Islam Creator of the Modern Age
4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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through this whole region for education, commerce
and other purposes.
It was in this period, in the fourteenth century, that
Ibn Batuta, the well-known traveller of the Middle
Ages, covered about 75 thousand miles in the
course of his journeying. He was able to go from
one country to another without any feeling of being
a stranger, and nowhere did he face the problem of
unemployment. He came to India in the reign of
Muhammad ibn Tughlaq (1325-51) where he was
received with honours and gifts, and later
appointed Grand Qadi (Judge) of Delhi.
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It was as a result of this universal revolution that all
human beings could now be said to belong to one
vast human brotherhood, a concept which rapidly
came to dominate thinking all over the world. It
first dominated the society of Medina, then it
formed its centre in Damascus, from which point it
reached Baghdad. From Spain it reached Sicily, and
then went on to other European countries.
Although the greater part of Europe did not accept
the Islamic concept of monotheism in respect of
religion, it did, however, apply it to the universe—a
