Thursday, March 29, 2018

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ

الحجرات 13

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah(God) is Knowing and Acquainted. Quran 49:13

Monday, March 12, 2018

MUSLIM WORLD

March 12, 2018

Muslim world

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

World Muslim population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2014).

The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the unified Islamic community (Ummah), consisting of all those who adhere to the religion of Islam,^[1] or to societies where Islam is practiced.^[2]^[3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries where Islam is widespread, although there are no agreed criteria for inclusion.^[4]^[3] Some scholars and commentators have criticised the term 'Muslim/Islamic world' and its derivative terms 'Muslim/Islamic country' as "simplistic" and "binary", since no state has a religiously homogeneous population (e.g. Egypt's citizens are c. 10% Christian), and in absolute numbers, there are sometimes fewer Muslims living in countries where they make up the majority than in countries where they form a minority.^[5]^[6]^[7] Hence, the term Muslim-majority countries is often preferred in literature.^[8]

The history of the Muslim world spans about 1400 years and includes a variety of socio-political developments, as well as advances in the arts, science, philosophy, and technology, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age.^{[citation needed]} All Muslims look for guidance to the Quran and believe in the prophetic mission of Muhammad,^{[citation needed]} but disagreements on other matters have led to appearance of different religious schools and branches within Islam. In the modern era, most of the Muslim world came under influence or colonial domination of European powers. The nation states that emerged in the post-colonial era have adopted a variety of political and economic models, and they have been affected by secular and as well as religious trends.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2013, the combined GDP (nominal) of 49 Muslim majority countries was US$ 5.7 trillion,^[9] As of 2016, they contributed 8% of the world's total.^[10] As of 2015, 1.8 billion or about 24.1% of the world population are Muslims.^[11] By the percentage of the total population in a region considering themselves Muslim, 91% in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA),^[12] 89% in Central Asia,^[13] 40% in Southeast Asia,^[14] 31% in South Asia,^[15]^[16] 30% in Sub-Saharan Africa,^[17] 25% in Asia–Oceania,^[18]around 6% in Europe,^[19] and 1% in the Americas.^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]