WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Islam’s spread across the continent began in North Africa in Egypt, then continued on to West Africa before moving on to East Africa within a few hundred years. From East Africa, Islam spread to India, Indonesia and other Asian countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Multiple Trajectories of Islam in Africa Between the eighth and ninth centuries, Arab traders and travelers, then African clerics, began to spread the religion along the eastern coast of Africa and to the western and central Sudan (literally, “Land of Black people”), stimulating the development of urban communities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Around the 12th and 13th century, mystical Sufi brotherhood orders began to spread in the region. Sufi orders played an integral role in the social order of African Muslim societies and the spread of Islam through the region well into the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Islamic conquests, which culminated in the Arab empire being established across three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe), enriched the Muslim world, achieving the economic preconditions for the emergence of this institution owing to the emphasis attached to Islamic teachings.