“Muslim scholars paid great attention to geography. In fact, the Muslims' great concern for geography originated with their religion. The Qur'an encourages people to travel throughout the earth to see God's signs and patterns every where. Islam also requires each Muslim to have at least enough knowledge of geography to know the direction of the Kiblah (the position of the Ka'bah in Makkah) in order to pray five times a day. Muslims were also used to taking long journeys to conduct trade as well as to make the Hajj and spread their religion. The far-flung Islamic empire enabled scholar-explorers to compile large amounts of geographical and climatic information from the Atlantic to the Pacific”.
2007-01-15 01:29:08 · 8 answers · asked by Haroon B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Muslim Geographic Knowledge
2007-01-15 01:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent W 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Muslim's Journeys
2007-01-15 01:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims and Geography
2007-01-15 01:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by Tracey LA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muslim learn geography for religous reasons
2007-01-15 01:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geography and Its Significance in Islam
Peace and Love
2007-01-15 01:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by mil's 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muslim interest in geographical studies.
2007-01-15 01:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by MtnManInMT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims were interested in knowing how much of the earth was feasible to conquer.
2007-01-15 01:38:17 · answer #7 · answered by reckontheirlife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RELIGION EMBRACED CULTURAL TRAVEL...........
2007-01-15 01:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