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Muslims In Britain: Past And Present by Ataullah Siddiqui This article will discuss in brief the early immigration of Muslims into Britian*. It traces the contributing factors for such immigration and discusses the problems faced by early immigrants. It analyses immigrants’ initiatives to live as Muslims and their encounters with other faiths, especially Christianity. Finally, the article highlights some of the contemporary problems faced by the community living in Britain.

AMERICAN MUSLIM HISTORY: A Chronological Observation By Fareed H. Numan Unquestionably, Muslims have made an impact on the evolution of American society. Historically Muslims have made major contribution, e.g. humanities, the sciences, and art. They explored North America 300 years before the so-called "discovery" of the New World by Christopher Columbus. They used the Mississippi river as their access route to and from the continent's interior. .....

A survey of Islamic history from the lifetime of the Prophet to the Mongol conquest of Baghdad. Topics to be covered will include the emergence of Islam as a major world religion; the impact of the Arab conquests on the Mediterranean world; political, military and cultural contacts between the Islamic Near East and western Europe. .....

COLUMBUS by Dr. Youssef Mroueh Numerous evidence suggests that Muslims from Spain and West Africa arrived in the Americas at least five centuries before Co1umbus. It is recorded, for example that in the mid-tenth century during the rule of the Umayed Caliph Abdul-Rahman III (929-961), Muslims of African origin sailed westward from the Spanish port of Delba (Palos) into the “Ocean of darkness an fog.” They returned after a long absence with much booty from a “strange and curious land.” It is evident that people of Muslim origin are known to have accompanied Columbus and subsequent Spanish explorers to the New World.