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Reception of Islam in early modern Europe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article or section possibly contains original synthesis. Source material should verifiably mention and relate to the main topic. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (April 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) There was cultural contact between Europe and the Islamic world (at the time primarily represented by the Ottoman Empire and, geographically more remote, Safavid Persia) […]

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss Explorer and Swiss Muslim convert.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johann Ludwig Burckhardt Born 24 November 1784Lausanne, Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy Died 15 October 1817 (aged 32)Cairo, Ottoman Egypt Occupations Traveller, geographer, orientalist Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (Arabic: يوهان لودفيك بركهارت; 24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn […]

Ahmadiyya in Switzerland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ahmadiyya by country Africa Asia Europe Americas Oceania vte Ahmadiyya is an Islamic branch in Switzerland, under the spiritual leadership of the caliph in London. The Community was founded on October 13, 1946, during the late period of the Second Caliphate, when the caliph directed Shaikh Nasir Ahmad to establish a […]