Category: Muslim Influence

Agriculture
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Agriculture

islamicfocus November 14, 2019
The 8th-13th century saw a transformation in world agriculture known as the Muslim Agricultural Revolution which changed the world economy. Here are a...
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Numerals
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Numerals

islamicfocus September 19, 2019
Muslim contribution to mathematics and arithmetic is too vast to set out in this article. Here we highlight one aspect, numbers which we use in every ...
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Samoosas
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Samoosas

islamicfocus September 19, 2019
Samoosas, sambousa, samsa, sambusek and burek are all triangle-shaped pastries, stuffed with a meat or vegetable filling. They originated in ancient I...
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Rice
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Rice

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Rice was first domesticated in the region of the Yangtze River valley in China. Muslims were the means of Asian rice spreading to Europe, Africa and o...
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Air Force
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Air Force

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
In 1909 the Islamic State (Ottoman Turkey) became one of the first nations to start a military aviation program. Military attaches from the Islamic St...
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Hand Cannons
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Hand Cannons

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
A hand cannon is an early form of firearm. It is possibly the oldest type of portable firearm. It is a forerunner of the handgun as well as muskets an...
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Famous Diamonds
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Famous Diamonds

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Some of the biggest, most expensive and famous diamonds have a history linked to Muslims: Darya-ye Noor Diamond: One of the Crown Jewels from Iran....
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Mohair
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Mohair

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
The Angora goat originated from Tibet making its way to Turkey in the 16th century. Until 1849, the Turkish province of Ankara was the sole producer o...
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Gatsbys
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Gatsbys

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
A Gatsby is a South African style of deli sandwich very similar in content and method of preparation as a hoagie in the United States. It is mostly po...
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Civil Law
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Civil Law

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Several legal institutions in European civil law were adapted from similar institutions in Islamic law during the Middle Ages: The Islamic Hawala i...
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