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The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [2] [3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam is ...
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 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. [26]
Islam/Map. Appearance. hide. < Portal:Islam. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) The distribution of the predominant Islamic madhhab (school of law) followed in majority-Muslim countries and regions. See also Islam by country , Christianity by country, Judaism by country, Protestantism by country, Commons:Category ...
Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians. [8] Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier prophets and messengers ...
Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously dated between the 8th century and 16th century). Muslim scholars made advances to the map-making traditions of earlier cultures, [1] particularly the Hellenistic geographers Ptolemy and Marinus ...
The lands and cities of the Dar al-Islam in the 10th century, according to the geographer al-Muqaddasi. Early Islamic legal theory divided the world into two divisions: "abode of Islam" and "abode of war". The first, called dar al-Islam, sometimes Pax Islamica, consisted of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic sovereignty. [9]
Islam. Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one God ( Allah) [1] and that Muhammad is His last Messenger. [2] [3] The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Islam.
Islamic Emirate of Kunar (1991) Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan (1996) Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan (1980) Indian subcontinent Taj Mahal. Bangladesh. Khalji dynasty (1204–1231) Balban dynasty (1287–1324) Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576) under: Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342–1415, 1437–1487) Bani Ganesh (1418–1437)