Islam religion muslim 44. One of the women quickly said no. Islam is the dominant religion in egypt with around 947 of the countrys population being muslims. Of the 101 objects in xinjiang analyzed by experts analysts have determined that there is a likelihood that 44 are security objects the bbc. Islam means submission deriving from a root word that means peace the word muslim means one who submits to allah the doctrine of islam muslims summarize their doctrine in six articles of faith.
They disputed my description of islam as its practiced in the middle east maintaining that al qaedas version of islam in no way reflects the islam that is practiced around the world. Sunni muslims are the largest group among them with only a small fraction of the egyptian populace practicing the shia and ahmadi sects of islam. Muslims make up a majority of the population in 50 countries. So i asked them a question.
Islam teaches that god is merciful all powerful and unique and has guided mankind through prophets revealed scriptures and natural signs. Belief in the angels 3. The quran was dictated by muhammad but according to the quran it did not originate with muhammad. 4to be correctly used islam or islamic should describe the religion and its subsequent cultural concepts whereas muslim should only describe the followers of the religion of islam.
According to islam the origin of islam is generally accredited to the prophet muhammad but to the devout muslim islam began long before muhammad ever walked the earth. The arabic term islam literally surrender illuminates the fundamental religious idea of islamthat the believer called a muslim from the active particle of islam accepts surrender to the will of allah in arabic allah. The primary scriptures of islam are. Should apostates muslims who convert to another religion be subject to execution.
In other cases such as saudi arabia the government brought out religious expression in the re emergence of the puritanical form of sunni islam known to its detractors as wahabism which found its way into the saudi royal family. In a detailed bbc report proposed that beijing probably built at least 44 camps also known as retraining centers in the muslim uygur or uygur in china the largest country in xinjiang province. Muslims believe allah is one eternal creator and sovereign. Islam is an abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one god and that muhammad is a messenger of god.