According to Wikipedia The first revelation of Muhammad occurs in Hira on Mount Jabal An-Nuour in the year 610 AD when the archangel Gabriel comes to him and gives him a verse from the Koran ("The first revelation of Muhammad”1). After his revelation, Muhammad went to tell his wife who then took him to see the Ebionite cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal, who is very familiar with the Jewish and Christian Scriptures and after hearing Muhammad's story is convinced that Muhammad is a revelation from Allah. Nawful then says that the angel who came to him, Namus (Gabriel) is the same one who came to Moses. Later Muhammad returns to the cave where he again hears the Voice that he is an apostle of Allah. According to Wikipedia, between the 7th and 9th centuries, Islam began to spread in West Africa (“spread of Islam”1). It spreads peacefully along trade routes from North Africa. The traders all share a common religion which, in return, gives them a greater willingness to trust each other. Later in the 18th century, the Sokoto Caliphate, led by Usman Dan Fodlo, makes a great effort to spread Islam. According to Wikipedia, a Muslim movement called Tablighi Jmaat was born in 1926 which aimed at reform at the grassroots level to align the social and economic spectrums with Islam ("Tablighi Jamaat"1). The movement was formed in Mewat, in northern India, inhabited mainly by
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