Islam religion muslim 73. A jewish atheist speaks about the notion that islam spread by the sword. Islam major world religion promulgated by the prophet muhammad in arabia in the 7th century ce. 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. Sunni muslims include 8490 of all muslims.
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. Tolerance in islam 6 articles. Nearly one quarter of the worlds population follows the religion that was revealed to the prophet mohammed and subsequently transcribed into the quran. Sunnis make up between 84 and 90 percent of muslims and are relatively comfortable following islam in a secular society.
Meanwhile religious switching which is expected to hinder the growth of christians by an estimated 72 million between 2015 and 2060 is not expected to have a negative net impact on muslim population growth. A muslims islamic beliefs may take one of these forms. The first division in islam resulted in the sunni and shia branches. Islam is the second largest religion after christianity in many european countries and is slowly catching up to that status in the americas with between 2454000 according to pew forum and approximately 7 million muslims according to the council on americanislamic relations cair in the united states.
Spread of islam and muslim rule in comparison with christianity. However in the united states a recent study done by the institute for social policy and understanding found that muslim american women 73 are more likely than muslim american men 57 to achieve higher education post high school education or higher. There are however over 150 different smaller sects of islam in total along with the semi hybrid religion bahaiism. Subsequently even incredibly fundamental questions such as the.
Allah is viewed as the sole godcreator sustainer and restorer of the world. Sunni means tradition and sunnis regard themselves as those who emphasize following the traditions of muhammad and of the first two generations of the community of muslims that followed muhammad. God prepares prophet muhammad for heavy responsibilities.