itself was conquered by arabs -turks and mughals.. 600 years of continous islamic rule in india..
China's Qing Dynasty was supported by a Christian country, but it was a Brahminical Buddhist-style regime. The title of the emperor was unabashedly Buddha and Bodhisattva. The actual ruler of China in the 20th century was named Queen Buddha. Christian countries helped the Brahmins fight against the Chinese mainland. The Christian regime, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, then fought against the local Muslim tribes in China. What the Christian countries did was amazing, as if they had become atheistic. Otherwise, how could they do such a thing? This was destroying themselves. The Christian countries chose to ally with the Brahmins. Against Muslims and Christians, God only knows what they became
The situation in East Asia is the same as that in India and Southeast Asia. China's Ming Dynasty was a standard Islamic regime. The emperor was a religious person and had the title of savior, messiah and prophet. This clearly shows the style of Muslim regime. Christian countries are close to In East Asia, they encouraged Brahman Buddhism and Islamic regimes to confront each other. The same thing happened in all parts of Asia. Christian countries interrupted the process of the entire Asia becoming an Islamic continent. What result did they want to achieve? It turned into a polytheistic and atheistic country. It is hard for you to believe this. It was something we did for God’s people and the country, but it really happened, and we still do it to this day. Great disasters and punishments will come, and God’s wrath will punish the guilty.
Very good comment with excellent mind!
Please Make video about the gunpowder empires like ottoman,mughal and safavid and why are they call so
And thank you Jazakallah
بہت عمدہ خیالات، چینل، آپ اسلام کے سفیر ھیں،
Although it's a bit simplistic to say it's a Muslim kingdom. Their cultural origins were Indian and they had Hindu statues in temples. The music influence came towards the end.
As a Muslim and Arab, I wish my culture would have shared with taoism and shinto instead of sinister Christianity and Judaism.
Champa was a Malay Kingdom ...they spoke Malay Cham
No, they are not Malay
They spoke Cham language, it's related to Malay. The ancient Cham language is much closer to Malay than modern Cham, because modern Cham has been influenced by Vietnamese and Khmer.
@@takkanmelayuhilangthey are malay ,if you learn history
@@mugiwaraluffy6791
No, they are not, their language is different from Malay, their culture. Both Malay and Cham are Austronesian speaking people.
@@takkanmelayuhilang Malay Cham
To be more accurate, Early Malaysia before 1957 is called Tanah Melayu or Malaya and refered as such in the study of early history. Only in 1963 Malaya is called Malaysia till now.
I’m a half Vietnamese Muslim revert, I knew that Islam had to be in Vietnam before due to some of the cultural things
Yes.Kingdom of Champa was a big muslim country and old.
I didn’t know there were Muslims in Vietnam until I met one of my Vietnamese friend who has an Arabic names
The Aceh Sultanate and Empire were descended from these Cham refugees after the sacking of Vijaya. Acehnese is the only Chamic language that is separated from the Champa mainland.
Dai viet wasnt hindu
Dai Viet-Champa war, we all know about this... Just like the end of Saka dynasty in India...
Luckily some of them (the people of Champa) moved to Aceh province in Indonesia and some of them become spreader of agama Islam in Java island...
Btw, you can read history about Putri Champa... She is a garwa padmi or permaisuri or empress of the Majapahit Empire... She has the same status as Siu Ban Ci (permaisuri from China Hui tribe)... Both of them are queens of Majapahit...
The first Muslim Sultanate in Java island is Raden Patah... He is the son of Brawijaya (the last king of Majapahit) with Siu Ban Ci... Later, his successor, Pati Unus waged war on the Portuguese in the Malacca strait (and he became a syahid)... At that time, the Champa kingdom was already erased from Indochina... They moved to the Malay Peninsula and many of them went to Aceh province and Java island...
Mekong-Irrawaddy river and Yunan region are our ancestors land after Bumi Majeti/Kali Serayu river in Jambudwipa... Btw, Kali Serayu is the birthplace of Aji Saka/Ajiwaka/Ajivaka, our unifying figure in Indonesia (especially for Sundanese and Javanese)...
Btw, because of the war against Khmer, Dai Viet, and flooding, our ancestors moved to the rest of Sunda Islands and Sahul regions (present day Indonesia, Malay peninsula and Mindanao)...
Champa-Dai Viet war is still slightly better than the war of Saka-Yavana-Daha (Sunda-Java), Malaya-Kamboja-Champa (Malay) against the 'Indian' when the Saka dynasty still exists in Jambudwipa... Mleccha labels still exist till this very day...
The majority of us became muslim because we were tired of the astika-nastika war... The war between Mataram and Sriwijaya is very famous... The war between Bhairawa Tantra (agama Siwa) vs Mahayana Buddhist...
Fortunately, the war stopped... Borobudur and Prambanan were built to commemorate this event...
Centuries later, the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika then became our unifying symbol at Majapahit era... Siwa and Buddha are one because there is no duality in truth... Later it became our national motto... Unity in Diversity and believed in One God became a must...
That's why, it's still become a taboo/pamali to speak about the astika-nastika war in Indonesia... Yups... About Bhairawa Tantra and Upacara Pancamakara Puja especially in Sunda region (West Java province, province with the largest Muslim population in Indonesia) even though Garuda Wisnu Kencana is made in Bandung (capital city of West Java)...
3:45 Dai Viet is not a Hindu kingdom as far as I know according to Indonesian curriculum at 2000s