Muslims
adherents of the religion of Islam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Muslim is a person who believes in Islam, an Abrahamic monotheistic religion. Islam is a monotheistic religion from Abrahamic beginnings. Muslims believe the Qur'an is a book of the words that the God of Abraham (or Allah) gave to the Prophet Muhammad. Alongside the Qur'an, Muslims also believe in previous revelations of God, such as the Tawrat (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), the Injeel (Gospel), the Scrolls of Abraham, and the Scrolls of Moses. Muslims believe human beings will be judged for how they lived on the Day of Judgement by Allah. Muslim men are usually circumcised.[28]
Quick Facts Total population, Founder ...
Total population | |
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c. 2 billion worldwide (2020)[1][2] | |
Founder | |
Muhammad[3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Indonesia | 231,070,000[4] |
Pakistan | 213,161,100[5][6] |
India | 207,000,000[7][8] |
Bangladesh | 153,700,000[9][10][11] |
Nigeria | 99,100,000[12] |
Egypt | 95,000,000[13] |
Iran | 82,900,000[14] |
Turkey | 82,800,000[15] |
China | 60,000,000—80,000,000[16][17] |
Algeria | 42,000,000[18] |
Religions | |
80–90% Sunni Islam 12–17% Shia Islam ~1% Ibadi Islam ~1% Other Muslim traditions, e.g. Mutazilites Islam[19] | |
Scriptures | |
Quran[20] | |
Languages | |
Arabic (also liturgical), Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Persian, Javanese, Punjabi, Turkish, Hausa, Mandarin Chinese & other Sinitic languages and languages of the Muslim world[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] |
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