While the presence of Islam in West Africa dates back to eighth century, the spread of the faith in regions that are now the modern states of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Nigeria, was in actuality, a gradual and complex process
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The impact of Islam within sub-Saharan Africa has been profound. Archaeological evidence for contact with and acceptance of
Because Islam spread to West Africa from North Africa Muslims there fol- lowed the Maliki school of law dominant in North Africa On the other hand in
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Yet Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa remains under-examined by mainstream scholars in the social sciences Approximately one-fourth of the one billion Muslims
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5 sept 2017 · PDF Presented at the Dept of Theology Jordan University 18th February 2016 •Islam reached Africa from the east and the north: the
3 Compared with the study of Muslim societies in West and East Africa the topic of Islam in southern Africa is still in its infancy (but see Tayob 1999)
How did Islam come into Africa?
According to Arab oral tradition, Islam first came to Africa with Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in the Arab peninsula. This was followed by a military invasion, some seven years after the death of the prophet Mohammed in 639, under the command of the Muslim Arab General, Amr ibn al-Asi.What did Islam do in Africa?
Islam promoted trade between West Africa and the Mediterranean. The religion developed and widened the trans-Saharan Caravan trade. The trade enriched the West African and the Muslim traders. Muslims from North Africa came in their numbers and settled in the commercial centres.Why was Islam so successful in Africa?
The successful spread of Islam was predicated on its relationship with Arab merchants, who took the religion across the Sahara Desert, into Asia, and quite far south into Africa. By the time of the great Mali Empire and its famously wealthy king Mansa Musa, Islam was a major force.- Islam spread from the Middle East to take hold across North Africa during the second half of the 7th century CE when the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE) of Damascus conquered that area by military force.