Islam religion muslim 57. We need to objectively review these claims based on the facts available and call. Nearly one quarter of the worlds population follows the religion that was revealed to the prophet mohammed and subsequently transcribed into the quran. Islam major world religion promulgated by the prophet muhammad in arabia in the 7th century cethe 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. 60 of muslims are between the ages of 16 and 59 while only 7 are aged 60 the smallest percentage of any major religion.
Allah is viewed as the sole godcreator sustainer and. Muslims follow the teachings of the quran and strive to keep the five pillars. Culturally the term refers to islamic civilization. Subsequently even incredibly fundamental questions such as the.
However only 49 nations have a muslim majority and only 26 nations in whole or in part have recognized islam as. Another factor is also due to fact that islam has the highest number of adherents under the age of 15 34 of the total religion of any major religion compared with christianitys 27. One third of the muslims are of south asian origin. The history of islam in the seventh century muhammad claimed the angel gabriel visited him.
Despite its number of faithful followers that have now settled across the globe many westerners dont have a clear idea of what this religion entails. Islam is the dominant religion in the maldives afghanistan pakistan and bangladesh. There are a number of key political leaders who have openly called for muslims to rise against the ratification of the icerd in the name of religion. There are 57 members of the oic the organization for islamic cooperation.
India is the country with the largest muslim population outside muslim majority countries with about 200 million people. Islam is a religious system begun in the seventh century by muhammad.