New Book on Islam Published

Written by NEWS DESK Wednesday, 03 June 2009 16:21 The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has released a 332-pages book that details the contribution of Islam to civilization and culture in eastern Africa.
Titled ‘Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa,’ the book is a collection of 21 papers written by eminent scholars in history, political science, sociology, literature and Islam. They include Prof. Ali A. Mazrui. The book published in Turkey, under the supervision of OIC Secretary General, Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, focuses on Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Eastern Congo, the Comoros, South Africa, Yemen and Oman.
The 21 articles were presented at an international symposium in Kampala, between December 15 and 17 2003.

The symposium was jointly organised by Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul, Turkey and the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).
The articles were edited by Prof. Abdu B. K. Kasozi, Executive Director of the National Council for Higher Education and Dr. Halit Eren director of IRCICA.
In his article ‘Africa and Islamic Civilisation: The East African Experience’ which forms chapter one of the book, Prof. Mazrui raises the possibility of Africa merging with the Middle East at one time in history because of the influence of Islam.

“By far, the most ambitious idea of floating in the new era of Afro-Islamic speculation is whether the whole of the Arab world are two regions in the process of merging into one. Out of this speculative discourse has emerged the concept of Afrabia. Eastern Africa has been the starting point of a gradual merger between Africa and the Middle East. Sudan, Somalia and the Swahili coast have been the vanguard,” writes Mazrui.

Some of the contributions of Islam to culture and civiliasation, Mazrui says, include gender empowerment and calendar, clock and alphabet.
He says that indigenous cultures in East Africa gave more roles to women than Islam did, while Islam gave more rights to women than indigenous culture had.
Other contributors include; Dr. Fatima Adam (Nigeria), Prof. Hussein Ahmed (Ethiopia), Dr. Ahmad Kawesa Sengendo (Rector IUIU) and Associate Prof. Ibrahim al-Zein Soghayroun (Muscat).
The book is yet to hit the market in Uganda but copies for reading are available at all campuses of the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).

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	OBAMA ATAMBUA UTUME WA MUHAMMAD SIKIZA HIII> YouTube - Barack Obama in Cairo, Egypt (June 04)

I don't follow Obama, labda ninyi waislam ndio mnafuata mtu, hivyo basi sito shangaa mkimfuata na kumuabudu Obama, kama mlivyo fanya kwa marehemu mwamedi, mtume bandia. lol

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	HUYU PIA NI MTUMWA WA WAZUNGU KWELI SASA ANAONGEA NINI? TANZANIA HUO MKOA TAJIRI NI UPI NA HAO WAZUNGU NI MKOA GANI AMBAO HAWAKUFIKA NA KUTAWALA...LOL BAADA YAKUJENGA NCHI ZAO KILA WIKI WANA ZIARA NA KUOMBAOMBA NCHI ZA WATU ILI WAZIDI WIZI

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	Tatizo sio sasa kama waarabu walichuwa watumwa, tatizo where are blacks arabs like the one we in US of A, Nikimaanisha African Americans. LOL. Pili, lete habari kuhusu hiyo civilization iliyo letwa na Mwamedi mtume wenu, tuione, na siyo maneno matupu. Just look, hapo kwenu Tanzania, Ukienda mikoa iliyo pitiwa na waarabu, kama LINDI, TABORA, NK, ndiyo inaongoza kwa UMASKINI, au sio? Je hiyo, ndio civilization unayo zungumzia? Hivi unafikiri kila mtu hapa JF ni mtumwa wa marehemu mwamadi na ni mbumbumbu kama Muhammadans? Msaidie ndugu yako XP kujibu hoja ya civilization.

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Hiyo hapo juu ndio civilization unayo ipigia debe. Kaazi kweli kweli.

Naona maumivu ya kichwa yameshaanza tena kukuingia. lol. Msaidie ndugu yako XP anae onyesha uchofu na kulemewa na mada.

