Soft War in the Context of Domestic Vulnerabilities: The Case of Andalusia

In late first century (H), influenced by religious incentives and passion, Muslims dominated the whole Andalusia and even found their way far into France with exceptional speed. However, as time passed by, emergence of disagreement among Muslims, attempts of different rival groups of Muslims to expand their power as well as the prevalence of materialistic desires among most of them, particularly their leaders and chiefs, paved the way for declining of their power.Their enemies gradually got stronger taking advantage of the internal disagreements, weakness of faith and prevalence of materialistic desires among Muslims. Waging a soft war and encouraging corruption and prostitution, their enemies managed to weaken Muslims’ authority and sovereignty. Then, they got engaged in hard war and ultimately they put an end to the authority and rulership of Muslims and even their presence in Andalusia.This article examines the causes and backgrounds of the decline of Muslims and their exemplary fate in Andalusia.