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North Africa What affect does Islam have on North Africa ? Islam's sacred book is the Quran. Islam prohibits gambling, eating pork, and drinking alcohol. The Quran is similar to the Bible in the way that they both forbid lying, stealing, and murder. Islam and the Arabic language unify different peoples of North Africa. Most people in North Africa are Arabs. Islam bonds all North African together.  What is the culture like in North Africa? Culture is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. North Africa has a mix of many cultures. All the culture in North Africa is diverse and show modern ways of life. Culture includes many elements such as food, clothing, homes, jobs, language, and much more. Culture also shows the religion and how they view the world.

How do they preserve Muslim culture? Muslims in North Africa are worried that their country is becoming too western. People are buying western goods such as Clothes, Products, Seeing movies, and adapting to their ideas. Muslims think that they will lose their values and tradition. All over Africa people are learning to preserve their culture.

What is the influence of Islam? In North Africa religion is very important. 95% of North Africa practices Islam. The religion Islam is called Muslims. Muslims believe in god but in different ways than Christians do. Allah is a word for god in Islam. Muhammad is beloved to be god’s final messenger. They believe that Jesus was god’s messenger.  How does culture spread? Culture spreads when people travel and they take their customs and ideas with them. When people travel to new countries or place they also get new ideas and custom along with spreading them. This is how the cultures spread. This is called cultural diffusion.



Vocabulary **__ Culture: __** Language, Religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of other people. **__ Multicultural: __** Influenced by many cultures.
 * __ Culture Diffusion: __** The movement of customs and ideas from one culture to another.
 * __ Muezzin: __** A leader who summons Muslims to pray by chanting.
 * __ Multiethnic: __** Containing many ethnic groups.

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