Juma’ah Mubarak to ALL of you appearing as little red dots dispersed across the globe. Ahlan Wasahlan, and Jazakumullahu Khairan for your visits.

Allahu Akbar for this Ummah of Al-Mustafa SallAllahu alaihi wassalam. May Allah Ta’ala continue to shower His Hidayah throughout this tiny "pale blue dot" we all inhabit. Ameen.

 

While contemplating this cluster map, and the diversity of all who journey to this spot,  I googled here and there, finding the following links a nice exercise in inter-related topics, and a reminder of how our glorious Deen has spread from one chosen place, miniscule in space, but gigantic in significance, far and wide. May the spread be ever on the increase along with our collective Iman, Ameen. Allahu Akbar.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~bvon/images/bmap5.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~bvon/pages/maps.html&h=628&w=962&sz=182&hl=en&sig2=GSxZFhTByGtHenoWMBiJDA&start=8&tbnid=I9wYW-VW_dQgBM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=148&ei=qSnCRejGN4SshQTaxtGzCg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmap%2Bof%2Bislamic%2Bworld%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-33,GGGL:en

Maps of the Middle East and Islamic History

http://www.islam101.com/dawah/muslim_world_map.html

Muslim world distribution map, comparing Sunni and Shia areas, but it does not give a date.

http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa120298.htm

Information and statistics about the Muslim population of the world

http://www.muslimheritage.com/timeline/default.cfm

Interactive timeline

http://www.muslimheritage.com/virtual_civilization/default.cfm

Interactive tour

http://www.gmi.org/products/islamoht.htm

The World of Islam is a set of ten maps that will expand your audience’s understanding of the historical expansion, geographic spread, current growth, and cultural diversity of the Muslim world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/islam_around_the_world/html/default.stm

Another interesting interactive study.

http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/tobler/Qibla/sld001.htm

A fascinating slide show for the mathematically inclined combining the world map,  Qiblah direction and ancient instruments to determine Qiblah.

http://www.nature.com/news/specials/islamandscience/map/islam-map.html

The 57 countries in the Organization of the Islamic Conference are home to 1.3 billion people. The attendant diversity in culture, geography, economics and politics can be seen in the five country snapshots on this site.

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200401/mapping.arabia.htm

And more specific to geographic Saudi Arabia is this excellent article and slide show.

Juma’ah Mubarak.
All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. Ameen.