Re-igniting a Vibrant and Dynamic Global Network
The myth that Islamic civilization spread at the point of the sword is among the many historical fallacies perpetuated by the ‘shaman’ class of western civilization, whose point guard has been western academia. The key means by which Islam is particularly true regarding the spread of Islamic civilization in Africa, which was the result of a profound global trading network which stretched eastward from Futa Turo, t o Walata, the Akan, Tinbuktu, Jenne, the city states of Hausaland, Kufra, lake Chad, Dar Fur, Sennar, Soba, Suakin, the Two Sacred cities of Mecca and el-Medina stretching eastward along the Silk Road as far as the imperial capitals of China. All along this vast global trading network were Muslim trading posts and sometimes autonomous Muslim cities which also acted as ‘zawiyyas’ (sufi centers) and ‘madrasas’ (learning centers) from which the remembrance of Allah, Islamic erudition and lawful trade radiated and influenced the diverse cultures and cilizations that it encountered. Whenever the soveriegnty of Islamic civilization was under threat, there would always emerge a cadre of scholarly Muslim merchants who utilized this global trading network as a means of preserving and extending Islamic civilization. Under the shadow of the global western attack against Islamic civilization, it is important for Muslims to re-ignite the dynamic and vibrant global trading ne twork which preserved and extended Islam in the past. It is in this light that we at SIIASI have established this page in which will be posted articles by Muslims and non-Muslims delineating the positive and negative trends of globalization as well as the positive and negative megatrends challenging and advantaging the resurgence of global Islamic civilization. All the articles have been posted with the permission of the authors, (Also visit the LINKS at the bottom of the page).
Shaykh Muhammad Shareef bin Farid
The Massacre of the Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-Up
by James Petras
China’s Rise, Fall, and Re-Emergence as a Global Power
by James Petras / March 7th, 2012
Green Tea or Coca Cola
An Introduction to China and the Chinese
by Geoffrey Weymouth
African Studies in China in the Twentieth Century:
A Historiographical Survey
by Li Anshan
Domestic Transformations and Change in Sino-African Relations
by Guillaume Moumouni
Jewel of Chinese Muslim Heritage
by Mohammad Khamouch
Mao Tse Tung’s Support of the African American Struggle for Freedom
Statements of Mao Tse Tung 1968
Patriotic and Pious Muslim Intellectuals in
Modern China: The Case of Ma Jian
by Haiyun Ma
Sino-African Relations at a New Stage
A 1970′s CIA Memorandum outlining US’s Role in Africa Declassified in 2005
Nomad’s Dialogue
Development Instead of Relief
Wendy Wilson, Ph. D. & Asmarom Legesse, Ph. D.
US National Security Agency Policy to Disrupt any Proactive Relationships Between African Americans and African Nations
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM-46 MARCH 17, 1978
To the Representatives of the People’s Republic of China
by Shaykh Muhammad Shareef
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