How did Islam come to North Africa?

"The Arab Conquest of North Africa, 640-711" (page 72); "Muslim States of North Africa, 750-950" (page 76); "Egypt Under Fatimid, Ayyubid & Mamluk Rule, 969-1517" (page 159); "Egypt Under the Ottomans, 16th & 17th centuries" ... The teachings of Islam: Mohammed did not leave behind a written version of his teachings. read more

The earliest way Islam came to Africa was, of course, as a result of conquests by Muslim peoples in search of empires. Thus between 642 to 750, Muslim armies and administrators carried the torch of Islam to the lands of North Africa and the West (Maghrib). read more

Different societies in Africa have generally appropriated Islam in both more inclusive ways, or in the more radical ways, as with the Almoravid movement in the Maghreb and Sahara. Additionally, Islam in Africa has both local and global dimensions. read more

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