Islam religion muslim 60. Oxford encyclopedia of the islamic world 6 volume set islam karen armstrong. Islam or muslim is hardly a religion. 60 of muslims are between the ages of 16 and 59 while only 7 are aged 60 the smallest percentage of any major religion. Today we muslims look to eat halaal chicken with haraam income and then we ask non mus.
According to the same study religious switching has no impact on muslim population since the number of people who embrace islam and those who leave islam are roughly equal. In fact non muslims were afforded the right to worship as they pleased as long as a tax called jizyah was paid. 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. In 622 ce when the prophet migrated to medina his preaching was soon accepted and the community state of islam emerged.
The legacy of muhammad. During the dark ages jews christians and others were given protection by the muslims from religious persecutions happening in europe. They themselves criticise people who offer daily namaaz as extremist and have been sucked into immoral things. Frontpage magazine islamic jihadis recently gang raped a 60 year old christian woman to triumphant cries of allahu akbar before stoning her to death.
Followers of islam known as muslims believe that god or in arabic allah revealed his direct word for mankind to muhammad c. Muslims claim that isaiah 42 is a prophecy of muhammad. Is this any less ridiculous than if christians said muhammad was a practicing buddhist. Islam malise ruthven.
Yet isaiah 53 is one of the foremost prophecies of the crucifixion of christ in the entire old testament. Islam for dummies clark malcolm. Islam islamic muslim beliefs. 570632 and other prophets including adam abraham moses and jesus.
The strong attachment to the tenets of the quranic revelation and the conspicuous socioeconomic content of islamic religious practices cemented this bond of faith. Islam teaches no compulsion in religion quran 2256 and 1099. 60 a pew center study in 2016 found that muslims have the highest number of adherents under the age of 15 or 34 of the total muslim population of any major religion while only 7 are aged 60 the smallest percentage of any major religion.