What is Arabization?
[[File:First_Umayyad_gold_dinar,_Caliph_Abd_al-Malik,_695_CE_(cropped).jpg|thumb|262x262px|[[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] established [[Arabic]] as the official language of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] in 686 CE]] '''Arabisation''' (or '''Arabization''') is a process where the influence of [[Arab people|Arabic populations]] grows in an area. This will mean that the Arab ways of doing things will replace other ways over time. It will also mean that the [[Arabic language|Arabic lanuage]] will become more important. Usually, this will also mean that [[Islam]] will spread in the area. Non-Arabic populations will be [[Cultural assimilation|assimilated]] over time (or leave the area altogether). Examples where Arabization happened are the south of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] ([[Spain]] and [[Portugal]], called [[Mozarabs]]), in the [[Middle Ages]] (undone by the [[Reconquista]]). In the [[Maghreb|Mahgreb]], Arabization drove away many [[Berber people]]. Arabization also happened in the [[Near East|Near]] and [[Middle East]]. In [[Sudan]] and other parts of [[East Africa]], Arabization also took place. In those areas, it was driven by [[trade]]. When Turkish troops and their allies conquered the city of [[Afrin]] in [[Syria]], in 2018, they settled Arab people there.<ref>{{Internetquelle|autor=Martin Chulov, Kareem Shaheen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/07/too-many-strange-faces-kurds-fear-forced-demographic-shift-in-afrin|titel='Nothing is ours anymore': Kurds forced out of Afrin after Turkish assault|datum=2018-06-07|zugriff=2018-09-30|sprache=en}}</ref> According to Kurdish sources, in June of 2018, almost 60 percent of the population of Afrin were Arabs. Before the Turkish troops took the city, the German newspaper, 'Die Welt' reported that ninety percent of the popuation of Afrin had been [[Kurds]]. <ref>{{Literatur|Autor=Alfred Hackensberger|Titel=Erdogans Chaos in Afrin|Sammelwerk=DIE WELT|Datum=2018-06-29|Online=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_politik/article178442888/Erdogans-Chaos-in-