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? was an important driving force for the spread of Islam in Medieval Africa. ? spread their religious beliefs as they traveled across the desert to exchange goods.

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trade and arab merchants

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Answer: The expansion of the conditions in Africa began in the time of Prophet Muhammad.

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According to some statistics, Islam is the most represented religion on the African continent. About 47% of the population belongs to the youngest monotheistic religion. The expansion began at the time of Prophet Muhammad when his disciples immigrated to Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia).

In North Africa, the spread of Egypt started to at the time of the Egyptian Caliph Omar. The western part of this continent is recording the range of Islam thanks to Arab trade links in this part of the world. Thus, Islam reached the African continent in various ways.

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