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Masjid: Mosques of Sudan

Sudan's history, has for long been very much influenced by three things: the River Nile, religion, specifically: Islam; and foreign powers wanting to influence events in it, especially Egypt. Sudan is overwhelmingly Muslim; with the south now separating, northern Sudan will be even more so. Many people outside Sudan do not know that in the much in the news: Darfur, nearly everyone is a Muslim; and that Darfurians are some of the most devout Muslims you will ever meet. Of all the Muslim countries, Sudan seems to have the most mosques with varying architecture; some mosques are very simple and some are intricately built. Most of the well known mosques in the country are in the fast expanding and booming capital: Khartoum.

Mosques, Churches and Temples of Eastern Africa

Through out history, religions have caused joy, great hope and comfort; and, many times too, religions, especially conflict between people with different religions, have caused immense suffering and sorrow. But, come to think of it: one can say the same thing about racial prejudice and conflicts between races; and of economic inequality. Take for instance the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth: the USA; racism and racial prejudice; and wealth and income disparity - have, through out America's history, caused the most misery and pain to most of its citizens than any other things. Indeed, the same can be said about most nations. In Eastern Africa, economic inequality, political turbulence and many times: racial differences, have been the greatest causes of distress and wretchedness. But, very rarely: religion.

Masjid: Mosques of Eastern Africa VI

Ethiopia or Abyssinia or Al'Habasha: is a land very rich in water but stalked by hunger; it has its own alphabet and has never been colonized. It is a land that will always be lovingly and fondly remembered by Muslims as the first place that was chosen by the Founder of Islam as the one to flee to, for some of the persecuted Muslims in Makkah, during those most trying days at the beginning of Islam. Two places: Madinat Al Munawwara and Ethiopia embody the Hijra and the Islamic Calendar. Since that first migration of a few Muslims to Ethiopia, Islam has grown and flourished and today 45% to 52% of Ethiopians are Muslims: in Africa, it has the third largest Muslim population after Egypt and Nigeria. A Muslim population that has, since that great Hijra, lived and coexisted peacefully with the millions of  Christians, mainly Coptic, who are as many as Muslims in this land of about 90 million people. Nearby in the North, is Eritrea, a land of very proud people whose culture, traditions and languages are very similar to Ethiopia's; here too, Muslims are about half of the population. To the east of Ethiopia, are Djibouti and Somalia, who are overwhelmingly Muslim. In all: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia; there are many mosques: