Tag: islamic history
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Muslim roots in American history
American education teaches all about Christopher Columbus & the Christian influence on America while omitting the fact that Muslims existed in America hundreds of years before Columbus was born. This article will discuss the Muslim roots in American history & why they are important today. Muslims in America To begin, Muslims first discovery of America…
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Muslim roots in Spanish language & history
In the seventh century, Muslim commander Musa ibn Nusayr had just conquered most of North Africa & was tasked with governing the western side of the Arabic-speaking Umayyad dynasty. There was a group of Byzantines in the Iberian peninsula (Spain) called the Visigoths, or specifically the ‘Wizitans’, named after their king who had just died…