Who stopped Islam from spreading?

The Mongols
Following the brutal Mongol invasion of Central Asia under Hulagu Khan and after the Battle of Baghdad (1258), Mongol rule extended across the breadth of almost all Muslim lands in Asia. The Mongols destroyed the caliphate and persecuted Islam, replacing it with Buddhism as the official state religion.

What is the difference between the Nation of Islam and Islam?

While the Nation shares a common vocabulary with Muslims around the world, the NOI’s teachings concerning God, cosmology, Prophet Muhammad and the afterlife can be deemed heterodox, or even heretical, by Islamic standards.

What caused the decline of Islam?

After World War 1, the Turkish Ottoman Empire (the last Islamic empire) started to fall apart. Hence, the Muslims’ expansion of knowledge and skills deteriorated and this caused the failure of Muslims to control the world’s civilizations.

What does Quran say about nation?

(Allah does not change the condition of people until they change what is within themselves). Surah 13: Verse 11. (Allah will give Rise with this book (al-Qur’an al-Karim) some nations; and He (Allah) will cause Fall of some nations with this book (when they will abandon its dictates and teachings).

Who is God to the Nation of Islam?

Main beliefs. The main belief of The Nation of Islam and its followers is that there is only one god, whom they claim “came in the person” of Wallace Fard Muhammad, and that Elijah Muhammad is a messenger of God.

What is Jihad in Islam?

jihad, (Arabic: “struggle” or “effort”) also spelled jehad, in Islam, a meritorious struggle or effort.

What cultures did Islam influence?

With the rapid expansion of the Islamic empires, Muslim culture has influenced and assimilated much from the Persian, Egyptian, North Caucasian, Turkic, Mongol, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Malay, Somali, Berber, Indonesian, and Moro cultures.