Muslims in Europe: - International Institute - University of Michigan
Muslims in Europe: - International Institute - University of Michigan
Muslims in Europe: - International Institute - University of Michigan
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1918<br />
Fall <strong>of</strong> Ottoman Empire. League <strong>of</strong> Nations grants Brita<strong>in</strong> mandatory status over Palest<strong>in</strong>e and<br />
Iraq, and France over Lebanon and Syria.<br />
1923<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Turkey established. Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) is first president.<br />
1927<br />
Tablighi Jamaat reform movement founded <strong>in</strong> India.<br />
1928<br />
Ikhwan al-Muslimun (Muslim Brothers) founded <strong>in</strong> Egypt.<br />
1941<br />
Jamaat-i Islami reform movement founded <strong>in</strong> Lahore, India.<br />
1945<br />
Indonesia becomes <strong>in</strong>dependent republic.<br />
1945-60s<br />
Islam spreads to the West with mass migrations from Asia, Africa, and India.<br />
1947<br />
Pakistan founded as an Islamic nation. Islam becomes a m<strong>in</strong>ority religion <strong>in</strong> India.<br />
1957<br />
Independent Malayan state established with Islam as the <strong>of</strong>ficial religion but guaranteed<br />
tolerance.<br />
1960s<br />
Familes from SE Asia and North Africa emigrate to <strong>Europe</strong> and the Americas.<br />
1979<br />
Shah <strong>of</strong> Iran is overthrown by Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni, who establishes strict<br />
fundamentalist rule <strong>of</strong> Shi'a pr<strong>in</strong>ciples.<br />
late 1990s<br />
Taliban come to power <strong>in</strong> Afghanistan.<br />
2001<br />
Muslim extremists attack the United States.<br />
2003<br />
Saddam Husse<strong>in</strong> ousted by Western forces.<br />
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