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Knowing that vikings fought for the Byzantines, plundered Islamic Spain, etc i find this not surprising. Cultures always get influenced by other cultures they have contact with. It doesn’t have to mean that most of the vikings believed this, or behaved this way. Warning Do Not Disturb While I’m Watching Nascar Shirt.  It could be nothing more than Vikings buying imported clothing, and not being aware that any type of words were embroidered on those garments, or not caring. How many garments do we buy today with slogans, that are manufactured in foreign and countries?

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And if we are aware of the foreign origin of the garment, or the phrase on it, how many people care? Further, this word, ‘God’ in Arabic doesn’t indicate the buried person was a Muslim. Lots of people revere God (or many gods), and would agree that the term ‘God’ embroidered on a funeral garment was a good thing, in ANY language. Most likely, wealthy vikings wanted their departed loved ones buried in the finest fabrics available, which were imported from the near-east/middle-east.

These garments came with gold and silver embroidery and just ‘happened’ to have the term ‘God’ embroidered on them, so since that’s how the garments came, who were they to argue? They just bought the garment for their departed. This does not indicate that the deceased was a member of, or believer in, a particular religion. Today such grments are made thru secular sources, but in times past, such garments would have been manufactured by religious communities, and buyers would have selected the garments they liked best and which they could afford.

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Image V-NeckMost likely the garments were purchased from traders who traveled thru the region, and who may not have even pointed out the wording to Viking buyers, who may have considered the wording merely decorative scrolling or flowers, and not been aware that it was a word. Or were happy to find out the word embroidered upon the garment reflected the idea of God in a generic way. The wealthy had more money to order or purchase such expensive things from afar, so this shows wealth rather than religious affiliation.

We can deduct how many people were Muslim in the Viking world better, by learning how many mosques were built in this region during this time period. If there were many mosques, even small ones, we can assume part of the population may have converted to a foreign religion. Without the mosques, it’s easier to assume that wealthy people imported their loved one’s burial clothing and the embroided names didn’t factor in very much, other than to acknowledge a general idea of spiritual afterlife.

I would say the garments and the ring are more likely plunder from North Africa or Spain rather than evidence of a Viking convert to Islam. On that note, fanatical Muslim berserkers would be a rather frightening thing to face in combat! Ameer that may be so but it does not change the fact that  Warning Do Not Disturb While I’m Watching Nascar Shirt are known to have traded with the muslim world and raided muslim villages. Wikipedia’s definition: To have a chip on one’s shoulder refers to the act of holding a grudge or grievance that readily provokes disputation.