The Rise of Muhammad and Islam
Date Submitted: 08/01/2003 02:05:48
When Charles Martel defeated the Muslims in Spain and stopped their advance into greater
Europe, he most likely did not know just how much of an effect his victory had on the history of not
only Europe, but of the known world. The fact that Islam may have overtaken the rest of the world
had it not been for that crucial battle attests to the strength of this relatively new religion. If the
strength of
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few, and it has been predicted that by
the year 2000, one-fourth of the world's (by then) six billion people will call themselves Muslims.
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Verona Italy, 1968.
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Revival. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1991.
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Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1995.
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