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The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years. The early Muslim conquests that occurred following the death of Muhammad in 632 CE led to the creation of the caliphates, expanding over a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces expanding over vast territories and building imperial structures over time.
By the 8th century, most of Anglo-Saxon England and the Frankish Empire was de jure Christian. In the 8th century, the Franks became standard-bearers of Roman Catholic Christianity in Western Europe, waging wars on its behalf against Arian Christians, Islamic invaders, and pagan Germanic peoples such as the Saxons and Frisians.
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
Turgesh defeat Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi in the Day of Thirst. 725: The Muslims occupy Nîmes in France. 729: Khurasani army under Ashras ibn Abdallah al-Sulami scores a narrow victory over the Turgesh at the Battle of Baykand and recovers Bukhara. The retreating Turgesh undertake the Siege of Kamarja.
By the beginning of the 8th century, conversions became a policy issue for the caliphate. [133] They were favored by religious activists, and many Arabs accepted the equality of Arabs and non-Arabs. [133] However, conversion was associated with economic and political advantages, and Muslim elites were reluctant to see their privileges diluted ...
Jabril ibn Bukhtishu 8th century Nestorian physician. [18] Jacob Bar-Salibi most prolific writer in the Syriac Orthodox Church of the twelfth century. [19] Jacob of Edessa (c. 640 – 5 June 708) Syriac apologist and philosopher. [20] Job of Edessa, a Christian natural philosopher and physician active in Baghdad and Khurāsān under the Abbasid ...
He was the first Muslim to serve as president of the Interfaith Council of South Florida in 2002, and the first Muslim to represent Islam at a Florida faith summit in 2000, held at the Capitol ...
Islam existed in Spain since the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth century. At the beginning of the twelfth century, the Muslim population in the Iberian Peninsula, called al-Andalus in Arabic, was estimated to number up to 5.5 million, among whom were Arabs, Berbers and indigenous converts. [8]