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Oldest Muslim cities and places in Africa!!!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIxsgnngIC4

Listen to the part about Harar :up:
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I heard Harar is the fourth most important city in islam???
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Where's harar? :? I think the country Mali has some old Muslim cities.....
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harar is an ancient muslim town in ethiopia
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muslim-man wrote:I heard Harar is the fourth most important city in islam???
More important than Dimashq, Cairo, Baghdad, etc? I think it's one of the most important Islamic cities in Africa.
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Yes sxb. i heard its ranked forth after makka, madina, bait aqsa. dont kno why though

Cant remember wether i read that on these pages or somewhere else.

maybe someone might help out
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muslim-man wrote:I heard Harar is the fourth most important city in islam???
yes, here is more information


Harar (eastern Ethiopia)- fourth holiest Muslim cities in the world.
Negash (north Ethiopia) the earliest Muslim settlement in Africa
Harar- has one of the most # of Mosques concentration per a city in the world
Population- There are 3x as many Muslims living in Ethiopia than in Somalia
Jimma and Addis Ababa - hold two of the oldest Islamic texts in the world
Ethiopia- site of First Muslim refugee migration to avoid persecution in Mecca
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There u go Arab man!

Thanks for info Hareri boy :up:
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harrar wa magaalo barakaysan boqol jeerr baan tagay
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Islam reached east africa before it reached Madina.
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