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Islam spread north at first and then spread east and west.
The spread of Islam in the East, West, and South Africa was a gradual process. The spread of Islam helped with trade practices, education, and literacy.
No. The exact opposite occurred. Islam originated in the Middle East and spread to West Africa in the subsequent centuries.
To allover the world; from west to east and from north to south. Prior to the 20th century, the farthest westward that Islam had spread was Morocco and Mauritania.
By physical conquest.
Islam spread over the whole world but with different percentages. More than 50 countries of the world are having Muslim majority population. Refer to question below. If the question is explicitly referring to the Rise of Islam period, Islam expandied primarily along a east-west axis from Spain and Morooco in the west to Pakistan in the east. There was some northward expansion to eastern Turkey and some southward expansion to Somalia.
A bit of Info: The spread of Islam, from Arabia began to spread west through Southwest Asia and North Africa in the 600s.But Islam also spread east to central Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The Muslim community in the country of Indonesia is one of the largest in the world.Main answer: Islam became a major religion in East and West Africa, because there were many Muslim traders going to trade in that part of Africa. And at the time Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage and brought many people with him.
Islam did not spread the same way throughout all of Africa. In North Africa, Islam spread by conquest. In West Africa and along the Indian Ocean, Islam spread by contact between Muslim merchants and local Non-Muslims.
the spread of Islam.
By Arab traders.
Trade positively impacted the spread of Islam. As Muslim merchants brought their wares to places outside of the Islamic Caliphates, they were able to introduce West Africans, East Africans, and Indonesians the tenets of their faith and seed new Muslim communities.
Islam was spread in West Africa by Arab Traders.