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Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
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Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
- Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University
- Jun 30, 2026
- Jun 30, 2026 Updated Jun 30, 2026
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Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University
(MIAMI) In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown in 1607 and a full century before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth in 1620.
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