Muslim Europe

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Plt;bPgt;A revelatory history traversing the ancient roots of Islam in Europe Plt;/bPgt;

This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Our odyssey begins in the little-known Sufi lodges in Cyprus, where Muslims arrived in 647AD. From there, we travel through the continent P#8211; visiting places such as Sicily, Malta, Portugal and Spain P#8211; encountering red-haired European Sultans and Arabic-speaking Christian Kings. We meet forgotten Muslim pioneers, such as Abbas Ibn Firnas who gave us flight and Ibn Sina who gave us modern medicine. We see the Islam-inspired Plt;iPgt;mudejar Plt;/iPgt;art of fourteenth-century Christians in Spain, and how such cross fertilisation birthed EuropeP#8217;s P#8216;RenaissanceP#8217;. We discover the long-forgotten tombs of European Muslims who knew the Prophet Muhammad, and the author P#8211; award-winning writer Tharik Hussain P#8211; becomes the first Muslim in over 900 years to pray inside the remains of a nameless Sicilian Mosque.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;To remedy EuropeP#8217;s Islamic amnesia, this ambitious history reveals that Islam is no side show to Western culture P#8211; but rather has been integral to its development over 1,400 years.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780241742822
Published: December 2025

Number of pages: 432
Width: 162 mm
Height: 242 mm
Depth: 38 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd