Post by imhotep06 on Apr 27, 2010 15:33:57 GMT -5
Doing some research as to the penetration of Islam into Africa via the testaments expressed by Dr. Wesley Muhammad in his book Black Arabia and the African Origins of Islam. Claims are made that Islam spread rapidly in Africa, by black Arabs, peacefully and not by the sword like the later White Arabs.
If this is the case, one naturally wonders, "Well what was the sales pitch that got all of these Africans allegedly to convert from their traditional religious system that they have been practicing for thousands of years, to that of Islam?"
What does Islam have that traditional African religions do not have? I would have to know exactly what could Islam have provided African people that they did not already have besides certain trade goods. If it is only trade goods, then is this story a bit exaggerated? Did they really convert to Islam willingly because Islam was better than their system of belief? What would make you abandon your religion, ancestors, way of life and language "peacefully" without war?
If Muhammad went to war to establish Allah as the supreme god of Islam, are we to believe that Islam came into Africa and "peacefully" converted the indigenous people?
What was the sales pitch?
If this is the case, one naturally wonders, "Well what was the sales pitch that got all of these Africans allegedly to convert from their traditional religious system that they have been practicing for thousands of years, to that of Islam?"
What does Islam have that traditional African religions do not have? I would have to know exactly what could Islam have provided African people that they did not already have besides certain trade goods. If it is only trade goods, then is this story a bit exaggerated? Did they really convert to Islam willingly because Islam was better than their system of belief? What would make you abandon your religion, ancestors, way of life and language "peacefully" without war?
If Muhammad went to war to establish Allah as the supreme god of Islam, are we to believe that Islam came into Africa and "peacefully" converted the indigenous people?
What was the sales pitch?
