Muslim Europe : a journey in search of a fourteen hundred year history
Hussain, Tharik2025
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This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean. Our odyssey begins in the little-known Sufi lodges in Cyprus, where Muslims arrived in 647AD. From there, we travel through the continent - visiting places such as Sicily, Malta, Portugal and Spain - encountering red-haired European Sultans and Arabic-speaking Christian Kings. We meet forgotten Muslim pioneers, such as Abbas Ibn Firnas who gave us flight and Ibn Sina who gave us modern medicine. We see the Islam-inspired mudejar art of fourteenth-century Christians in Spain, and how such cross fertilisation birthed Europe's 'Renaissance'. We discover the long-forgotten tombs of European Muslims who knew the Prophet Muhammad, and the author - award-winning writer Tharik Hussain - becomes the first Muslim in over 900 years to pray inside the remains of a nameless Sicilian Mosque.
Main title:
Muslim Europe : a journey in search of a fourteen hundred year history / Tharik Hussain.
Author:
Hussain, Tharik, author
Imprint:
London : Viking, 2025.
Collation:
432 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241742822 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.697094305.697305.697094 HUS305.6970940902305.697 HUSS305.697 HUS
Language:
English
BRN:
8979877