The holy Book is Quran, the religion spread due to its universal appeal and was spread among the early kingdoms of Africa, because most of them were traders and travelled across the deserts and found the teachings of the holy Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him.
2006-09-06 13:27:30
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answered by miamian 3
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Islam was spread by conquest across Africa and into Iberia (Spain). The conquest was halted in Gaul (France), at the Battle of Tours where the Moors left an estimated 10,000 dead on the battlefield.
Muslim children are taught that Islam was spread peaceably through trade and invitation.
The holy book of Islam used to be called the Koran. The popular transliteration today is Quran.
I found this read to be very interesting.
2006-09-06 14:25:20
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answered by Helmut 7
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Quran does not forbid slavery (neither does Bible). So the explanation above is not correct. As for the spread, it was a combination of conquest and cultural diffusion. Contrary to what Helmut says no one in his right mind claims that the spread of Islam was totally peaceful. In Arabian peninsula, Syria, North Africa, Iran, and Central Asia it was through conquest. In eastern and western Africa and southeast asia it was more through difusion. In india it was a combination of both. Why was diffusion successful, well Quran offers a more complete and advanced world view than competing animist religions most of the time. Also it was the religion of a very powerful group of people, so there was a cultural attraction to Islam just as there is a cultural attraction to everything american throughout the world today.
2006-09-07 04:45:54
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answered by firat c 4
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Islamic Holy Book is the Qu'ran (NOT KORAN!)
Islam spread to North Africa through a seris of conquests. Fatmids in Egypt spread their religon and established a caliphate. Most Africans converted to Islam after Arab slave-owners decided to free them, seeing slavery as a crime against the teachings of the Prohpet (Peace Be Unto Him). This is basically how it spread, through the creation of these caliphates and the trading between Arabs and Africans led to the spread of Islam.
2006-09-06 15:08:45
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answered by Anonymous
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http://www.allaboutturkey.com/kuran.htm Holy book answer
Religion
Christianity is today probably the most widespread religion in Africa. It was introduced into northern Africa in the 1st century and spread to the Sudan and Ethiopian regions in the 4th century. Christianity survived in Ethiopia and Egypt through the Coptic Church, but in the other areas, was swept away by Islam after the 7th century. It was reintroduced by missionaries and spread through tropical Africa with the 18th-century rise of European overseas expansion. Today Protestant and Catholic groups are about equally represented throughout the continent.
Islam, the fastest-growing religion in Africa, was introduced throughout northern Africa in the 7th century and in following centuries was spread down the River Nile, along the east African coast, and through the grasslands of west Africa. In the 20th century, Islam penetrated into the rest of the continent. The earliest of the Muslim schools of law, the Maliki, prevails over most of Muslim Africa except in Egypt, the Horn, and the east African coast.
2006-09-06 13:35:46
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answered by dragonsarefree2 4
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Initially Islam came to Africa along with commercial traffic - probably camel riding merchants - between the Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa.
The holy book of Islam is the Q'uran (Koran).
2006-09-08 21:34:52
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answered by Hi y´all ! 6
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Dudes riding on goats, Koran.
2006-09-06 13:24:51
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answered by Anonymous
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umm sorry im not smart.The answer is 2.
2006-09-06 13:24:18
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answered by Anonymous
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what they said above
2006-09-06 13:28:09
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answered by true-mysteryfrom chinese wish 3
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Why bother!
2006-09-09 18:23:40
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answered by Anonymous
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