ends with the study of Mohammed’s life and his creation and writing of the Q’uran under Allah’s direction and spirit. However‚ the understanding and study of any religion (that will become your way of life) must include the close examination of peoples‚ history and the influence or spread into other countries. One paramount area of Islam that must be examined is the influence of Islam in other countries. We must consider: With the mass spread of Islam in parts of Africa‚ exactly how did that occur
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Courntey-Clark turns her attention in her new book “Imazighen: The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women” to women whose lives have seldom been observed‚ Women who never had it the easy way‚ brave women who we don’t know much about. Indeed‚ in a part of North Africa where the backdrop can change drastically from snow-blasted mountains to wind-scoured
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country has few natural resources. But the discovery of petroleum in 1959 injected huge sums of money into Libya’s economy. The government of Libya used some of this wealth to improve farmland and provide services for the people. Almost all of Libya’s people are of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry and are Muslims. Until the early 1900’s‚ Libya consisted of three separate geographical and historical regions. It became a united‚ independent country in 1951. Libya’s official name is the Great Socialist People’s
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takes one person who has been freed in Christ to change a group of people. God has shown his love for us‚ we to must show the love of Christ to the Arab‚ Moroccans. As much emphasis has been given to the Middle East and many Muslim countries throughout the world‚ this paper will be dedicated to the explanation of how to reach the Arab‚ Moroccan people in Morocco with the gospel of Jesus Christ. From a description of the people themselves and the land that they live in‚ to the development of a
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Saint Monica Saint Monica‚ mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo is most famously known for the conversion of her husband‚ Patricius‚ and Saint Augustine. She was born in Tagaste‚ North Africa and is known to be of Berber origin because of her name. There she was born and raised by her mother and father. As soon as she was old enough‚ her parents arranged her marriage to a Tagaste official. Saint Monica’s marriage to Patricius was difficult in many ways imaginable. Not only was he much older than
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Saint Augustine was born November 13‚ 354 AD in Thagaste‚ Berber North Africa. He lived in a Roman Colony‚ with two parents‚ a brother‚ and a sister. He was the only one out of his siblings to be sent off to receive a first class education. He started to study in Thagaste then Madauros‚ then he went to a university in Carthage. He wrote a book about is how is good at his job. Then in 383 AD he moved to Rome to continue his job. Saint Augustine got a reward for his writings from the government. He
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fifth centuries. It had its roots in the social pressures among the long-established Christian community of Roman North Africa (present-day) Algeria and Tunisia‚ during the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian. The Donatists (named for the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus) were members of a schismatic church not in communion with the churches of the Catholic tradition in Late
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dominant religion‚ Arabic is widely spoken‚ and there are a lot of Arab descendents apart from Berbers‚ Phoenicians‚ Greeks‚ Romans‚ Egyptians‚ and Maghreb etc. The majority of the people are of Berber origin‚ and because Arabic is spoken so widely‚ Islam is the main religion and the Middle East is quite close‚ they share not just the same beliefs and culture but the same struggles. A lot of the people in Libya have not only seen‚ but have heard through the media what has happened in their “brother
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AQUINAS NATIONAL SEMINARY‚ NAIROBI KENYA. DEPARTMENT: CHURCH HISTORY COURSE NUMBER: 750 CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITY TOPIC: DONATISM BY: ONGOMA LAWRENCE IFIRE LECTURER: REV. FR. PAUL NDUNG’U DATE: OCTOBER 2013. INTRODUCTION Many people especially the Christians‚ are always interested and have the urge of knowing the historical background of their churches. In the historical trajectory of the Catholic Church‚ from the earliest days‚ there were those who misinterpreted the Gospel
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from Granada in 1492 which marks the end of the Reconquista‚ they influenced the native Iberians in many ways including culture and religion. The Moors were people of Berber‚ Black African‚ and Arab descent from North Africa. In 711 they invaded Spain. Led by Tariq Ibn Ziyad‚ an African general‚ approximately 7‚000 soldiers‚ mostly Berbers‚ crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and overthrew the Visigoth’s. The Moorish soldiers managed an easy defeat over the Visigoth’s who had controlled Spain since
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