Muscular Islam is a sometimes used term to describe the push for physical fitness amongst Muslims. == History == === Pre-colonial era === Furusiyya, an ancient equestrian practice in the Muslim world, is argued by Birgit Krawietz to have been an early form of muscular Islam, with Turkish heritage wrestling being a modern-day extant furusiyya practice and major aspect of muscular Islam as practiced in Turkey.
Muscular Islam is a sometimes used term to describe the push for physical fitness amongst Muslims. == History == === Pre-colonial era === Furusiyya, an ancient equestrian practice in the Muslim world, is argued by Birgit Krawietz to have been an early form of muscular Islam, with Turkish heritage wrestling being a modern-day extant furusiyya practice and major aspect of muscular Islam as practiced in Turkey.
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