Rival Empires: Islam and the Religions of Spirit Possession among the Ọ̀yọ́-Yorùbá

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The religion of Abraham spread globally through the spread of the Roman Empire of the 4th century by Christianity adopted by the Islamic empire and the 7 th century Islamic empire. Today, Abraham's religion is a major area of ​​comparative religion (with Indian, Iran, East Asian religions). The main religion of the founding time series was Judaism in the 7th century BC, Christianity in the 1st century AD, and Islam in the 7th century AD. Christianity, Islam, Judaism is the most religious religion of Abraham. Abraham's religion with few religious believers includes Yazdanism (Yezdi, Yarsani), Summaritanism, Dulze (usually categorized as a division of Islamic Islam), Babylism, Baha'i Faith, Rastafari Faith

The Prophet Muhammad discovered the main competitors of Christianity and Buddhism in the second half of the sixth century. Islam is a rigid monotheism that started in Arabia and is based on five pillars of Islam. Muslims, if possible, are demanding all Muslims to pilgrimage to Mecca's sanctuary. Muslims are very influential in most kingdoms of Ghana and West Africa. Just like Christian missionaries in Rome, Arab missionaries have focused their efforts on the upper class in the town where trade is usually prosperous. African traders that adopted the new doctrine quickly gained the advantage of literacy ability; Arab colleagues received equal access to new business and financial links and treatments