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Muslim Europe - A Journey in Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History

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<''A book I''ve been longing for someone to write and Hussain is the man to write it'' William Dalrymple

''Uncovers a world of which few are fully aware'' Colin Thubron


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
To remedy Europe''s Islamic amnesia, this ambitious history reveals that Islam is no side show to Western culture - but rather has been integral to its development over 1,400 years.<>

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Tharik Hussain

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