The influence of Islam in the Americas
Now and again you try to open a map of America. Examine the name of a place in Uncle Sam's country. As Muslims, surely you will be surprised.What article? It turned out so many names of places and cities that use words that are rooted and derived from the language of Muslims, namely Arabic.Do not believe? Try the Los Angeles area. In area it turns out there are the names of the region derived from the effect of Muslims. Call it, there is a region called the Alhambra. Alhambra is not the name of the palace built in Cordoba Islamic civilization?There was also a name that is named El Morro Bay and Alamitos. Not only that, there is also the name of places such as Andalusia, Attilla, Alla, Aladdin, Albany, Alcazar, Alameda, Alomar, Almansor, Almar, Alva, Amber, Azure, and La Habra.After that, let's shift to the center of America. Starting from the south to Illinois also contained the names of the nuances of Islamic cities such as Albany, Andalusia, Attalla, Lebanon, and Tullahoma. In fact, in the state of Washington there is a city of Salem.Another Islamic influence in naming a place or region in America is also very thick felt in the naming of the Caribbean (derived from Arabic). In the Central American region, for example, there is a region of Jamaica and Cuba. The question arises, whether the name of the Cuban roots of the word originated and Quba - the first mosque was built Prophet Mosque Quba. State thousands of city of La Habana Cuba (Havana).In the Americas there was a row of names is also rooted in the language of Islamic civilization as the island of Grenada, Barbados, Bahamas, and Nassau. In South America there is the name of the cities of Cordoba (in Argentina), Alcantara (in Brazil), Bahia (in Brazil and Argentina). There is also the name of Absarooka mountains located on the west coast.According to Dr A Zahoor, such as Alabama state name originated from the word of God bamya. While Arkansas is derived from the Arkan-sah. While Tennessee from Tanasuh said. In addition, there is also the name of a place in America that use the names of the holy city of Islam, as Mecca in Indiana, Medina in Idaho, Medina in New York, Medina and Hazen in North Dakota, Medina in Ohio, Medina in Tennessee, and Medina in Texas. That foreshadowed the Islamic civilization in the Americas.
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