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Christian-Muslim relations in modern sub-Saharan Africa
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The encounter between Islam and
Christianity in modern sub-Saharan Africa has varied widely and substantially. The first contact between Christians and Muslims on African soil was peaceful, but, after followers of Muḥammad found refuge in Axum (in northern Ethiopia) about 615 CE, the Arab conquest of North Africa in the first/seventh century was accompanied by violent confrontations, although many Christians welcomed Muslim rule. The virtual disappearance of Christianity from the Sudan and the Maghrib co…
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-07-19
Nigerian Muslim responses to the British colonisation of Northern Nigeria
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Works on Christian-Muslim RelationsNigerian Muslim responses to the British colonisation of Northern NigeriaKlaus Hock
Nigerian Muslim responses to the British colonisation of Northern Nigeria
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Nigerian Muslim responses to the British colonisation of Northern Nigeria Date: 1803-1918 Original Language: Arabic and Hausa
DescriptionIn the 19th and early 20th centuries, the European presence in the areas of what is today Northern Nigeria and southern Niger (as well as parts of north-eastern Cameroon and western Chad) initially took the form of exploratory journeys by individuals, expeditions operated by trading companies and occasional missionary ventures, before colonial rule was finally imposed. The presenc…
