For example, historian Sylviane Diouf records that Islam’s spread...
Hamza K@afro_hamza
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For example, historian Sylviane Diouf records that Islam’s spread in sub-Saharan Africa was largely peaceful and driven by Africans themselves not foreign conquerors, because it accommodated local customs and was embraced as a native religion.
Hamza K@afro_hamza
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African anti-Islamists conveniently leave out this piece of history in their anti-Islam sentiments when they falsely claim that Islam eroded African culture and that is was spread by force
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Europeans were surprised to find more literate African Muslims than literate peasants in Europe. Entire communities had public Islamic schools long before colonization. especially among women who were more educated than European women
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Islam in Africa was just as bad as European colonizers — look at slavery!"
Actually, Islamic law restricted slavery to specific legal conditions and discouraged its expansion. European travelers in the 1700s found West African slaves lived with surprising dignity and leniency.
Actually, Islamic law restricted slavery to specific legal conditions and discouraged its expansion. European travelers in the 1700s found West African slaves lived with surprising dignity and leniency.
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The Islamic model promoted manumission and forbade selling slaves born in the household a far cry from the brutality of Atlantic chattel slavery.
