Impact of Islam on West Africa Islam impacted West Africa in many ways. It changed the people’s views of their rulers‚ and in some people‚ even the way they viewed the world. Other aspects stayed the same‚ like the beliefs of the pagan people and how they lived. The most important connection that Islam made globally was the establishment of trading centers and routes. When Muslims brought Islam into West Africa from across the Sahara‚ Africans were attracted to it because it helped them through
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“He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me‚ is not worthy of me” (Pope Urban II‚ 1095). Are these the words the spark that fueled a wave of destruction and unjustly persecuted Islam? Most historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont- Ferrand in November 1905 to have begun the wave of military campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. Known as the Crusades‚ these campaigns‚ considered to be divinely sanctioned in the Christian view‚ were led by the desire
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Islam and democracy are two completely different subjects. As a religion‚ Islam has laws and rules that bind its believers as the Shari’a. Meanwhile‚ democracy is a political system that also has very different rules of the game to Islamic law. But‚ that does not mean the two have no intersection. As a religion rahmatan lil alamin‚ Islam has the goal to provide salvation to all mankind. Accentuate a sense of humanity and put forward a harmonious life. As cited in the surat al-Hujurat:13‚ that man
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Islam shares more similarities with Christianity than one might think. Both religions believe in only one god with similar traits‚ the men Moses and Jesus as important figures‚ and have roots in Judaism. However‚ Islam also has many differences. The primary figure of Islam is the Prophet Muhammad who received God’s final message through the Archangel Gabriel. Muhammad’s teachings and way of life are included in the Qur’an‚ which is the Islamic holy book. With the support of his wife and his uncle
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Immigration and Islam in France and the Netherlands After the post-war‚ WWII‚ era Europe faced a shortage of labor‚ at the same time it had to rebuild its infrastructure and economy. France and Netherlands both faced the same problem and like their counterparts in Europe they found the answer in guest-workers. These guest workers were immigrants from former colonies and other developing countries. However‚ these guest-workers later settled down and brought their families. This led to a larger
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The Similarities Between Christianity and Islam: There are hundreds of religions practiced in the world today. Of them two are the most prominent. Islam and Christianity. It is averaged that there are 750 million people practicing Islam‚ and another 1 billion practicing Christianity. The start of Islam actually derived form Christianity‚ history books indicate that one night in the year 610‚ the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (In Christianity this
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Maya Chang World History AP Period 2 11 December 2014 Essay Reflection The impact of Islam had many similarities and differences economically‚ socially‚ and culturally in the Middle East and in subSaharan West Africa. Islam improved the economy by trade and expanded education in both regions. However‚ the religion itself‚ it was practiced differently in the two regions. Due to the impact of Islam‚ Islam played a big role in increasing the economy in both West Africa and the Middle East. The increase of trade was able to thrive because
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* Salat al-maghrib: just after sunset * Salat al-’isha: between sunset and midnight Question 2) role of Salat in daily lives Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayers‚ performed five times each day by Muslims. It is the second Pillar of Islam Question 3) importance of prayer prayer is a way in which the mind body and soul unite‚ in worship. Muslims make sure that they are in the right frame of mind before they pray; they put aside all everyday cares and thoughts so that they can concentrate
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since man has been here. Islam was started by a man named Muhammad he created what is now Islam in or around 622 A.D. He started as a merchant that worked in Mecca and then left the city for 13 years while he was wandering he had visions that God was talking to him and telling him to form a new religion. He then came back to Mecca and started to preach to the people there. Mecca at the time was mostly polytheistic‚ and while preaching to them very few converted to Islam. The people of Mecca finally
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The Culture and Cultural Differences of Islam Islam is one of the largest religions in the world‚ and is one of the main focuses when people examine the volatile relationships between countries. I chose to evaluate the Islamic culture in Asia‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and America as well as to evaluate the cultural differences between Islam and the other leading religions. These differences and how other cultures perceive these differences effects how Muslims and non-Muslims
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