Bismillaah ir Rahmaan ir Rahiim. Salaam, All. somali_empire2004 asked: when did islam come to somalia and sudan and also which country sudan or somalia weere the virst country to submit to islam

some somalis say islam come to somalia during 7th centry,but what gets me is when people say islam come to nubia aroung 25th century..that is way later than when prophet mohamed saw declared as massenger dont you think.

so is that mean islam come to sudan about 7oo years later after prophet.the king of nubia must have been very strong to protect his natin embrassing islam for that long!!!!

i need the exact years when islam arrived in somalia and sudan because i have alot debate with my sudanes friend and he make confussed

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A very brief search turned up limited facts regarding Somalia entering the Islamic world, but the one notable fact is that it appears to have been the sufi's that brought Islam to some parts of Somalia some time in the 1800's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Somalia

Also a brief history of Somalia, as follows may account for the lack of Islamic history records: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0861179.html

Another quick search turned up this history of Sudan:
http://www.sudan.net/government/history.html

For a more detailed study I will need more time to search. Let me know if the above links are of any help, or not.

Salaam. OriginalBM