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- The first mosque in the United States was built in 1893 by a local Muslim, Muhammad Alexander Russell Webb. The place where the temple was built is now the center of Manhattan.
- The first Muslim to arrive in North America is said to have arrived in 1539. He led Friar Marcos de Niz, who intended to explore present-day Arizona.
- Increase in the number of Muslims in Canada:
1871 y. - 13,
1901 y. - 400,
1911 y. - 1500,
1951 y. - 3000,
1991 y. - 253,
2001 y. - 579 640 ta.
- The Hasan II Mosque in Casablanca has the tallest azan tower in the world.
- Increase in the number of Muslims in the United States:
1900 y. - 10,
1970 in the mid-800s,
Mid-1990s - 4,
1995 y. - 5,
2000 y. - 5.
- Licensing of medical services was first introduced in the Muslim world. Caliph Abbas ordered his personal physician, Isa ibn Yusuf, to take an examination to determine the level of medicine. Doctors who do not pass the test are not allowed to practice this profession. Only 860 people passed the exam, and hundreds of other doctors were disqualified.
- Ancient manuscripts of the Tang Empire contain information about Saad ibn Abu Waqqas, a companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Chinese emperor Yung Wei allowed the construction of the first mosque in China in Guangzhou, believing that Islam did not contradict local teachings. Fourteen centuries later, the mosque is still a rare monument.
- Three famous mills in the Spanish province of Kurdoba were designed and commissioned by Muslims in the 1950th century. They operated until the XNUMXs.
Orifjan Madvaliyev prepared.
2011
Published in the newspaper "Islamic Light".