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Islam (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɑː m, ˈ ɪ z l æ m / IZ-la(h)m; [7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام , IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. ' submission [to the will of God] ') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
A Pew Center study in 2016 found that Muslims have the highest number of adherents under the age of 15 (34% of the total Muslim population) of any major religion, while only 7% are aged 60+ (the smallest percentage of any major religion). According to the same study, Muslims have the highest fertility rates (3.1) of any major religious group. [113]
On the Indian subcontinent, Islam first appeared in the southwestern tip of the peninsula, in today's Kerala state. Arabs traded with Malabar even before the birth of Muhammad. Native legends say that a group of Sahaba, under Malik Ibn Deenar, arrived on the Malabar Coast and preached Islam.
Islamic culture or Muslim culture refers to the historic cultural practices that developed among the various peoples living in the Muslim world.These practices, while not always religious in nature, are generally influenced by aspects of Islam, particularly due to the religion serving as an effective conduit for the inter-mingling of people from different ethnic/national backgrounds in a way ...
Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, coming from an Arabic word ...
The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [24] other than Israel. [ 9 ] The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia , which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims. [ 25 ]
Arab Muslims (Arabic: ﺍﻟْمُسْلِمون ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ al-Muslimiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the largest subdivision of the Arab people and the largest ethnic group among Muslims globally, [1] followed by Bengalis [2][3][4] and Punjabis. [5] Likewise, they comprise the majority of the population of the Arab world. [6][7]
The Shahada (Arabic: الشَّهَادَةُaš-šahādatu; Arabic pronunciation: [aʃʃahaːdatʊ], 'the testimony'), [ note 1 ] also transliterated as Shahadah, is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is no deity but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad ...