TARIKH TUESDAY Timbuktu was now a part of the Mali empire and came under the rule of Mansa Musa in the early 1300’s. There was…
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The Great Grandson of Legendary Abdulhamid II Dies
Prince Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu lost his life at a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where he had been receiving treatment Osmanoglu was the…
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TARIKH TUESDAY: Mansa Musa: The man who gave away 1.4 billion
Mansa Musa embarked on a more remarkable journey after Hajj. His aim was to build a powerful God-fearing society. On his return journey Mansa recognised…
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TARIKH TUESDAY: Moriscos: Part 3
The Inquisition failed to remove Islam from the hearts of most Moriscos instead it forced them to be more creative about how they worked around…
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TARIKH TUESDAY: The Moriscos: Part 2
In 1499, a Catholic archbishop called Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros was appointed to speed up the conversion process by harassment of Spain’s Muslims In his…
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TARIKH TUESDAY: Islam in Africa
Islam came to Africa at the time of the Prophet and spread during the period of the 4 rightly guided caliphs. The coastal areas experienced…
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