Islam Creator of the Modern Age
4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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imagining them to be superior to man, they should
harness them to meet human requirements.
THE CREATION OF THE NEW WORLD
The religion brought by the Prophet Muhammad,
may peace be upon him, was accepted throughout
the length and breadth of Arabia. Later, it began
spreading with astonishing rapidity, until, within
the span of a century; it had conquered Asia and
Africa, finally reaching Europe. Leaving aside the
continent of America, all the countries and all the
seas and oceans of the world came, directly or
indirectly, under the influence of the followers of
this religion.
This process continued for a thousand years. From
the Sukutu Caliphate of Nigeria to the Muslim
Sultanates of Indonesia, and from the Ottoman
empire of Turkey to the Mughal Empire of India,
there existed one vast expanse of the globe where
national and geographical boundaries, such as we
have in modern times, were simply not known.
Muslims, without any difficulty, could travel
