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 A: North Africans practice Islam and are called Muslims. Approximately 95% of North Africans are Muslim. Like Christians use the Bible, Muslims use the __Quran__. Muslims communicate using a language called Arabic. They use the Five Pillars of Islam: Declaration of Faith (announce belief in one God and in Muhammad as the last messenger of God), Prayer (saying prayers five times daily), Almsgiving (giving some of you wealth to the needy), Fasting (not eating or drinking during Ramadan), and Pilgrimage (making a journey to Mecca at least once in a lifetime). 2. Q: Why are Muslims in North Africa worried about preserving their culture? **
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A: Muslims are worried that their culture is much too influenced by the Western Africans. They are wearing the same clothes, adapting Western ideas, seeing their films, and buying their products. Muslims are losing some of their values and traditions as they become more Western. They have a challenge like no other; preserving their cultures while their country modernizes.  **3. Q: How does North Africa's location affect its culture? **

A: North Africa is capable of trading with both Europe and Asia since the only thing that separates them is the Mediterranean Sea. North Africa has taken advantage of this capability since ancient times and trades many goods with Asia and Europe. With the goods come cultures. So many different cultures come together in North Africa. This means that __cultural diffusion__ is occurring.  ** A: 95 percent of Africans that live in North Africa are Islam. This __culture__ has rules of their own, like givinga portion of own's wealth to the poor, reciting prayers 5 times a day, fasting, not eating or drinking while the sun is up, and many more traditions. That affects the way //Islamic// Africans live. Their beliefs also rule their lives.
 * 4. Q: How does having the Islamic religion affect the way most Africans live?

This is a picture of North Africa and the Mediterranean. I chose this picture because it shows how geographically easy it is to transport and trade things from North African countries to Asia and Europe. The highlighted region of this picture is North Africa. I chose this picture because it shows North Africa very well. The URL of this picture is:http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/d7/350px-LocationNorthernAfrica.png



This is a picture of a Quran. Isn’t it big? This book shown is what they study their culture out of. It’s kind of like a Bible, but in Arabic. The URL of this picture is: http://www.fashionfunky.com/2007/05/11/quran.jpg





__Vocabulary__ Quran- a book that "controls" all different parts of life Cultural Diffusion- what happens when cultures move around Culture- Language, religious beliefs, valus, customs, and the ways of life shared by a group of people Islam- a culture in Africa, the people who practice this are called Muslims

__Sources__ Eastern Hemisphere Textbook