ISLAM IN INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA

• MUSLIMS EXPANDED THEIR INFLUENCE FROM NORTHWEST INDIA TO THE INDUS VALLEY.• THE GOVERNMENT WAS CENTERED IN DELHI.•THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE DELHI SULTANATE

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ISLAM IN INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA

• THE DELHI SULTANATE EXTENDED THEIR POWER BY MILITARY CONQUEST.• MUSLIMS DID NOT FIND MUCH ACCEPTANCE IN INDIA; INDIANS WOULD NOT ACCEPT MONOTHEISM.• THEY DID FIND ACCEPTANCE AMONG SOME BUDDHISTS.

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ISLAM IN INDIA & SE ASIA

• SOME LOWER CASTE HINDU FOUND ISLAM APPEALING BECAUSE OF ITS EGALITARIAN NATURE.•THE DELHI SULTANATE HAD A STRONG MILITARY, BUT FAILED TO ESTABLISH A STRONG ADMINISTRATION.•THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN INTRODUCING THE ISLAMIC CULTURE TO INDIA.

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ISLAM IN INDIA & SE ASIA• HERE ISLAM SPREAD MOSTLY FROM COMMERCIAL CONTACTS & CONVERSIONS RATHER THAN MILITARY CONQUEST.• THE NEW FAITH DID NOT GAIN WIDESPREAD POPULARITY AMONG THE BUDDHIST• SOME AREAS OF THE MAINLAND & SOME ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WERE RECEPTIVE.

Southeast Asia

ISLAM IN INDIA & SE ASIA

• ISLAM FOUND A STRONGHOLD ON THE ISLANDS OF MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, & THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.

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ISLAM IN AFRICA

• IN THE 8TH CENTURY JIHAD BROUGHT ISLAM TO AFRICA.• ISLAM WAS CARRIED ACROSS THE DESERT ALONG THE CARAVAN ROUTES.•IN THE 10 CENTURY EGYPT BECAME A MUSLIM TERRITORY.

North Africa

ISLAM IN AFRICA

• THE RULERS OF KINGDOM OF GHANA IN WEST AFRICA ALSO CONVERTED TO ISLAM.• AFTERWARDS THE RULERS IN THE KINGDOM OF MALI ALSO CONVERTED.• THE COMMON PEOPLE WERE NOT AS OPEN TO ISLAM.

West Africa

ISLAM IN AFRICA• COMMON PEOPLE PREFERRED THEIR POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS. • WHEN COMMONERS DID CONVERT THEY BLENDED ISLAM WITH THEIR POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS.• ISLAM WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY SOME BECAUSE THEY WERE MATRILINEAL AND DID NOT LIKE THE WAY ISLAM VIEWED WOMEN.

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ISLAM IN AFRICA• ALONG THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA ISLAM ARRIVED VIA THE INDIAN OCEAN TRADE ROUTE.• EAST AFRICAN CITIES SUCH AS MOGADISHU, MOMBASA, & KILWA BECAME CENTERS OF ISLAM.• AS IN WESTERN AFRICA, THE EAST AFRICAN RULERS CONVERTED FIRST FOLLOWED MUCH LATER BY SOME COMMONERS

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN & SLAVES IN DAR AL ISLAM

• DAR AL-ISLAM MEANS HOUSE OF ISLAM AND REFERS TO THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE.

• THE ROLE OF WOMEN CHANGED FROM THE TIME OF MUHAMMAD TO THE 15TH CENTURY.

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN & SLAVES IN DAR AL ISLAM

• IN THE EARLY DAYS WOMEN WERE NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR THE VEIL NOR WERE THEY SECLUDED FROM PUBLIC.• THESE CUSTOMS WERE ADAPTED FROM CONTACT WITH OTHER GROUPS LIKE THE PERSIANS.

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN & SLAVES IN DAR AL ISLAM

• THE SECLUSION OF THE HAREM ORIGINATED IN THE ABBASID COURT.• FROM THE TIME OF MUHAMMAD ON MEN COULD HAVE UP TO FOUR WIVES. IF THEY COULD AFFORD THEM.

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN & SLAVES IN DAR AL ISLAM

• YET IN MANY WAYS ISLAMIC WOMEN ENJOYED GREATER PRIVILEGES THAN WOMEN IN OTHER SOCIETIES AT THE SAME TIME.• WOMEN COULD OWN PROPERTY BEFORE & AFTER MARRIAGE•THEY COULD REMARRY IF DIVORCED BY THEIR HUSBANDS.

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN & SLAVES IN DAR AL ISLAM

• WERE FORBIDDEN FROM ENSLAVING OTHER MUSLIMS.• SLAVERY WAS NOT HEREDITARY.• SLAVES WERE OFTEN FREED ESPECIALLY IF THEY CONVERTED.

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