Muslims in pre-Columbian America

Sep 06, 2010 11:58


Found this on a website, and wanted to put some interesting bits in here:

"Historical evidence suggests that there were Muslims within the original, native, Ameri-Indian community and that the first group of immigrant Muslims reached the Americas in 1312 (180 years before Columbus). From Mali and other parts of West Africa, Muslim explorers arrived ( Read more... )

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suzan_s September 6 2010, 13:46:04 UTC
There's a really interesting History Channel program called "Who Discovered America"......there were many that came before Columbus!

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