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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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