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For over 1400 years Muslims have played a leading role in the history of the world. From Spain to China, Muslims have left a lasting impact on the development of different regions. This history has been lost, ignored, or just plain rewritten to ignore Muslims. For too long both Muslims and non-Muslims have been ignorant of this illustrious history. Lost Islamic History will bring back that history to benefit people of all faiths and backgrounds, inshAllah.

About the Author

Firas Alkhateeb is a history teacher at Universal School in Bridgeview, Illinois. He has a bachelor’s degree in History with a concentration in Islamic History from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently pursuing his masters in teaching at Concordia University Chicago.

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The banner image is a summary overview map of the world from al-Idrisi’s world atlas which he drew in 1154. Al-Idrisi lived and worked in the multi-cultural and tolerant Sicily of King Roger II. His life provides a prime example of Muslims and non-Muslims living and working together and providing a joint intellectual legacy. The map would be considered “upside down” to most people, as North is situated at the bottom of the map, as most ancient maps were. With the development of Europe as an economic and military powerhouse in the early modern era, maps began to be situated the way they are today – with Europe at the top.

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