SAD Islam has been in Africa for so long since its genesis on the Arabian peninsula that some scholars have argued that it is a traditional African religion Islam made its way inland - spreading at the expense of traditional African religions. This expansion of Islam in Africa not only led to the formation of new communities in Africa, but it also reconfigured existing African communities and empires to be based on Islamic models, Islam in Africa is not static and is constantly being reshaped by prevalent social, economic and political conditions. Islam in Africa is often adapted to local cultural contexts and belief systems forming the continents own orthodoxies. Africans have generally appropriated Islam in both more inclusive ways, or in the more radical ways. Islam in Africa is not static and is constantly being reshaped by prevalent social, economic and political conditions. Islam in Africa is often adapted to local cultural contexts and belief systems forming the continents own orthodoxies. Africans have generally appropriated Islam in both more inclusive ways, or in the more radical ways,
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:03:22 +0000
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