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ARTICLE

“For nearly 1400 years Islam, though diverse in sectarian practice and ethnic tradition, has provided a unifying faith for people stretching from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean and beyond. Starting in the 1500s, western ascendancy, which culminated in colonization, eroded once glorious Muslim empires and reduced the influence of Islam. After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following World War 1, and the decline of European colonial empires following World War 2. Muslim nations adopted Western Ideologies communism, socialism, secular nationalism, and capitalism. Yet most Muslims remained poor and powerless. Their governments, secular regimes often backed by the west, we corrupt and repressive.

SUMMARY

For nearly 1400 years, Islam has united people globally. Western interference through colonization and political ideologies, has not improve Muslims lived.