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This is the Islam symbol. I chose this picture because my question and answer are all about Islams. The site I got this picture from is http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/769/107747.JPG

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What religion is most practiced in North Africa? The religion that is most practiced in North Africa is Islam. Islam is practiced by more than 95% of the population and they are called muslims.

the main duties of a muslim are outlined in the five pillars of islam. the duties are declaration of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage. (the source i got this question from is the eastern hemisphere textbook from prentice hall)

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How has being on the Mediterranean Sea aided the North African people? __  Their location on the Mediterranean is a great help to society. They have easy access to three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. North Africa has wonderful trading with the other continents and countries. This trading has brought new cultures to North Africa, and new traditions are arousing. Cultures also came from conquest. The Egyptians of ancient times had good trade with Europe and Asia, and they both conquered and were conquered by other civilizations. Now cultural diffusion has been formed. (Source: Prentice Hall World Explorer __Eastern Hemisphere__) North Africa Why do North Africans Muslims want to preserve their Culture? Ways that North Africans preserve there culture is that some Muslims are worried that their country is becoming to be like western part of Africa like people are wear the clothes they get from places at west Africa, watching west African films and looking at their ideas. Muslims fear that they lose their values and traditions I got this picture from [|www.macalester.edu/]religouslife/studentorgs.hmtl I chose this picture because it was a syombol that goes with muslims culture.

What is the sacred book of Islam? What does it forbid Muslims to do? The sacred book of Islam is called the Quaran. It forbids lying, stealing, and murder, like Christianity. It also forbids other things. These things are eating pork. drinking alcohol, and gambling. That is the sacred book of Islam and what if forbids. To the left is a picture of the Quaran, the sacred book of Islam. I got this picture at http://www.fashionfunky.com/2007/05/11/quran.jpg

//Sahara//-The biggest desert in the world. It covers most of North Africa. Nomads often wander around its vast surface, looking for places to stay. There is also little rain there, like in most deserts. (Source: Africa Vocab homework.) Culture: it is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. (Source: Eastern Henisphere textbook.) Medtrerranean sea- the sea that seaprates africa from europe. Cultural Diffusion- The movement ideas and customs (Source: Eastern Hemisphere Textbook)
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