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In a beautiful courtyard
setting at the Dar al Islam Institute in New Mexico, Sulayman
Nyang discusses the development of Islam in Africa beginning
with the first migration of Muslims to Abyssinia up to their
expansion into Spain. Dr. Nyang, a historian, professor and author
of several books on Islam, begins by looking at how and why Islam
crossed the Red Sea from Arabia into Africa and how the Muslim
civilization became dominant in this region of the world at the
time. A brief historical  background of Egypt
is analyzed in order to provide a context for understanding the
spread of Islam across North Africa. "Arabization"
and "Islamization" are discussed as a means for the
spread of Islam south of the Sahara to the remainder of Africa.
The speaker also covers the Berbers in Libya and their assimilation
into Arab culture as well as the establishment of the Muslim
naval power and the various Sufi movements that played key roles
in this profound expansion. Other topics discussed: links between
Africa and the Abrahamic religions, the Afro-Semitic people,
the development of trade routes, the significance of gold trading,
the phenomenon of Arabtowns, the conversion of African nobles,
and  the
Al-Murabitun & Al-Muwahiddun movements. (Duration: 1 hour,
18 min) This
lecture is the first part of a session covering Africa and Spain.
Each lecture is sold separately. Click here
for "Islam In Spain". |
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"As the Muslims gradually expand across North Africa, they begin to control the strategic points. And this way Europeans who were interested in trading with the East would become very much dependent upon Muslims." "One thing that attracted the Africans was the fact that these Arabs will stop buying and selling the moment they call the azan (the call to prayer)... that was one thing that struck the Africans- that these people believed in their God so strongly that they would stop every human activity to go and pray." "That's a very interesting pattern of conversion in the African context in the sense that the African nobility became Muslim before the masses." |
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