Can Islam Solve All of Africas Issues?

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Islam is the only religion that I can see the continent uniting under if it were ever to happen.

Other religions are too alien/foreign to be taken seriously by most Africans and Christianity is problematic with it's Eurocentric imagery that has come to pretty much define the religion. Arabs can't have anything to do with it though, it has to be a 100% African effort.

The West would never let it happen though, lots of blood will be shed and the blame will be saddled on Islam, as always, and by design.

and before the athiest brigade comes through, I see Africans as a naturally spiritual people....not going to happen.

if by spiritual you mean ignorant, then sure.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Religions from the far east are too foreign in character to take a serious hold in Africa, so that only leaves Christianity and Islam. Christianity is some European concoction, Islam is an Arab concoction, true, but it bans tribalism and has more of a uniting nature than any other religion on the planet, plsu Islam has a history of taking hold in places outside of its birthplace without changing the character and culture of the population. IF Africans were to unite under a religion, I see Islam as the one.

You'd start bytching if they took religion seriously a la saudi arabia...and you DONT want that...do you?

 

[Type Username Here]

The same people who Muslims brought out of the dark ignorant ages.....

Source?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I thought only teenagers who are just recently learning about religion and history were the only ones that blamed problems on religion.

I remember as a kid I thought all problems were because of Christianity... then I was thinking Islam.. especially for Africa.

But then I stopped being ignorant and realized what really happened... and happens. .

you can't just ignore the motivations people have to unite UNDER religion.

The fact is that despite tribalism, religion DOES inform a lot of sectarianism.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

maybe...

how though?

Im not aware that Africa was some unified force before Islam...
I also wasn't aware that the religion destroyed Africa... what do you mean by destroyed?
I thought that European colonization may have caused slightly more issues and division than any religion, especially Islam. Is it possible that some of the ethnic groups were pitted against one another by colonial leaders?
Some people seem to believe that Islam united some previously disconnect groups that went on to take over large areas and advanced them in science and technology..


Explain the significant ways that Islam helped to destroy and divide Africa.

FOR fukkS SAKE...get Muhammad's nuts out of your mouth.

RELIGION = POINTLESS

Theres no need for it.

AT ALL.

Theres nothing to be gained by believing in magic bullshyt.

If you wanna talk about political structure or how to run a society...cool...but believing in a prophet who talks to "god"...thats absolute lunacy.

Just drop it already.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Africa needs to let those people draw their own borders honestly...

 

[88m3]

Africa needs to let those people draw their own borders honestly...

Africa can't get any larger or smaller the way I understand it.

 

[mbewane]

Africa can't get any larger or smaller the way I understand it.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

maybe...

how though?

Im not aware that Africa was some unified force before Islam...
I also wasn't aware that the religion destroyed Africa... what do you mean by destroyed?
I thought that European colonization may have caused slightly more issues and division than any religion, especially Islam. Is it possible that some of the ethnic groups were pitted against one another by colonial leaders?
Some people seem to believe that Islam united some previously disconnect groups that went on to take over large areas and advanced them in science and technology..


Explain the significant ways that Islam helped to destroy and divide Africa.

No one said they were unified before Islam, the OP asked if Islam could unify the continent that's why I said what I said.

Islam divided people on religious grounds on top of the tribal ones, Islam in Africa brought the beginnings of the Trans Saharan Slave trade/Arab Slave Trade and built the model for the future European trade. Now we're not gonna say Islam did what the Europeans did but it can't be ignored that they did something nonetheless. While for a short while there were moments of cooperation but on the whole the addition of Arab/Islamic culture was the beginning of the African holocaust which was more cultural/religious and gradually along with European involvement became full blown exploitation and genocide.

Significant events could include the end of Ghana's age of prosperity and cultural development by the jihads of Abu Bekr in 1076, before this Ghana was a successful land known for its gold which had a culture and system of society/governance uniquely African and unmolested by outside influence. Ghana recovered its freedom in 1087 but not the power, grandeur, and state organization of before and became nothing more than a small state within Songhai/Mali. El Mansur's invasion of Songhai and the sacking of Timbuktu(way to promote Islamic unity) in 1591 after Askia the Great's death, in fact Turaegs, Arabs, and Berbers made a habit of attacking Timbuktu and this was really the last gasp of African high culture. The disintegration of West Africa from the Islamic Moorish occupations gave Europeans the impression that Africa was nothing more than a savage land of wreck and ruin, of course we know what happened next, wouldn't of been possible without Arabs desire to conquer and spread the word of Islam.

 

[tstone]

Islam has only destroyed African peoples, replacing African traditionalism and all it entails--culture, custom and language--with bland Islamic tomes. Islam has encouraged seperatism and extremism all over the continent, encouraging African groups to fight, torture and murder their own people over ideals that are not even their own. Islam has heralded the arrival and supremacy of Arabist peoples and ideals into the continent. Islam has aided and abetted in the the African slave trade in similar ways to Christianity. In many cases Islam still does. In Arab nations Islam is a gross net negative on employment, safety, productivity and prosperity. Several African nations today would be better off without Islam and its followers. They should all be pushed into the sea.

What crack have you been smoking. Where are the Arab colonies and domination in sub-Saharan Africa. Lets look at the sub-Saharan African countries that have a majority Muslim population and compare it to their post european colonist official language.
Country Official Language
Mali (French)
Nigeria (English)
Senegal (French)
Burkina Faso (French)
Sierra Leone (English)
Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese)
Guinea (French)
Chad (French)

Do you see these black people using Arabic as their official language. By looking at this we can say that the present condition of Africa, is due to the recent European colonial powers which have destroyed the society, raped the land of resources and imposed EUROPEAN dominant ideas and language. Do some research so you know what you’re talking about next time.

 

[tmonster]

Powerful by the OP.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Africa can't get any larger or smaller the way I understand it.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

control over their own resources is what they need. Plus they need to ban (or murk) all asian and cac people who decide that they would like to deal w those resources as more than a refining consultant.

The most powerful economy might also wanna look into one currency.

They need to reject future 'aid' if they can.

But ur right True Muslims are united... I see it all the time. Even here we've raised like 600K at a time to do real shyt... but that's not the Islam that most people talk about. The same people who Muslims brought out of the dark ignorant ages..... are the same people who control the dialogue on Islam right now. Most people equate Islam with Saudi government n shyt like that.

africa for africans

Africa would have a near impossible time being single currency. debt, corruption, being at the forefront. it may be possible someday. a lot of distrust because of decades of war

its hard to.oppose aid when youre in debt. lot of mismanagement and corruption.

so much potential

 

[tstone]

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Two words: BOKO HARAM

Dude, Islam was in Africa since the 7th century, it has a legacy of Mansa Musa and Timbuktu. Boko Haram was created in 2001. Use something with a longer life span. I have Trick Daddy cds older than that.

 

[Dada]

There's Islam in Africa, already, and ABSOLUTELY NOT. It's caused plenty of problems, though.