Sijilmasa
Almoravids
Takrur
200

Those Muslims to whom non-Muslims turned for spiritual help were called ____________.

religious specialists.
200

Queen Kahina was a ___________ by tribe.

Berber

200

'الدعوة الجهرية' is known in English as ____________.

The Open Da'wah

300

_________________ unified the practice and Islamic law among West Africans.

Almoravids

300

__________________ said: 'Do not preach to the non-Muslims, the Lord will guide them Himself...'

Al-Hajj Salim Suwari

300

After the conquest of Amr b. Al-'As in Egypt, the capital of the new Muslim state was _____________.

Fustat

400

The Andalusian geographer who wrote about Islam and Africa is popularly knowns as _____________.

al-Bakri.

400

The Andalusia or Andalus (as it is known in Arabic) of those days is today known as ______________.

Spain

400

The stage when the Muslims were segregated from the communities was known as the stage of ________________.

containment.

500

The ecological transition zone between the Sahara desert and forest zone was known as __________________.

The Sahel

500

The 3 great medieval empires in West Africa were _______________.

Ghana, Mali and Songhay.

500

The ________ century jihads led to the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate.

19th

1000

The history of Islam in West Africa can be explained in 3 stages. The middle stage is known as the stage of __________.

mixing.

1000

The first contact of Muslims with Africa was in the year _______.

619

1000
Najashi's name was _________.

Al-As'hamah.

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