A History of Islam in America

Illustration of African Muslims when he first set foot on the American continent.

WASHINGTON - A lot of historical evidence reveal traces of Islam who had already been present in the Americas before the Europeans.

But relations history of Islam in the American continent deliberately covered to eliminate the existence of Islam never contribute greatly to the 'New World' to be known as the American continent today.

Some historical evidence is there that can still be traced in the literature, some of them etched clearly in a historic building of the United States.

From the physical traces of literacy and will be proof that Islam remains entrenched despite various efforts were made to eliminate them.

This trail can be seen starting from the role of Muslim explorers who did the crossing to the New World, the Americas before Columbus until the figure of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an which became one of the inspirations of constitutional law at the US Supreme Court.

Here are three things among Islamic historical evidence forgotten in America. First, al-Masudi's map. Al-Masudi's map of the world from 956 AD, shows the "Land is not known" across the Atlantic from Africa.

Abu al-Hasan al-Masudi Muslim historians of Andalusia recorded in 956 AD, there was a cruise by some sailors Andalusia in 889 AD. Many cruise from Andalusia to the west, they finally found a huge inland sea.

The discovery of the mainland continued to trade with the natives until later they returned to Andalusia. Al-Masudi noted with a map that is in the land across the sea, and refer to it as the 'Land of the unknown'.

Thus, it is clear that the theory that discovered the New World, Columbus is not the American continent. Columbus's discovery story is only to maintain the superiority of the Europeans in the control region of the voyage to the New World.

Even after the cruise recorded by al-Masudi that there is much evidence of literacy history, Arabs, West Africa and the Ottoman had sailed the Atlantic ocean before Columbus and the Europeans go to the American continent.

African Nations recorded into American Muslim clerics and scholars first. When this happens the misconceptions about Islam in American society and the American Muslim community.

They see Islam in America today is only developed by scholars and intellectuals educated group of immigrants from the Middle East in the modern age.

The mistaken understanding refuted by a historical documentation by an educated Muslim clerics and scholars from West Africa named Bilali Muhammad.

It stems from the Fulbe tribe and was born around 1770 BC in the city of Timbo, now part of Guinea countries. He is fluent in Arabic and memaham science of Hadith, Sharia and Tafsir very high.

Bilali taken to plantations in the Caribbean island in 1802 and continued to be employed in Georgia, USA. As an educated Muslims from West Africa, Bilali undoubtedly bring Islamic education with him to America.

This is evidenced by a 13-page script that he wrote and he gave to an author, Francis Robert Goulding, before he died in 1857.

Ketgia, Donation Law. Although controversial, a decor, designed by Adolph Weinman, on the north wall of the US Supreme Court illustrates the great law-makers of the Middle Ages.

Prophet Muhammad is shown holding the Koran and the sword. Prophet Muhammad Recognized as a contributor to the Constitutional Law on the Supreme Court.

A carved wall decorations at one of the United States Supreme Court. The decor is a statue of the 18 individuals who are considered to give a great inspiration in the laying of the constitutional law of the United States.

One of the highlights is a statue described as Prophet Muhammad, who was carrying the Qur'an.

Although the Islamic Prophet Muhammad statue is prohibited, but the presence of the statue proves that Islam has had strong roots in the history of this country.

The statue also explains the legal certainty in our society that comes from a long history of world civilization.

The 18 sculptures are credited is Menes, Hammurabi, Moses, King Solomon, Lycurgus, Solon, Draco, Confucius, Octavian, Justinian, the Prophet Muhammad, King Charlemagne, King John, Louis IX, Hugo Grotius, William Blackstone, John Marshall, Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Written by Ficky at Sunday, September 11, 2016