Map of Islam in Tanzania, circa 1967 (shortly after Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to become Tanzania.) OC

[Mohamedamiin120]

 

[Barkhadle1520]

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Wow didnt know it was that big

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Wow didnt know it was that big

Zanzibar did a lot of Dawah back in it's time.

 

[Riftvalley]

Zanzibar did a lot of Dawah back in it's time.

A Somali sheikh Al Barawi converted a lot of people in the 19th century.

 

[New World]

A Somali sheikh Al Barawi converted a lot of people in the 19th century.

Why didn't we settle there?

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Why didn't we settle there?

Because Somalia already had a source for slaves and didn’t need to subjugate the area. Additionally the big migration of the day was to Jubaland/NFD.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Christian regions have higher fertility so the Muslim population is decreasing

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Christian regions have higher fertility so the Muslim population is decreasing

Tbh blame Oman/Zanzibar for slave-raiding the shit out of the soon-to-be Muslim territories in the interior, Tanzania probably would have been a Muslim majority country if not for the fact that soon-to-be Muslim lands were heavily depopulated and destabilized.

 

[cunug3aad]

Tbh blame Oman/Zanzibar for slave-raiding the shit out of the soon-to-be Muslim territories in the interior, Tanzania probably would have been a Muslim majority country if not for the fact that soon-to-be Muslim lands were heavily depopulated and destabilized.

Its crazy oman done so so many slaves from swahilli coast they had to move their capital there so they could do more The slave capital of the indian ocean