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ajiss-282	Uthup, Thomas	Teaching about Islam in Africa: A Cultural-Functional Perspective	2014.0	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9613	410	51	As a continent that has made great strides in development but still has a long way to go, this is a helpful aspect of African Islam; (2) Islam has a progressive economic outlook and favors equity. Obviously, learning to live together is a pro- foundly important pillar, for any stratification and prejudice based on sects and denominations violates Q. 49:13: “O humanity, We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you may despise (each other).”40 Learning to know Islam also includes knowing the history of female mujtahids, remem- bering that early Islam released women from their previous subjugation,41 and 12 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 31:3 ajiss31-3_ajiss 5/28/2014 1:24 PM	cache/ajiss-282.pdf	txt/ajiss-282.txt