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Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik, Canada, which led Amier Suliman to remark: "This is the first minaret to be erected in the Arctic ...some will say it's a new frontier for Islam". [1] The history of Islam in the Arctic starts relatively late in the chronology of Islamic history, the Arctic Circle being at a great distance from traditional Muslim ...
Amier Suliman, one of the congregants, remarked to an Egyptian news outlet that "this [the mosque] is the first minaret to be erected in the Arctic ... some will say it's a new frontier for Islam." [ 16 ] The construction and transport of the mosque inspired children's author Shazia Afzal and illustrator Aliya Ghare to co-create the book ...
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The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
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A fact from Islam in the Arctic appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010?
Islam has been in some parts of Oceania possibly as early as the 16th century due to contacts with the largely Muslim regions in Indonesia. [5] When the people of New Guinea traded with China and the kingdoms of Southeast Asia, since at least the 16th century, the presence of Islam was felt in Oceania for the first time. [6]
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