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Answer 1
The teachings of Islam are very simple and based on human nature. All the Prophets (about 1, 24, 000) preached Islam. It does not bind a person in unnecessary shackles and bounds. One has to Worship ONE and ONLY Almighty God NO SON, NO Parents, NO Partner, No Associate) and fear none else. There is no priesthood are going to jungles and shirking from human beings in Islam. A Muslim spends a normal life with his spouse and children. All human beings are the off-spring of Hazrat Adam (AS). They are equal in the eyes of Almighty God. There is No Caste System or discrimination on the bases of color. These simple teachings of Islam appealed to the Africans and they embraced Islam.
Answer 2
Given the choice "Convert or die" doesn't leave any non-Muslim believers.
Answer 3
The cases of "Convert or Die" are generally rare in Islamic history and are almost completely non-present concerning the transmission of Islam in West Africa prior to 19th century. Islam spread in West Africa by word of mouth between Saharan and Sub-Saharan merchants. For many Africans it was a far more advanced and complex form of religion than anything that they had seen, making it very attractive. When Islam had enough adherents in the area south of the Sahara, African Islamic Empires like Ghana, Mali, and the Songhai helped to further spread and evangelize Islam.
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∙ 7y agoIslam came to East Africa in two different ways, depending on whether we are speaking about the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia) or the lower East African coast (Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique).
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa was primarily converted by military conquest. Muslim leaders in the Sudan pressed further south and conquered several regions close to Ethiopia. By the 9th century, the Adal Sultanate, an indigenous Islamic Kingdom founded by people converted in the wake of Sudanese conquests, was competing with Aksum (the Ethiopian Christian Kingdom) for power in the Horn of Africa. Alliances between indigenous Islamic Kingdoms and more powerful Islamic States, like the Ottoman Empire, led to increased military successes for local Islamic Kingdoms against Christian Ethiopia and increased conversions to Islam.
East African Coast
Initially, in the late 1000s and 1100s, Islamic merchants from Arabia had interactions with East African merchants, especially on the island of Zanzibar. These contacts resulted in willful and free religious conversions by many local East Africans to Islam. In the following centuries, when Islam was the dominant religion among the coastal peoples, indigenous Islamic States were established. Additionally, Omani authorities began to form quasi-colonies along the East African coast to facilitate trade. Both indigenous Islamic States and Omani occupation resulted in increased conversions to Islam.
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What factors hindered the spread of Islam in Eastern Africa?
Spread of Islam was not hindered in east africa, it reached as far as Zambia, Mozambique and further south to Rwanda
Which religion did foreign traders spread extensively along the coast of East Africa?
Islam
Who spread Islamic religion in Arabs?
The Islamic Conquests spread Islam throughout all of the Middle East,North Africa,and Spain.
What were the reasons for the spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the west and across the Persian Empire in the east?
By physical conquest.
Where was Islam located in 1500?
By 1500, Islam had spread to most of the countries where it now prevails in North Africa, East Africa, Southeast Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Indonesian Archipelago.
How did the spread of Islam affect political and social life in East West and South Africa?
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.
Did Islam originate in west Africa and spread to the Middle East?
No. The exact opposite occurred. Islam originated in the Middle East and spread to West Africa in the subsequent centuries.
What factors hindered the spread of Islam in Eastern Africa?
Spread of Islam was not hindered in east africa, it reached as far as Zambia, Mozambique and further south to Rwanda
Where did Islam spread in the Arab world?
Islam spread to all corners of the Arab World: North Africa, the Upper Middle East, and Arabia.
Which religion did foreign traders spread extensively along the coast of East Africa?
Islam
How did Islam spread across north Africa and the middle east?
By conquest. Warfare is another term.
Islam spread quickly through North America and the Middle East true or false?
FALSE. Islam spread quickly through the Middle East and North AFRICA. Islam has never been terribly successful in North America prior to the 1950s.
Who spread Islamic religion in Arabs?
The Islamic Conquests spread Islam throughout all of the Middle East,North Africa,and Spain.
What were the reasons for the spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the west and across the Persian Empire in the east?
By physical conquest.
How did Islam become a major religion in West and East Africa?
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.
Where are the areas of religion of Islam?
Islam religion is spread all over the world. However, Islam religion is major religion in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.
Where was Islam located in 1500?
By 1500, Islam had spread to most of the countries where it now prevails in North Africa, East Africa, Southeast Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Indonesian Archipelago.
