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== Islam in the world==
== Islam in the world==

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See also: Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles

Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] ⓘ[note 1]) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam is a homograph having multiple meanings and a triliteral of the word salam, which directly translates as peace. Other meanings include submission, or the total surrender of oneself to God (Arabic: الله, Allāh) (see Islam (term)).[1] An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning "one who submits [to God]".[2][3] The word Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islām is the infinitive. There are approximately 1.8 billion Muslims, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world, after Christianity.[4]

Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad, God's final prophet, through the angel Gabriel, and regard the Qur'an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad) as the fundamental sources of Islam.[5] They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Jews and Christians distorted the revelations God gave to these prophets by either altering the text, introducing a false interpretation, or both.[6]

Islam includes many religious practices. Adherents are generally required to observe the Five Pillars of Islam, which are five duties that unite Muslims into a community.[7]

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Islam:

Branches of Islam

Islam in the world

History of Islam

Main article: History of Islam

Institutions

Texts

Social

Jurisprudence

Theology

Criticism

War

Events

Locations and buidlings

Economy

Militant Muslim groups

Worship

Islamic personalities


Denomination founders

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Raza Khan barelvi

Islamic and Muslim scholars

Internet sites

Shia:

Main article: Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles

See also

Notes

  1. ^ There are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is [pronunciation?] or /s/, and whether the a is pronounced /ɑː/ as in father, /æ/ as in cat, or (when the stress is on the i) /ə/ as in the a of sofa (Merriam Webster). The most common are /ˈɪzləm, ˈɪsləm, ɪzˈlɑːm, ɪsˈlɑːm/ (Oxford English Dictionary, Random House) and /ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪslɑːm/ (American Heritage Dictionary).

References

  1. ^ USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
  2. ^ L. Gardet. "Islam". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Lane's lexicon" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  4. ^ "Major Religions of the World — Ranked by Number of Adherents" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  5. ^ See:
  6. ^ See:
    • Accad (2003): According to Ibn Taymiya, although only some Muslims accept the textual veracity of the entire Bible, most Muslims will grant the veracity of most of it.
    • Esposito (1998), pp.6,12
    • Esposito (2002b), pp.4–5
    • F. E. Peters (2003), p.9
    • F. Buhl. "Muhammad". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
    • Hava Lazarus-Yafeh. "Tahrif". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ^ Esposito (2002b), p.17
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