Spread of Islam
This arabic word means an invitation; to invite people to Islam
What is Da'wah?
During the 10th century, this group of Isma'ili Shi'as established their own rule in North Africa, after defeating the Abbasids.
Who is the Fatimid caliphate?
This man is widely recognised as one of the greatest travellers of all time. Over the course of 9 years, he travelled 75,000 miles visiting 44 modern countries which were then mostly in the known Islamic world, as well as many non-Muslim lands.
Who is Muhammad ibn Battuta?
This Arabic word mean revolution.
What is Inqilab?
This Arabic word means middle; moderate.
What is Wasat?
Prior to Hijra, muslims were a minority in this city and were persecuted for 13 years.
What is Mecca?
This muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin was made famous by Salah ad-Din, who had rebelled and proclaimed himself sultan.
What is the Ayyubid Sultanate?
At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries , this Islamic empire extended into three continents and rules over south Eastern Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. It endured over 600 years, a feat not matched by any other.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
In Egypt, this group was founded in 1928 by Islamic scholar and school teacher Hassan al-Banna with the goal to instil the Quran and sunnah. It is still active in many Muslim countries today.
What is The Muslim Brotherhood?
This Arabic word means the act of accusing another Muslim of becoming Kafir.
What is Takfir?
In this battle, the Meccans came to avenge the defeat at Badr.
What is the Battle of Uhud?
This group was originally the mainly Turkish slave soldiers of the Abbasids who underwent thorough training in various fields such as martial arts, court etiquette, and Islamic sciences.
Who are the Mamluks?
This group established the Shi'a Ithna Ashari school of thought as the official religion of the empire. During this period, painting, textile, and carpets reached new heights of perfection. Iran is largely Shi'a thanks to them.
Who is the Safavids?
In the Indian subcontinent, this group was established during the early years of the 12th century in the British Indian empire. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, successfully led to to partition from India in 1947.
What is the All-India Muslim League?
This Arabic word means Predecessors.
What is Salaf.
The peace that now prevailed in Arabia was so useful that in two years after this treaty, more people accepted Islam than in the whole 19 years since the beginning of Rasulullah's (s) mission.
What is Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?
The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest land empire in history. It emerged under the leadership of this man. Many of the rulers embraced Islam and favoured it over other religions.
Who is Genghis Kahn?
This empire grew out of descendants of the Mongol empire who were living in Turkestan in the 15th century. They had become Muslims and assimilated the culture of the Middle East, while keeping elements of their Far East roots.
Who is the Mughal Empire?
In 1979, Ayatullah Ruhullah Khomeini lead the Iranian people to over-throw this oil-rich, well-armed, westernized and pro-American secular Iranian Monarch.
Who is Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi?
Salafis are often classified into these three groups.
What are purists, activists and jihadists?
In 630, the Prophet received intelligence that Thaqeef and Hawazin tribes had left their home base, and were moving toward Makkah. When these reports were confirmed, he too ordered a general mobilization which was the start of this Battle.
What is the Battle of Hunayn?
As the Abbasid empire grew too large to administer, rivalry between these three large groups increased.
Who are the Arabs, the Persians and the Turks?
This grand structure in Agra, India was commissioned in 1632 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess who died giving birth to their 14th child.
What is the Taj Mahal?
He was a poet, philosopher, barrister, scholar and politician who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan movement and is considered the spiritual father of Pakistan. In 1922 he was knighted by King George V.
Who is Sir Muhammad Iqbal/Allamah Iqbal?
He started a revivalist movement in Saudi Arabia and preached against the 'cult of saints', visitation of tombs and shrines and tawassul.
Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?