EPISODE 2: How Islam Spread To West Africa by Mutohhir Abdulhamid Olanrewaju

The true factor of Islamization lies in the religion of Islam itself. Every Muslim is asked to carry the message of the Prophet to others. A prophetic tradition says, 'Preach about me, even if it's just one verse.

Wherever the Muslims went, they took their religion and culture with them. The Arabic language was an important part of their religion, as the Qur'an was written in Arabic. There were long-distance trade routes running from.

The Arabs traders and business men and some quite missionaries who had dedicated their life with the cause of Islam carried the message of Islam wherever they travel to. It's also true that wherever the Muslim conquest took place a large number of Muslims chose to settle down in newer places the period between 660 and 670 C.E was remarkable expansion of Islam further in to Africa along the Mediterranean coast Morocco came under Islam influence in 8th century and berbers began to join the Muslim armies.

Islam spread in North Africa with remarkable speed, and by the year 732 C.E., one hundred years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, his followers were the masters of an empire greater than that of the Roman Empire at its zenith.

This empire extended from the Bay of Biscay in the west to the Hindu  and the confines of China in the east, and from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the south to the lower reaches of the Nile in the north.

The name of the Prophet as a messenger of Allah, along with the name of Allah, was called out from thousands of minarets scattered across North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia, and Europe.