Islam | |
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ٱلْإِسْلَام al-Islām |
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Classification | Abrahamic |
Scripture | Quran |
Theology | Monotheistic |
Region | Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, Northern Caucasus, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southeastern Europe[1][2] |
Language | Quranic Arabic |
Territory | Muslim world |
Founder | Muhammad[3] |
Origin | 610 CE Jabal al-Nour, Mecca, Hejaz, Arabian Peninsula |
Separated from | Arabian polytheism |
Separations | Bábism[4] Baháʼí Faith[5] Druze Faith[6] |
Number of followers | c. 1.9 billion[7] (individually referred to as Muslims, collectively referred to as the Ummah) |
Islam | |
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ٱلْإِسْلَام al-Islām |
|
Classification | Abrahamic |
Scripture | Quran |
Theology | Monotheistic |
Region | Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, Northern Caucasus, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southeastern Europe[1][2] |
Language | Quranic Arabic |
Territory | Muslim world |
Founder | Muhammad[3] |
Origin | 610 CE Jabal al-Nour, Mecca, Hejaz, Arabian Peninsula |
Separated from | Arabian polytheism |
Separations | Bábism[4] Baháʼí Faith[5] Druze Faith[6] |
Number of followers | c. 1.9 billion[7] (individually referred to as Muslims, collectively referred to as the Ummah) |