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To: Snowshoe who wrote (65397)8/15/2010 2:25:17 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (2) of 219890
 
Songhai? I did Zaria, Kano and Katsina routes 25 years ago. The area of northern Nigeria was a tributary to the Songhai tyrants a bunch of Moslems forced down the negro the Moslem religion with brutal force.

I also did Sokoto to Kontagora
Sokoto, Gusau Zaria-Kaduna
That bit of Songhai empire was my play ground.

You did not read the article:

Sonni Ali entered Timbuktu, committed gross iniquity, burned and destroyed the town, and brutally tortured many people there. When Akilu heard of the coming of Sonni Ali, he brought a thousand camels to carry the fuqaha of Sankore and went with them to Walata..... The Godless tyrant was engaged in slaughtering those who remained in Timbuktu and humiliated them

The Godless tyrant was engaged in slaughtering those who remained in Timbuktu and humiliated them.

Ali imposed Islam on non-Muslims and forced them to abide by Islamic law.[citation needed] Due to his violent sack of Timbuktu, he was described as an intolerant tyrant in many non-Islamic accounts. Often non-Muslims who criticize Islam try to bring accusations against Islamic rulers by claiming that their own personal hatred of any Islamic ruler is actually an accurate portrayal given by a Muslim source. According to the Cambrige History of Africa (a non-African, non-Muslim, obviously liberal publication) the "Islamic historian" Al-Sa'df expresses this sentiment in describing his incursion on Timbuktu:

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