12739339, I meant West Africa wasn't part of the wars of Muslim expansion in the 7th century.
Posted by Lardlad95, Mon Mar-02-15 11:35 AM
I didn't mean it was never spread through conquest in subsaharan Africa. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Where did it spread through conquest below the Sahara in West Africa after the conquests to the north but before missionaries went south?
Anyway, I get why I was called out. I'm not trying to give Islam a pass, but I don't see a 1:1 comparison between how West Africans were introduced to the two. And that isn't to say one is better or more connected to us, just that it might influence how we see the two historically.
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