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	ukristo uliletwa na wazungu tanzania na africa je wale watumwa kule marekani na ulaya walipelekwa na nani kama sio hao manabii wa kizungu waliowafundisha nyinyi? Sasa kama kuna waarabu walichukua watu watumwa point yako ni nini?

pointi yangu ni kuelezea ambacho wanataaluma hawajakieleza ili kubalance story. Nashukuru tu kwamba hujanipinga kwa hoja kuhusu hilo!

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	Jukwaa limevamiwa...! Sasa si ukawashtaki hao Waarabu walio wachukuwa babu zako utumwa? Ukilalamika hapa JF haitokusaidia... Kuna mahakama za kimataifa, pia kuna mawakili wa haki za binadamu... waone wanaweza kukusaidia.

Itasaidia kukuelimisha wewe unayeng'ang'ania kuimba wimbo wa 'civilization' blindly. Mahakama ya kimataifa haitasaidia maana makosa yalifanyika kabla ya kuundwa kwa mahakama hiyo. Iache tu iwashughulikie akina Al-Bashir na Waarabu wa Sudan wanaoua wana-Darfur bila huruma katika kuhakikisha wanawalazimisha kufuata hiyo mnayoiita 'civilization'.

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	Itasaidia kukuelimisha wewe unayeng'ang'ania kuimba wimbo wa 'civilization' blindly. Mahakama ya kimataifa haitasaidia maana makosa yalifanyika kabla ya kuundwa kwa mahakama hiyo. Iache tu iwashughulikie akina Al-Bashir na Waarabu wa Sudan wanaoua wana-Darfur bila huruma katika kuhakikisha wanawalazimisha kufuata hiyo mnayoiita 'civilization'.

Ila wamerekani na jamaa zake unawaona kama mlaika na roho mtatakifu sio?

Open ur eyez!

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Kama ni unapenda kujifunza ukweli, unaweza kutembelea hapa, ila si lazima sana.

Muslim Scientists and Islamic Civilization

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	Ila wamerekani na jamaa zake unawaona kama mlaika na roho mtatakifu sio? Open ur eyez!

Kila mara tunapojadili unaleta issue za Wamarekani au Wazungu. Kwani hii thread inahusu nini? Kama unataka tuwajadili Wamarekani au Wazungu si uanzishe thread nyingine? Ngoja sasa hivi tu-exhaust mjadala huu unaohusu the so called 'Middle Eastern civilization' to East and the rest of Africa!

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	kabul street Hiyo hapo juu ndio civilization unayo ipigia debe. Kaazi kweli kweli. Naona maumivu ya kichwa yameshaanza tena kukuingia. lol. Msaidie ndugu yako XP anae onyesha uchofu na kulemewa na mada.

AKILI MAJI NA HII NDIO CIVILIZATION WANAYO TAKA WAKRISTO NA WAZUNGU WAO....LOL SIJUI KAMA YESU ANAIKUBALI HII...LOL

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Inaonekana dada wa kidhunghu amekupagawisha. lol. Si unaona jinsi civilization ya mwamedi ya kuoa wake 4 na baadae kupewa mabikira 72 wa kiarabu inavyo jionyesha kwako.!!!

Sasa rudi kwenye mada, na tuletee huo ushaidi unao daiwa na ndugu zenu akina Ali MAzrui, et al, ya civilization ya Islam katika africa,.....

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	Inaonekana dada wa kidhunghu amekupagawisha. lol. Si unaona jinsi civilization ya mwamedi ya kuoa wake 4 na baadae kupewa mabikira 72 wa kiarabu inavyo jionyesha kwako.!!! Sasa rudi kwenye mada, na tuletee huo ushaidi unao daiwa na ndugu zenu akina Ali MAzrui, et al, ya civilization ya Islam katika africa,.....

HAWA NDIO MANABII WALIO WAFUNDISHA WAKRISTO NA SASA WANATAKA WAWE NA CIVILIZATION KAMA HII
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JE HIVI NDIO MANABII WA KALE WAKIVAA AU?